diff --git a/web/cashtab/config/webpack.config.js b/web/cashtab/config/webpack.config.js
--- a/web/cashtab/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -589,6 +589,10 @@
             new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
                 Buffer: ['buffer', 'Buffer'],
             }),
+            new webpack.IgnorePlugin({
+                resourceRegExp: /^\.\/wordlists\/(?!english)/,
+                contextRegExp: /bip39\/src$/,
+            }),
             // Generates an `index.html` file with the <script> injected.
             new HtmlWebpackPlugin(
                 Object.assign(
diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/hooks/useWallet.js b/web/cashtab/src/hooks/useWallet.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/hooks/useWallet.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/hooks/useWallet.js
@@ -841,6 +841,24 @@
     const validateMnemonic = (mnemonic, wordlist = bip39.wordlists.english) => {
         let mnemonicTestOutput;
 
+        // temporary validation of wordlist exclusion
+        // to be removed in next diff in stack
+        console.log('english: ' + bip39.wordlists.english);
+        if (
+            !bip39.wordlists.japanese &&
+            !bip39.wordlists.spanish &&
+            !bip39.wordlists.italian &&
+            !bip39.wordlists.french &&
+            !bip39.wordlists.korean &&
+            !bip39.wordlists.czech &&
+            !bip39.wordlists.portuguese &&
+            !bip39.wordlists.chinese_traditional
+        ) {
+            console.log(
+                'bip39 wordlist is excluding japanese, spanish, italian, french, korean, czech, portuguese and chinese',
+            );
+        }
+
         try {
             mnemonicTestOutput = validateMnemonicWordList(mnemonic, wordlist);