diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 1823fd5..7183a77 100644
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ get_distro() {
 	echo $OS
 }
 
+if ! grep -q "export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8" ~/.bashrc; then
+    echo 'export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8' >> ~/.bashrc
+    echo 'export LANG=C.UTF-8' >> ~/.bashrc
+
 case $(get_distro) in
     "alpine")
     # Install QEMU