diff --git a/webapp/components/LocaleSwitch/LocaleSwitch.spec.js b/webapp/components/LocaleSwitch/LocaleSwitch.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae81881d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/components/LocaleSwitch/LocaleSwitch.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { mount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
+import Vuex from 'vuex'
+import VTooltip from 'v-tooltip'
+import LocaleSwitch from './LocaleSwitch.vue'
+import { mutations } from '~/store/editor'
+
+const localVue = createLocalVue()
+
+localVue.use(Vuex)
+localVue.use(Styleguide)
+localVue.use(VTooltip)
+
+describe('LocaleSwitch.vue', () => {
+  let wrapper
+  let mocks
+  let computed
+  let deutschLanguageItem
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mocks = {
+      $i18n: {
+        locale: () => 'de',
+        set: jest.fn(),
+      },
+      $t: jest.fn(),
+      setPlaceholderText: jest.fn(),
+    }
+    computed = {
+      current: () => {
+        return { code: 'en' }
+      },
+      routes: () => {
+        return [
+          {
+            name: 'English',
+            path: 'en',
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'Deutsch',
+            path: 'de',
+          },
+        ]
+      },
+    }
+  })
+
+  describe('mount', () => {
+    const store = new Vuex.Store({
+      mutations: {
+        'editor/SET_PLACEHOLDER_TEXT': mutations.SET_PLACEHOLDER_TEXT,
+      },
+    })
+    const Wrapper = () => {
+      return mount(LocaleSwitch, { mocks, localVue, store, computed })
+    }
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wrapper = Wrapper()
+      wrapper.find('.locale-menu').trigger('click')
+      deutschLanguageItem = wrapper.findAll('li').at(1)
+      deutschLanguageItem.trigger('click')
+    })
+
+    it("changes a user's locale", () => {
+      expect(mocks.$i18n.set).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/webapp/components/LocaleSwitch.vue b/webapp/components/LocaleSwitch/LocaleSwitch.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from webapp/components/LocaleSwitch.vue
rename to webapp/components/LocaleSwitch/LocaleSwitch.vue
diff --git a/webapp/layouts/default.vue b/webapp/layouts/default.vue
index 7708d6d2e..162bae0fb 100644
--- a/webapp/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/webapp/layouts/default.vue
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
 <script>
 import { mapGetters, mapActions } from 'vuex'
-import LocaleSwitch from '~/components/LocaleSwitch'
+import LocaleSwitch from '~/components/LocaleSwitch/LocaleSwitch'
 import SearchInput from '~/components/SearchInput.vue'
 import Modal from '~/components/Modal'
 import NotificationMenu from '~/components/notifications/NotificationMenu'
diff --git a/webapp/pages/login.vue b/webapp/pages/login.vue
index a96fbdbf1..7520eaa5b 100644
--- a/webapp/pages/login.vue
+++ b/webapp/pages/login.vue
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import LocaleSwitch from '~/components/LocaleSwitch'
+import LocaleSwitch from '~/components/LocaleSwitch/LocaleSwitch'
 
 export default {
   components: {