diff --git a/tools-hardened/desktop/fluxbox-run.sh b/tools-hardened/desktop/fluxbox-run.sh
index 28bbe501..8e793cc7 100755
--- a/tools-hardened/desktop/fluxbox-run.sh
+++ b/tools-hardened/desktop/fluxbox-run.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ setup_confs() {
 
 	cp -a files/locale/locale.gen "${ROOTFS}"/etc/
 	chroot "${ROOTFS}"/ locale-gen
-	chroot "${ROOTFS}"/ eselect locale set 3
+	chroot "${ROOTFS}"/ eselect locale set en_US.utf8
 	cp -a files/locale/02locale "${ROOTFS}"/etc/conf.d/
 	# In kernels 3.9 and above, we must disallow-other-stacks because of SO_REUSEPORT 
 	sed -i 's/^#\(disallow-other-stacks=\)no/\1yes/g' "${ROOTFS}"/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf
diff --git a/tools-hardened/desktop/gnome3-run.sh b/tools-hardened/desktop/gnome3-run.sh
index 8b6bc734..ab782e2a 100755
--- a/tools-hardened/desktop/gnome3-run.sh
+++ b/tools-hardened/desktop/gnome3-run.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ setup_confs() {
 
 	cp -a files/locale/locale.gen "${ROOTFS}"/etc/
 	chroot "${ROOTFS}"/ locale-gen
-
+	chroot "${ROOTFS}"/ eselect locale set en_US.utf8
 	cp -a files/locale/02locale "${ROOTFS}"/etc/conf.d/
 	# In kernels 3.9 and above, we must disallow-other-stacks because of SO_REUSEPORT 
 	sed -i 's/^#\(disallow-other-stacks=\)no/\1yes/g' "${ROOTFS}"/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf
diff --git a/tools-hardened/desktop/xfce4-run.sh b/tools-hardened/desktop/xfce4-run.sh
index 951dab03..c8a5a17b 100755
--- a/tools-hardened/desktop/xfce4-run.sh
+++ b/tools-hardened/desktop/xfce4-run.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ setup_confs() {
 
 	cp -a files/locale/locale.gen "${ROOTFS}"/etc/
 	chroot "${ROOTFS}"/ locale-gen
-	chroot "${ROOTFS}"/ eselect locale set 3
+	chroot "${ROOTFS}"/ eselect locale set en_US.utf8
 	cp -a files/locale/02locale "${ROOTFS}"/etc/conf.d/
 	# In kernels 3.9 and above, we must disallow-other-stacks because of SO_REUSEPORT 
 	sed -i 's/^#\(disallow-other-stacks=\)no/\1yes/g' "${ROOTFS}"/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf