diff --git a/conf/i3/config b/conf/i3/config
index 0a3d07a9..c68e7711 100644
--- a/conf/i3/config
+++ b/conf/i3/config
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ exec --no-startup-id sleep 8 && dino
 # Telegram
 #exec --no-startup-id sleep 15 && env LANG=en BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/telegram-desktop_telegram-desktop.desktop /var/lib/snapd/snap/bin/telegram-desktop -startintray
 #exec --no-startup-id sleep 15 && env LANG=en telegram-desktop -startintray
-exec --no-startup-id sleep 15 && env LANG=en flatpak run --branch=beta --command=telegram-desktop --file-forwarding org.telegram.desktop -startintray
+exec --no-startup-id sleep 15 && flatpak run --env=LANG=en_US.utf8 --branch=beta --command=telegram-desktop --file-forwarding org.telegram.desktop -startintray
 # HexChat IRC client in tray
 #exec --no-startup-id sleep 20 && io.github.Hexchat --minimize=2
 # who actually prefers HexChat?
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ exec --no-startup-id sleep 25 && flatpak run org.briarproject.Briar
 # Moment is another non-Electron Matrix client (however this time Qt)
 #exec --no-startup-id sleep 10 && flatpak run xyz.mx_moment.moment --start-in-tray
 # Nheko is may be the most Matrix specification compliant Matrix client
-exec --no-startup-id sleep 10 && flatpak run io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko//master --profile default
+exec --no-startup-id sleep 10 && flatpak run --env=all_proxy=socks5://127.0.0.1:9050/ io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko//master --profile default
 
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