diff --git a/templates/editor.html b/templates/editor.html
index 8566de9..a9f3314 100755
--- a/templates/editor.html
+++ b/templates/editor.html
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
               <input type="checkbox" id="raw_editor"/>
               <!-- TODO this should come from the eval server somehow -->
               <label>Language</label>
-              <select name="language">
+              <select name="language" id="language">
                 <option value="perl" data-lang="perl">Perl (blead)</option>
                 <option value="text" data-lang="text">Text</option>
                 <option value="perl5.24" data-lang="perl">Perl 5.24</option>
@@ -260,9 +260,11 @@
                  $("#paste").val() :
                  editor.getValue();
 
+      var language = $('#language option').filter(':selected').val();
+
       $.ajax('/eval', {
         method: 'post',
-        data: {code: code},
+        data: {code: code, language: language},
         dataType: "json",
         success: function(data, status) {
           $('#eval').text(data.evalout);