diff --git a/.bash_aliases b/.bash_aliases
index d8f27a8..8fd8148 100644
--- a/.bash_aliases
+++ b/.bash_aliases
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Arcanist
 export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/phacility/arcanist/bin/"
 export EDITOR="/usr/bin/nano"
+export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
 alias vim='nano'
 alias gpgrefresh='gpg --refresh-keys'
 alias la='ls -a'