diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 35b2b33..4a9d447 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@
           <h3>Font Size (in px)</h3>
           <input type="number" name="fontsize" id="fontsize-setting-input" placeholder="">
         </div>
+        <div id="ocrlanguage-setting">
+          <div>
+            <h3>OCR Language</h3> <a style="display: inline;" href="https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/tessdoc/Data-Files"
+              target="_blank">Language
+              Codes</a>
+          </div>
+          <input type="text" name="ocrlanguage" id="ocr-language-setting-input" placeholder="eng">
+        </div>
+        <button class="save-button" id="save-settings-button">Save</button>
       </div>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index c5dcf1d..fa14df2 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ fn init_settings() {
 
     let settings = r#"
     {
-        "fontSize": "16px"
+        "fontSize": "16px",
+        "ocrLanguage": "eng",
     }
     "#;
 
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index a495b1b..d5e1bcb 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async () => {
   createNoteTagEl = document.querySelector("#create-tag");
   searchbarEl = document.querySelector("#note-searchbar");
   notesMsgEl = document.querySelector("#notes-list");
+
+  // apply font size
+  if (createNoteContentEl) {
+    createNoteContentEl.style.fontSize = settings.fontSize + "px";
+  }
+
   showNotes();
   document.querySelector("#save-button")?.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
     e.preventDefault();
@@ -228,7 +234,7 @@ window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async () => {
       ocrFileInputEl.src = URL.createObjectURL(files[0]);
       (async () => {
         // TODO: change ocr language in settings
-        const worker = await createWorker('eng');
+        const worker = await createWorker(settings ? settings.ocrLanguage : "eng");
         const ret = await worker.recognize(files[0]);
         console.log(ret.data.text);
         if (createNoteContentEl) [
@@ -245,7 +251,8 @@ window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async () => {
 
 async function loadSettings(): Promise<Settings> {
   const defaultSettings: Settings = {
-    fontSize: "16px"
+    fontSize: "16px",
+    ocrLanguage: "eng"
   };
 
   try {
@@ -634,11 +641,14 @@ function handleOpenSettingsModal() {
   const modalBg = document.getElementById("id-modal-bg");
   const setingsModalContainer = document.getElementById("settings-modal-container");
   const settingsFontsizeInput = document.getElementById("fontsize-setting-input") as HTMLInputElement;
+  const settingsOcrLanguageInput = document.getElementById("ocr-language-setting-input") as HTMLInputElement;
+  const settingsSaveButton = document.getElementById("save-settings-button");
   if (modalBg && setingsModalContainer && settingsFontsizeInput) {
     modalBg.style.display = "block";
     setingsModalContainer.style.display = "block";
     settingsFontsizeInput.focus();
     settingsFontsizeInput.value = settings ? settings.fontSize : "16";
+    settingsOcrLanguageInput.value = settings ? settings.ocrLanguage : "eng";
 
     modalBg.addEventListener("click", () => {
       setingsModalContainer.style.display = "none";
@@ -649,7 +659,8 @@ function handleOpenSettingsModal() {
       if (event.key === "Enter") {
         console.log("saving settings..")
         settings = {
-          fontSize: settingsFontsizeInput.value
+          fontSize: settingsFontsizeInput.value,
+          ocrLanguage: settingsOcrLanguageInput.value === "" ? "eng" : settingsOcrLanguageInput.value
         }
         await invoke("save_settings", {
           settings: JSON.stringify(settings)
@@ -668,6 +679,28 @@ function handleOpenSettingsModal() {
       }
     });
 
+    if (settingsSaveButton) {
+      settingsSaveButton.addEventListener("click", async () => {
+        console.log("saving settings..")
+        settings = {
+          fontSize: settingsFontsizeInput.value,
+          ocrLanguage: settingsOcrLanguageInput.value === "" ? "eng" : settingsOcrLanguageInput.value
+        }
+        await invoke("save_settings", {
+          settings: JSON.stringify(settings)
+        });
+        if (createNoteContentEl) {
+          createNoteContentEl.style.fontSize = settingsFontsizeInput.value + "px";
+        } else {
+          console.error("failed to get createNoteContentEl")
+        }
+        setingsModalContainer.style.display = "none";
+        modalBg.style.display = "none";
+      });
+    } else {
+      console.error("Failed to get Settings Modal save button.");
+    }
+
 
   } else {
     console.error("Failed to get Settings Modal elements.");
diff --git a/src/model.ts b/src/model.ts
index dce7a04..331adf5 100644
--- a/src/model.ts
+++ b/src/model.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ export type Note = {
 };
 
 export type Settings = {
-    fontSize: string
+    fontSize: string,
+    ocrLanguage: string,
 };
diff --git a/src/styles.css b/src/styles.css
index 4273cc2..3733d4c 100644
--- a/src/styles.css
+++ b/src/styles.css
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ button {
   z-index: 4;
 }
 
+#save-settings-button {
+  margin: 1em;
+
+}
+
 /* MISC */
 
 /* Fancier Scrollbar */