diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index 5da27665..b56616bf 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ source setup/preflight.sh
 
 if ! locale -a | grep en_US.utf8 > /dev/null; then
     # Generate locale if not exists
-    hide_output locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+    hide_output localedef -f UTF-8 -i en_US en_US.UTF-8
+    #hide_output locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
 fi
 
 export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8