diff --git a/tts/tts.py b/tts/tts.py
index 8584f5a..fe86407 100644
--- a/tts/tts.py
+++ b/tts/tts.py
@@ -1,11 +1,40 @@
 import io
+import logging
+from typing import Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import discord
+import pycountry
+from discord.ext.commands import BadArgument, Converter
 from gtts import gTTS
+from gtts.lang import _fallback_deprecated_lang, tts_langs
 from redbot.core import Config, commands
 from redbot.core.bot import Red
 from redbot.core.commands import Cog
 
+log = logging.getLogger("red.fox_v3.tts")
+
+langs = [lang.iso639_1_code for lang in pycountry.languages if hasattr(lang, "iso639_1_code")]
+
+print(langs)
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    ISO639Converter = str
+else:
+
+    class ISO639Converter(Converter):
+        async def convert(self, ctx, argument) -> str:
+            lang = _fallback_deprecated_lang(argument)
+
+            try:
+                langs = tts_langs()
+                if lang not in langs:
+                    raise BadArgument("Language not supported: %s" % lang)
+            except RuntimeError as e:
+                log.debug(str(e), exc_info=True)
+                log.warning(str(e))
+
+            return lang
+
 
 class TTS(Cog):
     """
@@ -18,7 +47,7 @@ class TTS(Cog):
 
         self.config = Config.get_conf(self, identifier=9811198108111121, force_registration=True)
         default_global = {}
-        default_guild = {}
+        default_guild = {"language": "en"}
 
         self.config.register_global(**default_global)
         self.config.register_guild(**default_guild)
@@ -27,11 +56,27 @@ class TTS(Cog):
         """Nothing to delete"""
         return
 
+    @commands.mod()
+    @commands.command()
+    async def ttslang(self, ctx: commands.Context, lang: ISO639Converter):
+        """
+        Sets the default language for TTS in this guild.
+
+        Default is `en` for English
+        """
+        await self.config.guild(ctx.guild).language.set(lang)
+        await ctx.send(f"Default tts language set to {lang}")
+
     @commands.command(aliases=["t2s", "text2"])
-    async def tts(self, ctx: commands.Context, *, lang: str, text: str):
+    async def tts(
+        self, ctx: commands.Context, lang: Optional[ISO639Converter] = None, *, text: str
+    ):
+        """
+        Send Text to speech messages as an mp3
         """
-       Send Text to speech messages as an mp3
-       """
+        if lang is None:
+            lang = await self.config.guild(ctx.guild).language()
+
         mp3_fp = io.BytesIO()
         tts = gTTS(text, lang=lang)
         tts.write_to_fp(mp3_fp)