HAHA EVERYONE GOT FRENCH BECAUSE I USED A DEPENDENCY, SERVES ME RIGHT

Gemfile

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ gem 'bootswatch-rails'
 gem 'sweetalert-rails'
 gem 'will_paginate'
 gem 'will_paginate-bootstrap'
-gem 'http_accept_language'
 gem 'devise'
 gem 'devise-i18n'
 gem 'devise-async'

Gemfile.lock

@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ GEM
     hitimes (1.2.2)
     http (0.6.4)
       http_parser.rb (~> 0.6.0)
-    http_accept_language (2.0.5)
     http_parser.rb (0.6.0)
     i18n (0.7.0)
     i18n-js (3.0.0.rc10)
@@ -498,7 +497,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   font-kit-rails
   foreman
   haml
-  http_accept_language
   i18n-js
   jbuilder (~> 2.2.4)
   jquery-rails

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
         I18n.locale = current_user.locale
       elsif not cookies[:hl].nil?
         I18n.locale = cookies[:hl]
-      elsif not http_accept_language.user_preferred_languages.length > 0
-        I18n.locale = http_accept_language.compatible_language_from(I18n.available_locales) or "en"
+      else
+        I18n.locale = 'en'
       end
     else
       I18n.locale = params[:hl]