diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/JobCard/Timeline/Timeline.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/JobCard/Timeline/Timeline.tsx
index 493355b4..fe398c77 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/JobCard/Timeline/Timeline.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/JobCard/Timeline/Timeline.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { formatDistance, isToday, differenceInMilliseconds, format, isSameYear } from 'date-fns';
-import enLocale from 'date-fns/locale/en-US';
 import { TFunction } from 'i18next';
 import React from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ const formatDuration = (finishedTs: TimeStamp, processedTs: TimeStamp, t: TFunct
   if (durationInSeconds > 5) {
     return formatDistance(finishedTs, processedTs, {
       includeSeconds: true,
-      locale: dateFnsLocale || enLocale,
+      locale: dateFnsLocale,
     });
   }
   if (durationInSeconds >= 1) {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/services/i18n.ts b/packages/ui/src/services/i18n.ts
index c4a877b4..f608298b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/services/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/services/i18n.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import i18n from 'i18next';
 import HttpBackend from 'i18next-http-backend';
 import * as process from 'process';
 import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';
+import enLocale from 'date-fns/locale/en-US';
 
-export let dateFnsLocale = undefined;
+export let dateFnsLocale = enLocale;
 const dateFnsLocaleMap = {
   'es-ES': 'es',
   'fr-FR': 'fr',
@@ -11,9 +12,12 @@ const dateFnsLocaleMap = {
 
 async function setDateFnsLocale(lng: string) {
   const languageToLoad = dateFnsLocaleMap[lng as keyof typeof dateFnsLocaleMap] || lng;
-  dateFnsLocale = await import(`date-fns/locale/${languageToLoad}/index.js`).catch((e) =>
-    console.error(e)
-  );
+  dateFnsLocale = await import(`date-fns/locale/${languageToLoad}/index.js`).catch((e) => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.info(e);
+
+    return enLocale;
+  });
 }
 
 export async function initI18n({ lng, basePath }: { lng: string; basePath: string }) {