diff --git a/site/.htaccess b/site/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ffe896f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+RewriteEngine on
+
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   ^(www\.)?mibew\.org [NC]
+RewriteBase /       
+RewriteRule     ^(ru|en|sp)/(.*)        $2?intlocale=$1 [L]
+RewriteRule     ^(ru|en|sp)$        	$1/ [R,L]
diff --git a/site/inc/locales.i b/site/inc/locales.i
index 6210e8c3..0efe4f3f 100644
--- a/site/inc/locales.i
+++ b/site/inc/locales.i
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		if($k == $current_locale) {
 			echo "<a href=\"#\" class=\"inactive\">".$v."</a>";
 		} else {
-			echo "<a href=\"?locale=$k\">".$v."</a>";
+			echo "<a href=\"".($k != "en" ? "/$k" : "")."/\">".$v."</a>";
 		}
 	}			
 ?>
diff --git a/site/inc/menu.i b/site/inc/menu.i
index ebf649a6..a7c78319 100644
--- a/site/inc/menu.i
+++ b/site/inc/menu.i
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 	</div>
 	<div id="menu">
 	  <ul>
-        <li<?php echo $page == 'home' ? ' class="active"' : '' ?>><a href="/index.php"><?php echo getlocal("menu.home") ?></a></li>
-        <li<?php echo $page == 'demo' ? ' class="active"' : '' ?>><a href="/demo.php"><?php echo getlocal("menu.demo") ?></a></li>
-        <li<?php echo $page == 'downl' ? ' class="active"' : '' ?>><a href="/download.php"><?php echo getlocal("menu.download") ?></a></li>
+        <li<?php echo $page == 'home' ? ' class="active"' : '' ?>><a href="index.php"><?php echo getlocal("menu.home") ?></a></li>
+        <li<?php echo $page == 'demo' ? ' class="active"' : '' ?>><a href="demo.php"><?php echo getlocal("menu.demo") ?></a></li>
+        <li<?php echo $page == 'downl' ? ' class="active"' : '' ?>><a href="download.php"><?php echo getlocal("menu.download") ?></a></li>
         <li><a href="http://support.openwebim.org"><?php echo getlocal("menu.ticket") ?></a></li>
         <li><a href="/forums/"><?php echo getlocal("menu.support") ?></a></li>
 	  </ul>
diff --git a/site/libs/common.php b/site/libs/common.php
index c37342c3..72600af4 100644
--- a/site/libs/common.php
+++ b/site/libs/common.php
@@ -42,52 +42,13 @@ function verifyparam( $name, $regexp, $default = null ) {
         exit;
 }
 
-function get_user_locale() {
-	global $available_locales, $default_locale;
-
-	if( isset($_COOKIE['webim_locale']) ) {
-		$requested_lang = $_COOKIE['webim_locale'];
-		if( in_array($requested_lang,$available_locales) )
-			return $requested_lang;
-	}
-
-	if( isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']) ) {
-		$requested_langs = explode(",",$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']);
-		foreach( $requested_langs as $requested_lang) {
-			if( strlen($requested_lang) > 2 )
-				$requested_lang = substr($requested_lang,0,2);
-
-			if( in_array($requested_lang,$available_locales) && $requested_lang != 'ru' /* do not detect RU */ )
-				return $requested_lang;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if( in_array($default_locale,$available_locales) )
-		return $default_locale;
-
-	return 'en';
-}
-
 function get_locale() {
 	global $available_locales, $siteroot;
 
-	$locale = verifyparam("locale", "/^[\w-]{2,5}$/", "");
-
-	if( $locale && in_array($locale,$available_locales) ) {
-		$_SESSION['locale'] = $locale;
-		setcookie('webim_locale', $locale, time()+60*60*24*1000, "$siteroot/");
-	} else if( isset($_SESSION['locale']) ){
-		$locale = $_SESSION['locale'];
-	}
-
+	$locale = verifyparam("intlocale", "/^[\w-]{2,5}$/", "");
 	if( !$locale || !in_array($locale,$available_locales) )
-		$locale = get_user_locale();
-		
-	$useragent = isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) ? strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) : "";
-	if( $locale == 'ru' && preg_match( "/googlebot[\\s\/]?(\\d+(\\.\\d+)?)/", $useragent) ) {
 		$locale = "en";
-	}
-		
+
 	return $locale;
 }