diff --git a/modules/locale.nix b/modules/locale.nix
index 3fe44b9..8e4109e 100644
--- a/modules/locale.nix
+++ b/modules/locale.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
   console.keyMap = lib.mkDefault "us";
 
   i18n = {
-    defaultLocale = lib.mkDefault "en_US.utf8";
-    extraLocales = lib.mkDefault [ "en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8" ];
+    defaultLocale = lib.mkDefault "en_US.UTF-8";
+    defaultCharset = "UTF-8";
+    #extraLocales = lib.mkDefault [ "en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8" ];
     extraLocaleSettings = lib.mkDefault {
       LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
       LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";