Kobo desktop app opens to rakuten site (Japanese language)

The Kobo desktop app opens to Rakuten site (all Japanese) when I click on the "Account" icon. When I'm logged in using the same id on the website I get the English version. I do have a rakuten id, and I've tried to delete that from my kobo account to see if that fixes the problem, that didn't work. Also tried re-installing the Kobo desktop app, and clearing browser cache.

I'm on Mac OS X. Is there any way I can modify the app files so everything links to the English/usa store and account pages online?