diff --git a/gramps/gen/plug/docgen/treedoc.py b/gramps/gen/plug/docgen/treedoc.py
index 84ce5c08f..836d92c1c 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/plug/docgen/treedoc.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/plug/docgen/treedoc.py
@@ -344,11 +344,11 @@ class TreeDocBase(BaseDoc, TreeDoc):
         self.write(0, '\\usepackage[%s,%s]{geometry}\n' % (paper, margin))
         self.write(0, '\\usepackage[all]{genealogytree}\n')
         self.write(0, '\\usepackage{color}\n')
-        self.write(0, '\\usepackage{lmodern}\n')
         trans = glocale.language[0][:2]
         lang_en = _locale._get_language_string(trans).lower()
         if lang_en in LANG_SUPPORT:
             self.write(0, '\\gtrset{language=%s}\n' % lang_en)
+            self.write(0, '\\usepackage{lmodern}\n')
         self.write(0, '\\begin{document}\n')
 
         if self.nodecolor == 'preferences':