diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Proxy/squid.conf b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Proxy/squid.conf
index b4f4cca29..b7afcd33c 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Proxy/squid.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Proxy/squid.conf
@@ -471,5 +471,6 @@ connect_timeout {{OPNsense.proxy.general.connecttimeout}} seconds
 {% if not helpers.empty('OPNsense.proxy.general.error_pages') %}
 error_directory /usr/local/etc/squid/errors/local
 {% elif helpers.exists('system.language') and system.language != "" %}
-error_directory /usr/local/etc/squid/errors/{{ system.language|lower|replace("_","-")}}
+# XXX this can end up selecting a nonexistent directory because most languages are without a country shortcut
+error_directory /usr/local/share/squid-langpack/{{ system.language|lower|replace("_","-")}}
 {% endif %}