diff --git a/dotfiles/.bash_profile b/dotfiles/.bash_profile
index 4a435046..5b2841f3 100644
--- a/dotfiles/.bash_profile
+++ b/dotfiles/.bash_profile
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# Prefer US English
+export LANG="en_US"
+export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
+
 chmod +x ~/.local/bin/*
 
 if [ -e install-terminal-theme ]; then