diff --git a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/PowerAccentPage.xaml.cs b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/PowerAccentPage.xaml.cs
index c0e78d3e87..1ba7d11227 100644
--- a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/PowerAccentPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/PowerAccentPage.xaml.cs
@@ -63,8 +63,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Views
             this.QuickAccent_Language_Select.DeselectAll();
         }
 
+        private bool loadingLanguageListDontTriggerSelectionChanged;
+
         private void QuickAccent_SelectedLanguage_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
         {
+            if (loadingLanguageListDontTriggerSelectionChanged)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             var listView = sender as ListView;
 
             ViewModel.SelectedLanguageOptions = listView.SelectedItems
@@ -76,10 +83,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Views
 
         private void QuickAccent_Language_Select_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
+            loadingLanguageListDontTriggerSelectionChanged = true;
             foreach (var languageOption in ViewModel.SelectedLanguageOptions)
             {
                 this.QuickAccent_Language_Select.SelectedItems.Add(languageOption);
             }
+
+            loadingLanguageListDontTriggerSelectionChanged = false;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/ViewModels/PowerAccentViewModel.cs b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/ViewModels/PowerAccentViewModel.cs
index 7da5c4ecfb..ca2bdabe07 100644
--- a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/ViewModels/PowerAccentViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/ViewModels/PowerAccentViewModel.cs
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.ViewModels
             {
                 SelectedLanguageOptions = _powerAccentSettings.Properties.SelectedLang.Value.Split(',')
                    .Select(l => Languages.Find(lang => lang.LanguageCode == l))
+                   .Where(l => l != null) // Wrongly typed languages will appear as null after find. We want to remove those to avoid crashes.
                    .ToArray();
             }
             else if (_powerAccentSettings.Properties.SelectedLang.Value.Contains("ALL"))