diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index ea8b6a9..58a22d7 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
   home.sessionVariables = {
     EDITOR = "emacs";
+    LANG = "C.UTF-8";
+    LC_CTYPE = "C.UTF-8";
   };
 
   home.sessionPath = [
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@
     enableCompletion = true;
     # TODO add your custom bashrc here
     bashrcExtra = ''
+      export LANG=C.UTF-8
+      export LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8
       export PATH=/home/yisroel/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH
       export PATH=/home/yisroel/.opencode/bin:$PATH
     '';