diff --git a/src/components/compose.jsx b/src/components/compose.jsx
index 5d224337..abe4621b 100644
--- a/src/components/compose.jsx
+++ b/src/components/compose.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import './compose.css';
 
-import { match } from '@formatjs/intl-localematcher';
 import '@github/text-expander-element';
 import equal from 'fast-deep-equal';
 import { forwardRef } from 'preact/compat';
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import urlRegex from '../data/url-regex';
 import { api } from '../utils/api';
 import db from '../utils/db';
 import emojifyText from '../utils/emojify-text';
+import localeMatch from '../utils/locale-match';
 import openCompose from '../utils/open-compose';
 import states, { saveStatus } from '../utils/states';
 import store from '../utils/store';
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
 });
 observer.observe(menu);
 
-const DEFAULT_LANG = match(
+const DEFAULT_LANG = localeMatch(
   [new Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().locale, ...navigator.languages],
   supportedLanguages.map((l) => l[0]),
   'en',
diff --git a/src/components/status.jsx b/src/components/status.jsx
index 30cba751..65391e5b 100644
--- a/src/components/status.jsx
+++ b/src/components/status.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import './status.css';
 
-import { match } from '@formatjs/intl-localematcher';
 import '@justinribeiro/lite-youtube';
 import {
   ControlledMenu,
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ import getHTMLText from '../utils/getHTMLText';
 import handleContentLinks from '../utils/handle-content-links';
 import htmlContentLength from '../utils/html-content-length';
 import isMastodonLinkMaybe from '../utils/isMastodonLinkMaybe';
+import localeMatch from '../utils/locale-match';
 import niceDateTime from '../utils/nice-date-time';
 import shortenNumber from '../utils/shorten-number';
 import showToast from '../utils/show-toast';
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ function Status({
   const differentLanguage =
     language &&
     language !== targetLanguage &&
-    !match([language], [targetLanguage]) &&
+    !localeMatch([language], [targetLanguage]) &&
     !contentTranslationHideLanguages.find(
-      (l) => language === l || match([language], [l]),
+      (l) => language === l || localeMatch([language], [l]),
     );
 
   const menuInstanceRef = useRef();
diff --git a/src/utils/get-translate-target-language.jsx b/src/utils/get-translate-target-language.jsx
index ce837079..7a598643 100644
--- a/src/utils/get-translate-target-language.jsx
+++ b/src/utils/get-translate-target-language.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { match } from '@formatjs/intl-localematcher';
-
 import translationTargetLanguages from '../data/lingva-target-languages';
 
+import localeMatch from './locale-match';
 import states from './states';
 
 function getTranslateTargetLanguage(fromSettings = false) {
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ function getTranslateTargetLanguage(fromSettings = false) {
       return contentTranslationTargetLanguage;
     }
   }
-  return match(
+  return localeMatch(
     [
       new Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().locale,
       ...navigator.languages,
diff --git a/src/utils/locale-match.jsx b/src/utils/locale-match.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f67d1fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/locale-match.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { match } from '@formatjs/intl-localematcher';
+
+function localeMatch(...args) {
+  // Wrap in try/catch because localeMatcher throws on invalid locales
+  try {
+    return match(...args);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export default localeMatch;