diff --git a/bash/deb-update.bash b/bash/deb-update.bash
index e276ab0..8fde515 100755
--- a/bash/deb-update.bash
+++ b/bash/deb-update.bash
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 # Show commands being executed
 set -x
 
-#export LANG=C.utf8
 # This is said to be a poor practice that should only be used for debugging
-export LC_ALL=C.utf8
+#export LC_ALL=C.utf8
+# More universally supported even on older systems
+export LC_ALL="en_DK.UTF-8"
 
 # if hash checks that the command exists
 if hash apt-get 2> /dev/null; then