diff --git a/searx/data/engines_languages.json b/searx/data/engines_languages.json
index acd36439c..4eeebe182 100644
--- a/searx/data/engines_languages.json
+++ b/searx/data/engines_languages.json
@@ -1397,153 +1397,169 @@
     "zh"
   ],
   "qwant": {
-    "bg-BG": "bg_BG",
-    "ca-ES": "ca_ES",
-    "cs-CZ": "cs_CZ",
-    "da-DK": "da_DK",
-    "de-AT": "de_AT",
-    "de-CH": "de_CH",
-    "de-DE": "de_DE",
-    "el-GR": "el_GR",
-    "en-AU": "en_AU",
-    "en-CA": "en_CA",
-    "en-GB": "en_GB",
-    "en-IE": "en_IE",
-    "en-MY": "en_MY",
-    "en-NZ": "en_NZ",
-    "en-US": "en_US",
-    "es-AR": "es_AR",
-    "es-CL": "es_CL",
-    "es-ES": "es_ES",
-    "es-MX": "es_MX",
-    "et-EE": "et_EE",
-    "fi-FI": "fi_FI",
-    "fr-BE": "fr_BE",
-    "fr-CA": "fr_CA",
-    "fr-CH": "fr_CH",
-    "fr-FR": "fr_FR",
-    "hu-HU": "hu_HU",
-    "it-CH": "it_CH",
-    "it-IT": "it_IT",
-    "ko-KR": "ko_KR",
-    "nb-NO": "nb_NO",
-    "nl-BE": "nl_BE",
-    "nl-NL": "nl_NL",
-    "pl-PL": "pl_PL",
-    "pt-PT": "pt_PT",
-    "ro-RO": "ro_RO",
-    "sv-SE": "sv_SE",
-    "th-TH": "th_TH",
-    "zh-CN": "zh_CN",
-    "zh-HK": "zh_HK"
+    "languages": {},
+    "regions": {
+      "bg-BG": "bg_BG",
+      "ca-ES": "ca_ES",
+      "cs-CZ": "cs_CZ",
+      "da-DK": "da_DK",
+      "de-AT": "de_AT",
+      "de-CH": "de_CH",
+      "de-DE": "de_DE",
+      "el-GR": "el_GR",
+      "en-AU": "en_AU",
+      "en-CA": "en_CA",
+      "en-GB": "en_GB",
+      "en-IE": "en_IE",
+      "en-MY": "en_MY",
+      "en-NZ": "en_NZ",
+      "en-US": "en_US",
+      "es-AR": "es_AR",
+      "es-CL": "es_CL",
+      "es-ES": "es_ES",
+      "es-MX": "es_MX",
+      "et-EE": "et_EE",
+      "fi-FI": "fi_FI",
+      "fr-BE": "fr_BE",
+      "fr-CA": "fr_CA",
+      "fr-CH": "fr_CH",
+      "fr-FR": "fr_FR",
+      "hu-HU": "hu_HU",
+      "it-CH": "it_CH",
+      "it-IT": "it_IT",
+      "ko-KR": "ko_KR",
+      "nb-NO": "nb_NO",
+      "nl-BE": "nl_BE",
+      "nl-NL": "nl_NL",
+      "pl-PL": "pl_PL",
+      "pt-PT": "pt_PT",
+      "ro-RO": "ro_RO",
+      "sv-SE": "sv_SE",
+      "th-TH": "th_TH",
+      "zh-CN": "zh_CN",
+      "zh-HK": "zh_HK"
+    },
+    "type": "engine_properties"
   },
   "qwant images": {
-    "bg-BG": "bg_BG",
-    "ca-ES": "ca_ES",
-    "cs-CZ": "cs_CZ",
-    "da-DK": "da_DK",
-    "de-AT": "de_AT",
-    "de-CH": "de_CH",
-    "de-DE": "de_DE",
-    "el-GR": "el_GR",
-    "en-AU": "en_AU",
-    "en-CA": "en_CA",
-    "en-GB": "en_GB",
-    "en-IE": "en_IE",
-    "en-MY": "en_MY",
-    "en-NZ": "en_NZ",
-    "en-US": "en_US",
-    "es-AR": "es_AR",
-    "es-CL": "es_CL",
-    "es-ES": "es_ES",
-    "es-MX": "es_MX",
-    "et-EE": "et_EE",
-    "fi-FI": "fi_FI",
-    "fr-BE": "fr_BE",
-    "fr-CA": "fr_CA",
-    "fr-CH": "fr_CH",
-    "fr-FR": "fr_FR",
-    "hu-HU": "hu_HU",
-    "it-CH": "it_CH",
-    "it-IT": "it_IT",
-    "ko-KR": "ko_KR",
-    "nb-NO": "nb_NO",
-    "nl-BE": "nl_BE",
-    "nl-NL": "nl_NL",
-    "pl-PL": "pl_PL",
-    "pt-PT": "pt_PT",
-    "ro-RO": "ro_RO",
-    "sv-SE": "sv_SE",
-    "th-TH": "th_TH",
-    "zh-CN": "zh_CN",
-    "zh-HK": "zh_HK"
+    "languages": {},
+    "regions": {
+      "bg-BG": "bg_BG",
+      "ca-ES": "ca_ES",
+      "cs-CZ": "cs_CZ",
+      "da-DK": "da_DK",
+      "de-AT": "de_AT",
+      "de-CH": "de_CH",
+      "de-DE": "de_DE",
+      "el-GR": "el_GR",
+      "en-AU": "en_AU",
+      "en-CA": "en_CA",
+      "en-GB": "en_GB",
+      "en-IE": "en_IE",
+      "en-MY": "en_MY",
+      "en-NZ": "en_NZ",
+      "en-US": "en_US",
+      "es-AR": "es_AR",
+      "es-CL": "es_CL",
+      "es-ES": "es_ES",
+      "es-MX": "es_MX",
+      "et-EE": "et_EE",
+      "fi-FI": "fi_FI",
+      "fr-BE": "fr_BE",
+      "fr-CA": "fr_CA",
+      "fr-CH": "fr_CH",
+      "fr-FR": "fr_FR",
+      "hu-HU": "hu_HU",
+      "it-CH": "it_CH",
+      "it-IT": "it_IT",
+      "ko-KR": "ko_KR",
+      "nb-NO": "nb_NO",
+      "nl-BE": "nl_BE",
+      "nl-NL": "nl_NL",
+      "pl-PL": "pl_PL",
+      "pt-PT": "pt_PT",
+      "ro-RO": "ro_RO",
+      "sv-SE": "sv_SE",
+      "th-TH": "th_TH",
+      "zh-CN": "zh_CN",
+      "zh-HK": "zh_HK"
+    },
+    "type": "engine_properties"
   },
   "qwant news": {
-    "ca-ES": "ca_ES",
-    "de-AT": "de_AT",
-    "de-CH": "de_CH",
-    "de-DE": "de_DE",
-    "en-AU": "en_AU",
-    "en-CA": "en_CA",
-    "en-GB": "en_GB",
-    "en-IE": "en_IE",
-    "en-MY": "en_MY",
-    "en-NZ": "en_NZ",
-    "en-US": "en_US",
-    "es-AR": "es_AR",
-    "es-CL": "es_CL",
-    "es-ES": "es_ES",
-    "es-MX": "es_MX",
-    "fr-BE": "fr_BE",
-    "fr-CA": "fr_CA",
-    "fr-CH": "fr_CH",
-    "fr-FR": "fr_FR",
-    "it-CH": "it_CH",
-    "it-IT": "it_IT",
-    "nl-BE": "nl_BE",
-    "nl-NL": "nl_NL",
-    "pt-PT": "pt_PT"
+    "languages": {},
+    "regions": {
+      "ca-ES": "ca_ES",
+      "de-AT": "de_AT",
+      "de-CH": "de_CH",
+      "de-DE": "de_DE",
+      "en-AU": "en_AU",
+      "en-CA": "en_CA",
+      "en-GB": "en_GB",
+      "en-IE": "en_IE",
+      "en-MY": "en_MY",
+      "en-NZ": "en_NZ",
+      "en-US": "en_US",
+      "es-AR": "es_AR",
+      "es-CL": "es_CL",
+      "es-ES": "es_ES",
+      "es-MX": "es_MX",
+      "fr-BE": "fr_BE",
+      "fr-CA": "fr_CA",
+      "fr-CH": "fr_CH",
+      "fr-FR": "fr_FR",
+      "it-CH": "it_CH",
+      "it-IT": "it_IT",
+      "nl-BE": "nl_BE",
+      "nl-NL": "nl_NL",
+      "pt-PT": "pt_PT"
+    },
+    "type": "engine_properties"
   },
   "qwant videos": {
-    "bg-BG": "bg_BG",
-    "ca-ES": "ca_ES",
-    "cs-CZ": "cs_CZ",
-    "da-DK": "da_DK",
-    "de-AT": "de_AT",
-    "de-CH": "de_CH",
-    "de-DE": "de_DE",
-    "el-GR": "el_GR",
-    "en-AU": "en_AU",
-    "en-CA": "en_CA",
-    "en-GB": "en_GB",
-    "en-IE": "en_IE",
-    "en-MY": "en_MY",
-    "en-NZ": "en_NZ",
-    "en-US": "en_US",
-    "es-AR": "es_AR",
-    "es-CL": "es_CL",
-    "es-ES": "es_ES",
-    "es-MX": "es_MX",
-    "et-EE": "et_EE",
-    "fi-FI": "fi_FI",
-    "fr-BE": "fr_BE",
-    "fr-CA": "fr_CA",
-    "fr-CH": "fr_CH",
-    "fr-FR": "fr_FR",
-    "hu-HU": "hu_HU",
-    "it-CH": "it_CH",
-    "it-IT": "it_IT",
-    "ko-KR": "ko_KR",
-    "nb-NO": "nb_NO",
-    "nl-BE": "nl_BE",
-    "nl-NL": "nl_NL",
-    "pl-PL": "pl_PL",
-    "pt-PT": "pt_PT",
-    "ro-RO": "ro_RO",
-    "sv-SE": "sv_SE",
-    "th-TH": "th_TH",
-    "zh-CN": "zh_CN",
-    "zh-HK": "zh_HK"
+    "languages": {},
+    "regions": {
+      "bg-BG": "bg_BG",
+      "ca-ES": "ca_ES",
+      "cs-CZ": "cs_CZ",
+      "da-DK": "da_DK",
+      "de-AT": "de_AT",
+      "de-CH": "de_CH",
+      "de-DE": "de_DE",
+      "el-GR": "el_GR",
+      "en-AU": "en_AU",
+      "en-CA": "en_CA",
+      "en-GB": "en_GB",
+      "en-IE": "en_IE",
+      "en-MY": "en_MY",
+      "en-NZ": "en_NZ",
+      "en-US": "en_US",
+      "es-AR": "es_AR",
+      "es-CL": "es_CL",
+      "es-ES": "es_ES",
+      "es-MX": "es_MX",
+      "et-EE": "et_EE",
+      "fi-FI": "fi_FI",
+      "fr-BE": "fr_BE",
+      "fr-CA": "fr_CA",
+      "fr-CH": "fr_CH",
+      "fr-FR": "fr_FR",
+      "hu-HU": "hu_HU",
+      "it-CH": "it_CH",
+      "it-IT": "it_IT",
+      "ko-KR": "ko_KR",
+      "nb-NO": "nb_NO",
+      "nl-BE": "nl_BE",
+      "nl-NL": "nl_NL",
+      "pl-PL": "pl_PL",
+      "pt-PT": "pt_PT",
+      "ro-RO": "ro_RO",
+      "sv-SE": "sv_SE",
+      "th-TH": "th_TH",
+      "zh-CN": "zh_CN",
+      "zh-HK": "zh_HK"
+    },
+    "type": "engine_properties"
   },
   "startpage": {
     "af": {
diff --git a/searx/engines/qwant.py b/searx/engines/qwant.py
index 6de2176d0..19b30631f 100644
--- a/searx/engines/qwant.py
+++ b/searx/engines/qwant.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ about = {
 # engine dependent config
 categories = []
 paging = True
-supported_languages_url = about['website']
+supported_properties_url = about['website']
 qwant_categ = None  # web|news|inages|videos
 
 safesearch = True
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def request(query, params):
     )
 
     # add quant's locale
-    q_locale = get_engine_locale(params['language'], supported_languages, default='en_US')
+    q_locale = get_engine_locale(params['language'], supported_properties['regions'], default='en_US')
     params['url'] += '&locale=' + q_locale
 
     # add safesearch option
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def response(resp):
     return results
 
 
-def _fetch_supported_languages(resp):
+def _fetch_engine_properties(resp, engine_properties):
 
     text = resp.text
     text = text[text.find('INITIAL_PROPS') :]
@@ -263,8 +263,6 @@ def _fetch_supported_languages(resp):
 
             q_valid_locales.append(_locale)
 
-    supported_languages = {}
-
     for q_locale in q_valid_locales:
         try:
             locale = babel.Locale.parse(q_locale, sep='_')
@@ -272,7 +270,7 @@ def _fetch_supported_languages(resp):
             print("ERROR: can't determine babel locale of quant's locale %s" % q_locale)
             continue
 
-        # note: supported_languages (dict)
+        # note: engine_properties.regions (dict)
         #
         #   dict's key is a string build up from a babel.Locale object / the
         #   notation 'xx-XX' (and 'xx') conforms to SearXNG's locale (and
@@ -280,6 +278,6 @@ def _fetch_supported_languages(resp):
         #   the engine.
 
         searxng_locale = locale.language + '-' + locale.territory  # --> params['language']
-        supported_languages[searxng_locale] = q_locale
+        engine_properties.regions[searxng_locale] = q_locale
 
-    return supported_languages
+    return engine_properties