diff --git a/hydra-gtk/src/main.c b/hydra-gtk/src/main.c
index 375d98a..27fb84e 100755
--- a/hydra-gtk/src/main.c
+++ b/hydra-gtk/src/main.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   GtkWidget *output;
   GtkTextBuffer *outputbuf;
 
-  gtk_set_locale();
+  setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
   gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
 
   add_pixmap_directory(PACKAGE_DATA_DIR "/" PACKAGE "/pixmaps");