diff --git a/tv/2configs/default.nix b/tv/2configs/default.nix
index 72c48da2c..4d27b0eac 100644
--- a/tv/2configs/default.nix
+++ b/tv/2configs/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ with import <stockholm/lib>;
       };
     }
     {
+      i18n.defaultLocale = mkDefault "C.UTF-8";
       security.hideProcessInformation = true;
       security.sudo.extraConfig = ''
         Defaults env_keep+="SSH_CLIENT XMONAD_SPAWN_WORKSPACE"