diff --git a/templates/paperless-ngx/docker-compose.yml b/templates/paperless-ngx/docker-compose.yml
index 0de89c1..7b86d2e 100644
--- a/templates/paperless-ngx/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/paperless-ngx/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,13 @@ services:
       - PAPERLESS_SECRET_KEY=${PAPERLESS_SECRET_KEY}
       - PAPERLESS_URL=https://${SUBDOMAIN}.${DOMAIN}
       - PAPERLESS_TIME_ZONE=Europe/Budapest
+      # PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE selects the OCR engine language(s) — "+"-joined (e.g. hun+eng).
+      # PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGES is the INSTALL list and must be SPACE-separated (the image apt-installs
+      # tesseract-ocr-<each>). Reusing the "+"-joined value here installed a bogus "tesseract-ocr-hun+eng"
+      # → hun pack missing → Django check crash-loop. Fixed: a space-separated superset of every offered
+      # option (eng bundled; hun/deu installed at boot — verified installable).
       - PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE=${PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE:-eng}
-      - PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGES=${PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE:-}
+      - PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGES=eng hun deu
       - PAPERLESS_ADMIN_USER=${PAPERLESS_ADMIN_USER:-}
       - PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD:-}
       - PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING=30