diff --git a/src/cpl_translation/translation_settings.py b/src/cpl_translation/translation_settings.py
index fb6275a3..f4902513 100644
--- a/src/cpl_translation/translation_settings.py
+++ b/src/cpl_translation/translation_settings.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from cpl_core.configuration.configuration_model_abc import ConfigurationModelABC
 class TranslationSettings(ConfigurationModelABC):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        languages: str = None,
+        languages: list = None,
         default_lang: str = None,
     ):
         ConfigurationModelABC.__init__(self)
diff --git a/unittests/unittests_translation/translation_test_case.py b/unittests/unittests_translation/translation_test_case.py
index a0fcc236..beeca782 100644
--- a/unittests/unittests_translation/translation_test_case.py
+++ b/unittests/unittests_translation/translation_test_case.py
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ class TranslationTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         os.chdir(os.path.abspath(TRANSLATION_PATH))
         self._translation = TranslationService()
-        settings = TranslationSettings()
-        settings.from_dict({"Languages": ["de", "en"], "DefaultLanguage": "en"})
+        settings = TranslationSettings(["de", "en"], "en")
         self._translation.load_by_settings(settings)
         self._translation.set_default_lang("de")
         self._translate = TranslatePipe(self._translation)