diff --git a/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/dso-edit-metadata-value/dso-edit-metadata-value.component.html b/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/dso-edit-metadata-value/dso-edit-metadata-value.component.html
index b9da828bd4..458b9d9e82 100644
--- a/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/dso-edit-metadata-value/dso-edit-metadata-value.component.html
+++ b/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/dso-edit-metadata-value/dso-edit-metadata-value.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
   </div>
   <div class="ds-flex-cell ds-lang-cell">
     <div class="dont-break-out preserve-line-breaks" *ngIf="!mdValue.editing">{{ mdValue.newValue.language }}</div>
-    <input class="form-control" type="text" *ngIf="mdValue.editing" [(ngModel)]="mdValue.newValue.language" />
+    <input class="form-control" type="text" *ngIf="mdValue.editing" [(ngModel)]="mdValue.newValue.language"
+           [dsDebounce]="300" (onDebounce)="confirm.emit(false)" />
   </div>
   <div class="text-center ds-flex-cell ds-edit-cell">
     <div class="btn-group edit-field">