diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 5272c2e..58a22d7 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@
 
   home.sessionVariables = {
     EDITOR = "emacs";
+    LANG = "C.UTF-8";
+    LC_CTYPE = "C.UTF-8";
   };
 
+  home.sessionPath = [
+    "$HOME/.nix-profile/bin"
+  ];
+
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
 
   programs.direnv.enable = true;
@@ -50,6 +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
     '';