diff --git a/src/login.c b/src/login.c
index b020762..e3db4f4 100644
--- a/src/login.c
+++ b/src/login.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ void env_init(struct passwd* pwd)
 	setenv("SHELL", pwd->pw_shell, 1);
 	setenv("USER", pwd->pw_name, 1);
 	setenv("LOGNAME", pwd->pw_name, 1);
-	setenv("LANG", lang ? lang : "en_US.UTF-8", 1);
+	setenv("LANG", lang ? lang : "C", 1);
 
 	// Set PATH if specified in the configuration
 	if (strlen(config.path))