diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java
index ccbebdd..cdb08e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java
@@ -189,4 +189,8 @@ public class Rethink {
         this.update("users", user_id, "language", language);
     }
 
+    public String getLanguage(String user_id) {
+        return (String) this.get("user", "id", user_id, "language");
+    }
+
 }