diff --git a/static/alar.js b/static/alar.js
index 55f8c92..a17e402 100644
--- a/static/alar.js
+++ b/static/alar.js
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+// Custom language code mapping for govarnam.
+window.autoCompLangCodes = {
+    "kannada": "kn"
+}
+
 function hasKannadaChar(str) {
   return /[\u0C80-\u0CFF]/.test(str);
 }
diff --git a/static/main.js b/static/main.js
index 7d7076a..f221821 100644
--- a/static/main.js
+++ b/static/main.js
@@ -276,10 +276,17 @@ async function screenshotElement(element) {
     autoSelect: false,
     onQuery: async (val) => {
       const langCode = localStorage.from_lang;
+
+      if (!langCode) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const shortcode = autoCompLangCodes?.[langCode] ?? langCode;
+
       clearTimeout(debounce);
       return new Promise(resolve => {
         debounce = setTimeout(async () => {
-          const response = await fetch(`${_ROOT_URL}/atl/${langCode}/${val.toLowerCase()}`);
+          const response = await fetch(`${_ROOT_URL}/atl/${shortcode}/${val.toLowerCase()}`);
           const data = await response.json();
 
           const a = data.greedy_tokenized.map(item => item.word).slice(0, 3).sort((a, b) => a.length - b.length);