diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index ab3b8ac..0d64f4a 100644
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ LOC2=$(md5sum /etc/locale.gen | cut -b 1-32)
 if [ "${LOC1}" != "${LOC2}" ]; then
 	locale-gen | grep -v -e "^  "
 fi
-update-locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
+update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
 echo "## installing tools"
 dpkg --configure -a