diff --git a/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift b/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift
index 0663287..2b27e24 100644
--- a/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift
+++ b/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift
@@ -1,379 +1,386 @@
 import Foundation
 import WriteFreely
 import Security
 
 // MARK: - WriteFreelyModel
 
 class WriteFreelyModel: ObservableObject {
     @Published var account = AccountModel()
     @Published var preferences = PreferencesModel()
     @Published var posts = PostListModel()
     @Published var isLoggingIn: Bool = false
     @Published var selectedPost: WFAPost?
 
     #if os(iOS)
     @Published var isPresentingSettingsView: Bool = false
     #endif
 
     let helpURL = URL(string: "https://discuss.write.as/c/help/5")!
 
     private var client: WFClient?
     private let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
 
     init() {
         // Set the color scheme based on what's been saved in UserDefaults.
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             self.preferences.appearance = self.defaults.integer(forKey: self.preferences.colorSchemeIntegerKey)
             self.account.restoreState()
             if self.account.isLoggedIn {
                 guard let serverURL = URL(string: self.account.server) else {
                     print("Server URL not found")
                     return
                 }
                 guard let token = self.fetchTokenFromKeychain(
                         username: self.account.username,
                         server: self.account.server
                 ) else {
                     print("Could not fetch token from Keychain")
                     return
                 }
                 self.account.login(WFUser(token: token, username: self.account.username))
                 self.client = WFClient(for: serverURL)
                 self.client?.user = self.account.user
                 self.fetchUserCollections()
                 self.fetchUserPosts()
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
 // MARK: - WriteFreelyModel API
 
 extension WriteFreelyModel {
     func login(to server: URL, as username: String, password: String) {
         isLoggingIn = true
         account.server = server.absoluteString
         client = WFClient(for: server)
         client?.login(username: username, password: password, completion: loginHandler)
     }
 
     func logout() {
         guard let loggedInClient = client else {
             do {
                 try purgeTokenFromKeychain(username: account.username, server: account.server)
                 account.logout()
             } catch {
                 fatalError("Failed to log out persisted state")
             }
             return
         }
         loggedInClient.logout(completion: logoutHandler)
     }
 
     func fetchUserCollections() {
         guard let loggedInClient = client else { return }
         loggedInClient.getUserCollections(completion: fetchUserCollectionsHandler)
     }
 
     func fetchUserPosts() {
         guard let loggedInClient = client else { return }
         loggedInClient.getPosts(completion: fetchUserPostsHandler)
     }
 
     func publish(post: WFAPost) {
         guard let loggedInClient = client else { return }
 
+        if post.language == nil {
+            if let languageCode = Locale.current.languageCode {
+                post.language = languageCode
+                post.rtl = Locale.characterDirection(forLanguage: languageCode) == .rightToLeft
+            }
+        }
+
         var wfPost = WFPost(
             body: post.body,
             title: post.title.isEmpty ? "" : post.title,
             appearance: post.appearance,
             language: post.language,
             rtl: post.rtl,
             createdDate: post.createdDate
         )
 
         if let existingPostId = post.postId {
             // This is an existing post.
             wfPost.postId = post.postId
             wfPost.slug = post.slug
             wfPost.updatedDate = post.updatedDate
             wfPost.collectionAlias = post.collectionAlias
 
             loggedInClient.updatePost(
                 postId: existingPostId,
                 updatedPost: wfPost,
                 completion: publishHandler
             )
         } else {
             // This is a new local draft.
             loggedInClient.createPost(
                 post: wfPost, in: post.collectionAlias, completion: publishHandler
             )
         }
     }
 
     func updateFromServer(post: WFAPost) {
         guard let loggedInClient = client else { return }
         guard let postId = post.postId else { return }
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             self.selectedPost = post
         }
         if let postCollectionAlias = post.collectionAlias,
            let postSlug = post.slug {
             loggedInClient.getPost(bySlug: postSlug, from: postCollectionAlias, completion: updateFromServerHandler)
         } else {
             loggedInClient.getPost(byId: postId, completion: updateFromServerHandler)
         }
     }
 }
 
 private extension WriteFreelyModel {
     func loginHandler(result: Result<WFUser, Error>) {
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             self.isLoggingIn = false
         }
         do {
             let user = try result.get()
             fetchUserCollections()
             fetchUserPosts()
             saveTokenToKeychain(user.token, username: user.username, server: account.server)
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.account.login(user)
             }
         } catch WFError.notFound {
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.account.currentError = AccountError.usernameNotFound
             }
         } catch WFError.unauthorized {
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.account.currentError = AccountError.invalidPassword
             }
         } catch {
             if (error as NSError).domain == NSURLErrorDomain,
                (error as NSError).code == -1003 {
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
                     self.account.currentError = AccountError.serverNotFound
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
     func logoutHandler(result: Result<Bool, Error>) {
         do {
             _ = try result.get()
             do {
                 try purgeTokenFromKeychain(username: account.user?.username, server: account.server)
                 client = nil
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
                     self.account.logout()
                     LocalStorageManager().purgeUserCollections()
                     self.posts.purgeAllPosts()
                 }
             } catch {
                 print("Something went wrong purging the token from the Keychain.")
             }
         } catch WFError.notFound {
             // The user token is invalid or doesn't exist, so it's been invalidated by the server. Proceed with
             // purging the token from the Keychain, destroying the client object, and setting the AccountModel to its
             // logged-out state.
             do {
                 try purgeTokenFromKeychain(username: account.user?.username, server: account.server)
                 client = nil
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
                     self.account.logout()
                     LocalStorageManager().purgeUserCollections()
                     self.posts.purgeAllPosts()
                 }
             } catch {
                 print("Something went wrong purging the token from the Keychain.")
             }
         } catch {
             // We get a 'cannot parse response' (similar to what we were seeing in the Swift package) NSURLError here,
             // so we're using a hacky workaround — if we get the NSURLError, but the AccountModel still thinks we're
             // logged in, try calling the logout function again and see what we get.
             // Conditional cast from 'Error' to 'NSError' always succeeds but is the only way to check error properties.
             if (error as NSError).domain == NSURLErrorDomain,
                (error as NSError).code == NSURLErrorCannotParseResponse {
                 if account.isLoggedIn {
                     self.logout()
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
     func fetchUserCollectionsHandler(result: Result<[WFCollection], Error>) {
         do {
             let fetchedCollections = try result.get()
             for fetchedCollection in fetchedCollections {
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
                     let localCollection = WFACollection(context: LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext)
                     localCollection.alias = fetchedCollection.alias
                     localCollection.blogDescription = fetchedCollection.description
                     localCollection.email = fetchedCollection.email
                     localCollection.isPublic = fetchedCollection.isPublic ?? false
                     localCollection.styleSheet = fetchedCollection.styleSheet
                     localCollection.title = fetchedCollection.title
                     localCollection.url = fetchedCollection.url
                 }
             }
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 LocalStorageManager().saveContext()
             }
         } catch {
             print(error)
         }
     }
 
     func fetchUserPostsHandler(result: Result<[WFPost], Error>) {
         do {
             let fetchedPosts = try result.get()
             for fetchedPost in fetchedPosts {
                 // For each fetched post, we
                 // 1. check to see if a matching post exists
                 if let managedPost = posts.userPosts.first(where: { $0.postId == fetchedPost.postId }) {
                     // If it exists, we set the hasNewerRemoteCopy flag as appropriate.
                     if let fetchedPostUpdatedDate = fetchedPost.updatedDate,
                        let localPostUpdatedDate = managedPost.updatedDate {
                         managedPost.hasNewerRemoteCopy = fetchedPostUpdatedDate > localPostUpdatedDate
                     } else {
                         print("Error: could not determine which copy of post is newer")
                     }
                 } else {
                     // If it doesn't exist, we create the managed object.
                     let managedPost = WFAPost(context: LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext)
                     managedPost.postId = fetchedPost.postId
                     managedPost.slug = fetchedPost.slug
                     managedPost.appearance = fetchedPost.appearance
                     managedPost.language = fetchedPost.language
                     managedPost.rtl = fetchedPost.rtl ?? false
                     managedPost.createdDate = fetchedPost.createdDate
                     managedPost.updatedDate = fetchedPost.updatedDate
                     managedPost.title = fetchedPost.title ?? ""
                     managedPost.body = fetchedPost.body
                     managedPost.collectionAlias = fetchedPost.collectionAlias
                     managedPost.status = PostStatus.published.rawValue
                 }
             }
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 LocalStorageManager().saveContext()
                 self.posts.loadCachedPosts()
             }
         } catch {
             print(error)
         }
     }
 
     func publishHandler(result: Result<WFPost, Error>) {
         do {
             let fetchedPost = try result.get()
             let foundPostIndex = posts.userPosts.firstIndex(where: {
                 $0.title == fetchedPost.title && $0.body == fetchedPost.body
             })
             guard let index = foundPostIndex else { return }
             let cachedPost = self.posts.userPosts[index]
             cachedPost.appearance = fetchedPost.appearance
             cachedPost.body = fetchedPost.body
             cachedPost.collectionAlias = fetchedPost.collectionAlias
             cachedPost.createdDate = fetchedPost.createdDate
             cachedPost.language = fetchedPost.language
             cachedPost.postId = fetchedPost.postId
             cachedPost.rtl = fetchedPost.rtl ?? false
             cachedPost.slug = fetchedPost.slug
             cachedPost.status = PostStatus.published.rawValue
             cachedPost.title = fetchedPost.title ?? ""
             cachedPost.updatedDate = fetchedPost.updatedDate
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 LocalStorageManager().saveContext()
             }
         } catch {
             print(error)
         }
     }
 
     func updateFromServerHandler(result: Result<WFPost, Error>) {
         // ⚠️ NOTE:
         // The API does not return a collection alias, so we take care not to overwrite the
         // cached post's collection alias with the 'nil' value from the fetched post.
         // See: https://github.com/writeas/writefreely-swift/issues/20
         do {
             let fetchedPost = try result.get()
             guard let cachedPost = self.selectedPost else { return }
             cachedPost.appearance = fetchedPost.appearance
             cachedPost.body = fetchedPost.body
             cachedPost.createdDate = fetchedPost.createdDate
             cachedPost.language = fetchedPost.language
             cachedPost.postId = fetchedPost.postId
             cachedPost.rtl = fetchedPost.rtl ?? false
             cachedPost.slug = fetchedPost.slug
             cachedPost.status = PostStatus.published.rawValue
             cachedPost.title = fetchedPost.title ?? ""
             cachedPost.updatedDate = fetchedPost.updatedDate
             cachedPost.hasNewerRemoteCopy = false
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 LocalStorageManager().saveContext()
             }
         } catch {
             print(error)
         }
     }
 }
 
 private extension WriteFreelyModel {
     // MARK: - Keychain Helpers
     func saveTokenToKeychain(_ token: String, username: String?, server: String) {
         let query: [String: Any] = [
             kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
             kSecValueData as String: token.data(using: .utf8)!,
             kSecAttrAccount as String: username ?? "anonymous",
             kSecAttrService as String: server
         ]
 
         let status = SecItemAdd(query as CFDictionary, nil)
         guard status == errSecDuplicateItem || status == errSecSuccess else {
             fatalError("Error storing in Keychain with OSStatus: \(status)")
         }
     }
 
     func purgeTokenFromKeychain(username: String?, server: String) throws {
         let query: [String: Any] = [
             kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
             kSecAttrAccount as String: username ?? "anonymous",
             kSecAttrService as String: server
         ]
 
         let status = SecItemDelete(query as CFDictionary)
         guard status == errSecSuccess || status == errSecItemNotFound else {
             fatalError("Error deleting from Keychain with OSStatus: \(status)")
         }
     }
 
     func fetchTokenFromKeychain(username: String?, server: String) -> String? {
         let query: [String: Any] = [
             kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
             kSecAttrAccount as String: username ?? "anonymous",
             kSecAttrService as String: server,
             kSecMatchLimit as String: kSecMatchLimitOne,
             kSecReturnAttributes as String: true,
             kSecReturnData as String: true
         ]
 
         var secItem: CFTypeRef?
         let status = SecItemCopyMatching(query as CFDictionary, &secItem)
 
         guard status != errSecItemNotFound else {
             return nil
         }
 
         guard status == errSecSuccess else {
             fatalError("Error fetching from Keychain with OSStatus: \(status)")
         }
 
         guard let existingSecItem = secItem as? [String: Any],
               let tokenData = existingSecItem[kSecValueData as String] as? Data,
               let token = String(data: tokenData, encoding: .utf8) else {
             return nil
         }
 
         return token
     }
 }