diff --git a/scripts/check_kernal.sh b/scripts/check_kernal.sh
index 7666a3c..863314b 100644
--- a/scripts/check_kernal.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_kernal.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ _green() { echo -e "\033[32m\033[01m$@\033[0m"; }
 _yellow() { echo -e "\033[33m\033[01m$@\033[0m"; }
 _blue() { echo -e "\033[36m\033[01m$@\033[0m"; }
 reading(){ read -rp "$(_green "$1")" "$2"; }
-utf8_locale=$(locale -a 2>/dev/null | grep -i -m 1 utf8)
-if [[ -z "$utf8_locale" ]]; then
-  _yellow "No UTF-8 locale found"
+if [[ -d "/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8" ]]; then
+  export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+  export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 else
-  export LC_ALL="$utf8_locale"
-  export LANG="$utf8_locale"
-  _green "Locale set to $utf8_locale"
+  export LANG=C.UTF-8
+  export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+  export LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8
 fi