diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 92f1eee421..28c98f51e8 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -157,3 +157,7 @@ contentDir = "content/no"
 time_format_blog = "02.01.2006"
 # A list of language codes to look for untranslated content, ordered from left to right.
 language_alternatives = ["en"]
+
+[languages.zh.params]
+time_format_blog = "2006.01.02"
+language_alternatives = ["en"]