diff --git a/papermerge/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-OCR b/papermerge/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-OCR
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+++ b/papermerge/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-OCR
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+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+
+export OCRLANG=$(bashio::config 'ocrlang')
+bashio::log.info "Adding OCR language : $OCRLANG"