diff --git a/rc/bashrc b/rc/bashrc
index a9d063d6..5d81c50f 100755
--- a/rc/bashrc
+++ b/rc/bashrc
@@ -662,6 +662,9 @@ alias journalbu="journalctl --utc --no-hostname --boot"
 alias nordvpn-offf="sudo systemctl stop nordvpnd.service;sudo systemctl stop nordvpnd.socket"
 alias nordvpn-off2=nordvpn-offf
 
+# Consistency in flatpak commands
+alias flatpak="LANG=C.UTF-8 flatpak"
+
 # Allow custom aliases to be put in .aliases or .bash_aliases .
 
 # .aliases
diff --git a/rc/zshrc b/rc/zshrc
index a323a27a..7bc33507 100755
--- a/rc/zshrc
+++ b/rc/zshrc
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ alias journalbu="journalctl --utc --no-hostname --boot"
 alias nordvpn-offf="sudo systemctl stop nordvpnd.service;sudo systemctl stop nordvpnd.socket"
 alias nordvpn-off2=nordvpn-offf
 
+# Consistency in flatpak commands
+alias flatpak="LANG=C.UTF-8 flatpak"
+
 # Allow custom aliases to be put in .aliases or .zsh_aliases .
 
 # .aliases