diff --git a/zsh/zprofile b/zsh/zprofile
index 69460b5..d4b0817 100644
--- a/zsh/zprofile
+++ b/zsh/zprofile
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export RUNDIR="$HOME/.var/run"
 export LIBDIR="$HOME/.var/lib"
 export BINDIR="$HOME/bin"
 
+export LANG=en_US.UTF
+export LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF
+export LC_COLLATE=C
+
 # Start the gpg-agent if not already running
 if ! pgrep -x --uid "${USER}" gpg-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     gpg-connect-agent /bye >/dev/null 2>&1