diff --git a/Src/LexText/Morphology/MorphologyListener.cs b/Src/LexText/Morphology/MorphologyListener.cs
index 2ad6f70d54..56d5c35452 100644
--- a/Src/LexText/Morphology/MorphologyListener.cs
+++ b/Src/LexText/Morphology/MorphologyListener.cs
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ public virtual void Init(Mediator mediator, PropertyTable propertyTable, XmlNode
 			Cache.DomainDataByFlid.AddNotification(this);
 			if (IsVernacularSpellingEnabled())
 				OnEnableVernacularSpelling();
+			else
+				WfiWordformServices.DisableVernacularSpellingDictionary(Cache);
 		}
 
 		public IxCoreColleague[] GetMessageTargets()