diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 98daa54..edf286e 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/opt/local/share/info
 export PYTHONSTARTUP=~/.pythonrc
 export NODE_PATH=/usr/local/lib/node_modules
 export TERM=rxvt
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 export LC_ALL=$LANG
 export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8`
 alias dob="git branch --merged | grep -vE '(\*)|(master)|(dev)' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d"