diff --git a/packages/website/src/components/Footer.astro b/packages/website/src/components/Footer.astro
index f4e43ff20..2a3a9d4cd 100644
--- a/packages/website/src/components/Footer.astro
+++ b/packages/website/src/components/Footer.astro
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ const gameDefinitions = await fetchGameDefinitions();
 const PUBLIC_ASSET_BRANCH = assertSecret(import.meta.env.PUBLIC_ASSET_BRANCH);
 const locale = Astro.params.locale ?? DEFAULT_LOCALE;
 const strings = getStrings(locale);
-
-console.log(`DEBUG: ${gameDefinitions.version}`);
 ---
 
 <style>
diff --git a/packages/website/src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro b/packages/website/src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro
index 1038b0855..05f7adab9 100644
--- a/packages/website/src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro
+++ b/packages/website/src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ const locale = Astro.params.locale ?? DEFAULT_LOCALE;
         window.location.pathname.startsWith(`/${locale}`),
       );
 
-      if (!isAPI && bestLocale !== currentPathLocale) {
+      if (
+        !isAPI && // not an api, duh!
+        localStorage.getItem('preferred-locale') !== null && // no preference, so probably google's crawler
+        bestLocale !== currentPathLocale // we need to redirect
+      ) {
         window.location.pathname = isI18nPath
           ? window.location.pathname.replace(
               `/${currentPathLocale}`,