diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 79e1868f..92568ca8 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
 function timestamp {
     date "+%Y%m%d %H:%M %z"
 }