diff --git a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapboxMapActivity.java b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapboxMapActivity.java
index 7b0a5744..a5da6a67 100644
--- a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapboxMapActivity.java
+++ b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/MapboxMapActivity.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.oscim.layers.tile.vector.labeling.LabelLayer;
 import org.oscim.theme.VtmThemes;
 import org.oscim.tiling.source.UrlTileSource;
 import org.oscim.tiling.source.mvt.MapboxTileSource;
+import org.oscim.tiling.source.mvt.TileDecoder;
 
 public class MapboxMapActivity extends MapActivity {
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ public class MapboxMapActivity extends MapActivity {
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
+        TileDecoder.LOCALE = "en";
         UrlTileSource tileSource = MapboxTileSource.builder()
                 .apiKey("mapzen-xxxxxxx") // Put a proper API key
                 .build();
diff --git a/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/MapboxTest.java b/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/MapboxTest.java
index 46cf603d..1a4883ca 100644
--- a/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/MapboxTest.java
+++ b/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/MapboxTest.java
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ import org.oscim.layers.tile.vector.labeling.LabelLayer;
 import org.oscim.theme.VtmThemes;
 import org.oscim.tiling.source.UrlTileSource;
 import org.oscim.tiling.source.mvt.MapboxTileSource;
+import org.oscim.tiling.source.mvt.TileDecoder;
 
 public class MapboxTest extends GdxMapApp {
 
     @Override
     public void createLayers() {
+        TileDecoder.LOCALE = "en";
         UrlTileSource tileSource = MapboxTileSource.builder()
                 .apiKey("mapzen-xxxxxxx") // Put a proper API key
                 .build();
diff --git a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mvt/TileDecoder.java b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mvt/TileDecoder.java
index 20f28bf4..b5d70d00 100644
--- a/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mvt/TileDecoder.java
+++ b/vtm/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/mvt/TileDecoder.java
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 public class TileDecoder extends PbfDecoder {
-    static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TileDecoder.class);
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TileDecoder.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Use default locale.
+     */
+    public static String LOCALE = "";
 
     private static final int TAG_TILE_LAYERS = 3;
 
@@ -65,7 +70,6 @@ public class TileDecoder extends PbfDecoder {
     private short[] mTmpTags = new short[1024];
 
     private Tile mTile;
-    private final String mLocale = "en";
     private ITileDataSink mMapDataCallback;
 
     private final static float REF_TILE_SIZE = 4096.0f;
@@ -115,12 +119,12 @@ public class TileDecoder extends PbfDecoder {
 
         int bytes = decodeVarint32();
 
-        ArrayList<String> keys = new ArrayList<String>();
-        ArrayList<String> values = new ArrayList<String>();
+        ArrayList<String> keys = new ArrayList<>();
+        ArrayList<String> values = new ArrayList<>();
 
         String name = null;
         int numFeatures = 0;
-        ArrayList<Feature> features = new ArrayList<Feature>();
+        ArrayList<Feature> features = new ArrayList<>();
 
         int end = position() + bytes;
         while (position() < end) {
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ public class TileDecoder extends PbfDecoder {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (mLocale.equals(key.substring(5))) {
+            if (LOCALE.equals(key.substring(5))) {
                 //log.debug("found local " + key);
                 matchedLocal = i;
             } //else