diff --git a/bashtop b/bashtop
index 7a29cfc..21acd81 100755
--- a/bashtop
+++ b/bashtop
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ if [[ ! $LANG =~ utf8|UTF-8 ]]; then
 		echo "ERROR: No UTF-8 locale found!"
 		exit 1
 	fi
+else
+	declare -x LANG=${LANG/utf8/UTF-8}
 fi
 
 declare -a banner banner_colors