diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 560e8c1c6..0074f3e56 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ deploy:
 switch:
 	rm -rf cache
 	rm -rf .nuxt/cache
-	sed -Ei s/NUXT_PUBLIC_LOCALE=.+/NUXT_PUBLIC_LOCALE=${LANG}/ .env
+	sed -E -i.bak s/NUXT_PUBLIC_LOCALE=.+/NUXT_PUBLIC_LOCALE=${LANG}/ .env
 	echo 'Please remember to restart the dev server to make the language switch visible'
 
 migrate: