diff --git a/DebianBase/Dockerfile b/DebianBase/Dockerfile
index 1d08eca..cdd6513 100644
--- a/DebianBase/Dockerfile
+++ b/DebianBase/Dockerfile
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ LABEL author="Tara Piccari" maintainer="tarapiccari@gmail.com"
 SHELL [ "/bin/bash", "-c" ]
 ENV HOME /root
 ENV DOCKER 1
-ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
-ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 USER root
 WORKDIR /
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
+RUN echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" >> /etc/environment
+RUN echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
+RUN echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.conf
+RUN locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+
 
 RUN apt update; apt-get upgrade -y
 RUN apt-get install -y rsync zip unzip file git