diff --git a/src/main/java/it/garambo/retrosearch/configuration/BeanConfig.java b/src/main/java/it/garambo/retrosearch/configuration/BeanConfig.java
index bba85dd..1064770 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/garambo/retrosearch/configuration/BeanConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/garambo/retrosearch/configuration/BeanConfig.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.validator.routines.UrlValidator;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 import org.thymeleaf.spring6.SpringTemplateEngine;
 import org.thymeleaf.spring6.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
 
+@Slf4j
 @Configuration
 @EnableScheduling
 public class BeanConfig {
@@ -39,8 +41,9 @@ public ApplicationSettings applicationSettings(
 
   @Bean
   public SearchSettings searchSettings(
-      @Value("${retrosearch.search.locales:}") List<String> localeList) {
+      @Value("${retrosearch.search.locales}") List<String> localeList) {
     List<Locale> locales = localeList.stream().map(StringUtils::parseLocaleString).toList();
+    log.info("Initialising search locales: {}", locales);
     return new SearchSettings(locales);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index c7ffc99..a6413e0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ server.compression.enabled=true
 server.error.whitelabel.enabled=false
 retrosearch.encoding=UTF-8
 retrosearch.html.version=3.2
-retrosearch.search.locales=${SEARCH_LOCALES:en_US,en_GB,it_IT,de_DE}
+retrosearch.search.locales=${SEARCH_LOCALES:en_US,en_GB,it_IT,de_DE,fr_FR,es_ES}
 retrosearch.news.enable=${NEWS_ACTIVE:false}
 retrosearch.news.api.key=${NEWS_API_KEY:}
 retrosearch.news.api.rate.limiter=${NEWS_API_RATE_LIMITER:3000}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/header.html b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/header.html
index 1abd73c..8fa94a6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/header.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/header.html
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ <h4>
     Search Query:
     <input type="text" th:value="${searchResults?.query}" name="query">
 
-    <th:block th:unless="${#lists.isEmpty(@newsSettings.getLocales())}">
+    <th:block th:unless="${#lists.isEmpty(@searchSettings.getLocales())}">
         <select name="locale">
-            <option th:each="locale: ${@newsSettings.getLocales()}"
+            <option th:each="locale: ${@searchSettings.getLocales()}"
                     th:text="${locale.getDisplayCountry()}"
                     th:value="${locale.toString()}"
                     th:selected="${searchResults?.locale == locale.toString()}">