diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 0d64f4a..f0c63bd 100644
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -37,14 +37,34 @@ apt-get -y dist-upgrade
 
 echo "## updating locales"
 apt-get -q -y install locales | grep -v -e "is already the newest version"
+
 LOC1=$(md5sum /etc/locale.gen | cut -b 1-32)
+
 sed -i 's/^# *de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/g' /etc/locale.gen
 sed -i 's/^# *en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/g' /etc/locale.gen
+
 LOC2=$(md5sum /etc/locale.gen | cut -b 1-32)
+
 if [ "${LOC1}" != "${LOC2}" ]; then
 	locale-gen | grep -v -e "^  "
 fi
-update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
+cat >/etc/default/locale <<EOF
+LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
+LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
+LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
+LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
+EOF
 
 echo "## installing tools"
 dpkg --configure -a