diff --git a/debian-setup.sh b/debian-setup.sh
index 1f98005..de6385a 100644
--- a/debian-setup.sh
+++ b/debian-setup.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ echo "[INFO] Installing necessary tools"
 apt install -y curl vim git sudo ca-certificates apt-transport-https haveged tree
 
 # set locale to 
-# update-locale LANG=LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE
 echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' > /etc/default/locale
+echo 'LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8' >> /etc/default/locale
+locale-gen "en_US.UTF-8"
+localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
 
 # Vim no mouse select
 touch ~/.vimrc  # make sure file exists