diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5999d0d91..139c8ec9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Unusual Draw in Chess Activity #1678
 - Pressing the start button in ColorMyWorld activity immediately shows "Congratulations! You finished!" #1691
 - Broken dialog box on first screen tutorial #1418
+- Sample values in Chart activity are not initialized #1695
  
 ## [1.8.0] - 2024-04-10
 ### Added
diff --git a/activities/Chart.activity/js/activity.js b/activities/Chart.activity/js/activity.js
index be30e2592..3a524dfe1 100644
--- a/activities/Chart.activity/js/activity.js
+++ b/activities/Chart.activity/js/activity.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ const app = new Vue({
 		"csv-view": CsvView,
 	},
 	data: {
+		isLocalized: false,
+		pendingNewInstance: false,
 		currentenv: null,
 		SugarL10n: null,
 		SugarPresence: null,
@@ -145,9 +147,15 @@ const app = new Vue({
 			});
 		},
 		localized() {
+			this.isLocalized = true;
 			this.SugarL10n.localize(this.l10n);
 			document.getElementById("export-csv-button").title = this.l10n.stringexportAsCSV;
 			document.getElementById("export-img-button").title = this.l10n.stringSaveImage;
+			// If onJournalNewInstance was triggered before localization
+			if (this.pendingNewInstance) {
+				this.onJournalNewInstance(); // Execute the pending call
+				this.pendingNewInstance = false;
+			}
 
 		},
 
@@ -270,6 +278,10 @@ const app = new Vue({
 
 
 		onJournalNewInstance() {
+			if (!this.isLocalized) {
+				this.pendingNewInstance = true; // Mark the call as pending
+				return;
+			}
 			const randArr = this.shuffleArray([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
 			for(let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 				const label = "EgLabel" + randArr[i];