diff --git a/example/lib/main.dart b/example/lib/main.dart
index 386e592..941e716 100644
--- a/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
         Locale('fr'),
         Locale('es'),
         Locale('de'),
+        Locale('pt'),
       ],
       localizationsDelegates: [
         CountryLocalizations.delegate,
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
                 comparator: (a, b) => b.name.compareTo(a.name),
                 //Get the country information relevant to the initial selection
                 onInit: (code) =>
-                    print("on init ${code.name} ${code.dialCode}"),
+                    print("on init ${code.name} ${code.dialCode} ${code.name}"),
               ),
               SizedBox(
                 width: 400,
diff --git a/lib/country_code_picker.dart b/lib/country_code_picker.dart
index 2ef13f5..c4de323 100644
--- a/lib/country_code_picker.dart
+++ b/lib/country_code_picker.dart
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ class CountryCodePickerState extends State<CountryCodePicker> {
     super.didChangeDependencies();
 
     this.elements = elements.map((e) => e.localize(context)).toList();
+    _onInit(selectedItem);
   }
 
   @override
@@ -212,8 +213,6 @@ class CountryCodePickerState extends State<CountryCodePicker> {
       selectedItem = elements[0];
     }
 
-    _onInit(selectedItem);
-
     favoriteElements = elements
         .where((e) =>
             widget.favorite.firstWhere(