diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index c9fdede..f50b95f 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 export LC_ALL="C"
+export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
+export LC_NUMERIC=en_GB
 
 export DOTFILES=~/.config/dotfiles
 export PATH="${PATH}:$DOTFILES/scripts"
@@ -8,4 +10,3 @@ export VISUAL="vim"
 export BROWSER="google-chrome-stable"
 export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel"
 export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=GTK+
-