diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index c5a5c2d..6a2e663 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export LWS=$WORKSPACE
 echo "Linux Workspace initialization $WORKSPACE_BASHRC"
 
 if [[ -z $LC_ALL ]]; then
-  export LC_ALL=C
+  export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 fi
 
 for rc_file in $WORKSPACE/rc/*.sh; do