diff --git a/apps/client/src/services/options.ts b/apps/client/src/services/options.ts
index c1590721f..9a97153d0 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/services/options.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/services/options.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import server from "./server.js";
 import { isShare } from "./utils.js";
 
-type OptionValue = number | string;
+export type OptionValue = number | string;
 
 class Options {
     initializedPromise: Promise<void>;
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/FormSelect.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/FormSelect.tsx
index f068adcda..ce42c4815 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/FormSelect.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/FormSelect.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function FormSelectGroup<T>({ values, keyProperty, titleProperty, currentValue }
         return (
             <option
                 value={item[keyProperty] as any}
-                selected={item[keyProperty] == currentValue}    // triple equal is intentionally not used here, for comparisons with numeric values
+                selected={item[keyProperty] === currentValue}
             >
                 {item[titleProperty ?? keyProperty] ?? item[keyProperty] as any}
             </option>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
index 1c6707a67..04ae86ef2 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { EventData, EventNames } from "../../components/app_context";
 import { ParentComponent } from "./ReactBasicWidget";
 import SpacedUpdate from "../../services/spaced_update";
 import { OptionNames } from "@triliumnext/commons";
-import options from "../../services/options";
+import options, { type OptionValue } from "../../services/options";
 import utils, { reloadFrontendApp } from "../../services/utils";
 import Component from "../../components/component";
 
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ export function useSpacedUpdate(callback: () => Promise<void>, interval = 1000)
     return spacedUpdateRef.current;
 }
 
-export function useTriliumOption(name: OptionNames, needsRefresh?: boolean): [string, (newValue: string) => Promise<void>] {
+export function useTriliumOption(name: OptionNames, needsRefresh?: boolean): [string, (newValue: OptionValue) => Promise<void>] {
     const initialValue = options.get(name);
     const [ value, setValue ] = useState(initialValue);
 
     const wrappedSetValue = useMemo(() => {
-        return async (newValue: string) => {
+        return async (newValue: OptionValue) => {
             await options.save(name, newValue);
 
             if (needsRefresh) {
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ export function useTriliumOptionBool(name: OptionNames): [boolean, (newValue: bo
     ]
 }
 
+export function useTriliumOptionInt(name: OptionNames): [number, (newValue: number) => Promise<void>] {
+    const [ value, setValue ] = useTriliumOption(name);
+    return [
+        (parseInt(value, 10)),
+        (newValue) => setValue(newValue)
+    ]
+}
+
 /**
  * Generates a unique name via a random alphanumeric string of a fixed length.
  * 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/i18n.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/i18n.tsx
index 95ea8af75..c965d8e7e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/i18n.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/i18n.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { getAvailableLocales, t } from "../../../services/i18n";
 import FormSelect from "../../react/FormSelect";
 import OptionsRow from "./components/OptionsRow";
 import OptionsSection from "./components/OptionsSection";
-import { useTriliumOption } from "../../react/hooks";
+import { useTriliumOption, useTriliumOptionInt } from "../../react/hooks";
 import type { Locale } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 import { isElectron } from "../../../services/utils";
 import FormRadioGroup from "../../react/FormRadioGroup";
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function LocaleSelector({ locales, currentValue, onChange }: { locales: Locale[]
 function DateSettings() {
     const [ firstDayOfWeek, setFirstDayOfWeek ] = useTriliumOption("firstDayOfWeek");
     const [ firstWeekOfYear, setFirstWeekOfYear ] = useTriliumOption("firstWeekOfYear");
-    const [ minDaysInFirstWeek, setMinDaysInFirstWeek ] = useTriliumOption("minDaysInFirstWeek");
+    const [ minDaysInFirstWeek, setMinDaysInFirstWeek ] = useTriliumOptionInt("minDaysInFirstWeek");
 
     return (
         <>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/i18n/i18n.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/i18n/i18n.ts
index 53e509462..0106ae227 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/i18n/i18n.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/i18n/i18n.ts
@@ -67,20 +67,8 @@ const TPL = /*html*/`
 
 export default class LocalizationOptions extends OptionsWidget {
 
-    private $formattingLocaleSelect!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-    private $minDaysRow!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-
     doRender() {
         this.$widget = $(TPL);
-
-        this.$minDaysRow = this.$widget.find(".min-days-row");
-
-        this.$widget.find('input[name="first-week-of-year"]').on('change', (e) => {
-            const target = e.target as HTMLInputElement;
-            const value = parseInt(target.value);
-            this.updateOption("firstWeekOfYear", value);
-        });
-
         this.$widget.find(".restart-app-button").on("click", utils.restartDesktopApp);
     }