diff --git a/config/renew.sh b/config/renew.sh
index cb28c23..1c6608e 100755
--- a/config/renew.sh
+++ b/config/renew.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+export LC_ALL=C
 
 echo "Updating VMs..."
 # distrohopper config file
diff --git a/quickgui b/quickgui
index 124115a..147dc2c 100755
--- a/quickgui
+++ b/quickgui
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+export LC_ALL=C
 
 version="0.3"
 # DEBUG mod