diff --git a/15-Setting_locale.sh b/15-Setting_locale.sh
index 750bfb1..74149e4 100644
--- a/15-Setting_locale.sh
+++ b/15-Setting_locale.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ if [ "$desired_locale" == "ask" ]; then
   dpkg-reconfigure locales
 else
 
+  ENV LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
+
   sudo update-locale "LANG=$desired_locale"
   sudo locale-gen --purge "$desired_locale"
   sudo dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive locales
   # echo "LANG=$desired_locale" | sudo tee -a /etc/locale.gen
+  sed -i -e "s/# $desired_locale.*/$desired_locale UTF-8/" /etc/locale.gen
   sudo locale-gen
   sudo update-locale "LANG=$desired_locale"