diff --git a/scripts/install-essentials b/scripts/install-essentials
index f6a8692..0d17128 100755
--- a/scripts/install-essentials
+++ b/scripts/install-essentials
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ apt-get install -y \
 LOC=$'LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8\nLANG=en_US.UTF-8'
 echo "$LOC" > /etc/environment
 cat /etc/environment
-locale-gen "en_US en_US.UTF-8"
+echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen
+locale-gen
 dpkg-reconfigure locales -f noninteractive -p critical
 locale -a