diff --git a/src/lxc-base.sh b/src/lxc-base.sh
index b76340f..d26954f 100644
--- a/src/lxc-base.sh
+++ b/src/lxc-base.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ source /root/constants-service.conf
 echo "Updating locales"
 # update locales
 sed -i "s|# $LXC_LOCALE|$LXC_LOCALE|" /etc/locale.gen
+sed -i "s|# en_US.UTF-8|en_US.UTF-8|" /etc/locale.gen
 cat << EOF > /etc/default/locale
 LANG="$LXC_LOCALE"
 LANGUAGE=$LXC_LOCALE