diff --git a/public/home/home.js b/public/home/home.js
index d262fd141..17927d65d 100644
--- a/public/home/home.js
+++ b/public/home/home.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ var swiperRepo = new Swiper(".homepro-list", {
     },
 });
 
-
 var output = document.getElementById("newmessage");
 var socket = new WebSocket("ws://" + document.location.host + "/action/notification");
 
@@ -45,10 +44,12 @@ var maxSize = 20;
 var html =document.documentElement;
 var lang = html.attributes["lang"]
 var isZh = true;
-if(lang != null && lang =="en-US" ){
+if(lang != null && lang.nodeValue =="en-US" ){
+    console.log("the language is " + lang.nodeValue);
     isZh=false;
+}else{
+    console.log("default lang=zh");
 }
-console.log("the language is " + lang);
 
 socket.onmessage = function (e) {
 		var data =JSON.parse(e.data)
@@ -364,8 +365,7 @@ function displayRepo(json){
             if(record["Topics"] != null){
                 for(var j = 0; j < record["Topics"].length; j++){
                     topic = record["Topics"][j];
-                    url = "/explore/repos?q=" +  topic + "&amp;topic="
-                    url = escape(url);
+                    url = "/explore/repos?q=" +  escape(topic) + "&amp;topic="
                     html += "<a class=\"ui small label topic\" href=\"" + url + "\">" + topic +  "</a>";
                 }
             }