diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/settings.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/settings.cljs
index 1fe85ea694..5f411fa702 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/settings.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/settings.cljs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
 (rum/defcs settings < rum/reactive
   []
-  (let [preferred-format (keyword (state/sub [:me :preferred_format]))
+  (let [preferred-format (state/get-preferred-format)
         preferred-workflow (keyword (state/sub [:me :preferred_workflow]))
         preferred-language (state/sub [:preferred-language])
         enable-timetracking? (state/enable-timetracking?)