diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/DetectLanguagePrefer.php b/app/Http/Middleware/DetectLanguagePrefer.php
index dbf2b229..498d6b8a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/DetectLanguagePrefer.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/DetectLanguagePrefer.php
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ class DetectLanguagePrefer
 
         /** @var Response */
         $response = $next($request);
-        $response->cookie('locale', $locale, 120);
+        if (!in_array('api', $request->route()->middleware())) {
+            $response->cookie('locale', $locale, 120);
+        }
 
         return $response;
     }