diff --git a/latex/utuftthesis.cls b/latex/utuftthesis.cls
index 90729d319bc0767a2fd035a91a14dfb4013ce9c3..e09c0d6751e58d84bd7a89dc2b7b3ba6abf182bb 100644
--- a/latex/utuftthesis.cls
+++ b/latex/utuftthesis.cls
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
   % load babel-package for automatic hyphenation
   \ifdefstring{\utuftthesis@language}{english}{
-    \RequirePackage[english, \n@tivelang]{babel}
+    \RequirePackage[\n@tivelang, english]{babel}
   }{
     \RequirePackage[english, \l@nguage]{babel}
   }