diff --git a/aegisub/src/spellchecker_hunspell.cpp b/aegisub/src/spellchecker_hunspell.cpp
index 6fffd7378..88ba834c8 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/spellchecker_hunspell.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/spellchecker_hunspell.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,10 @@ wxArrayString HunspellSpellChecker::GetLanguageList() {
 }
 
 void HunspellSpellChecker::SetLanguage(wxString language) {
-	if (language.empty()) return;
+	if (language.empty()) {
+		hunspell.reset();
+		return;
+	}
 
 	wxString userDicRoot = StandardPaths::DecodePath(lagi_wxString(OPT_GET("Path/Dictionary")->GetString()));
 	wxString dataDicRoot = StandardPaths::DecodePath("?data/dictionaries");
diff --git a/aegisub/src/subs_edit_ctrl.cpp b/aegisub/src/subs_edit_ctrl.cpp
index 969b08328..ba76844a5 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/subs_edit_ctrl.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/subs_edit_ctrl.cpp
@@ -883,12 +883,13 @@ void SubsTextEditCtrl::OnUseSuggestion(wxCommandEvent &event) {
 void SubsTextEditCtrl::OnSetDicLanguage(wxCommandEvent &event) {
 	wxArrayString langs = spellchecker->GetLanguageList();
 
-	// Set dictionary
 	int index = event.GetId() - EDIT_MENU_DIC_LANGS - 1;
-	if (index >= 0) {
-		spellchecker->SetLanguage(langs[index]);
-		OPT_SET("Tool/Spell Checker/Language")->SetString(STD_STR(langs[index]));
-	}
+	wxString lang;
+	if (index >= 0)
+		lang = langs[index];
+
+	spellchecker->SetLanguage(lang);
+	OPT_SET("Tool/Spell Checker/Language")->SetString(STD_STR(lang));
 
 	UpdateStyle();
 }
@@ -896,7 +897,6 @@ void SubsTextEditCtrl::OnSetDicLanguage(wxCommandEvent &event) {
 void SubsTextEditCtrl::OnSetThesLanguage(wxCommandEvent &event) {
 	wxArrayString langs = thesaurus->GetLanguageList();
 
-	// Set language
 	int index = event.GetId() - EDIT_MENU_THES_LANGS - 1;
 	wxString lang;
 	if (index >= 0) lang = langs[index];