diff --git a/etc/init/pandora-cron.conf b/etc/init/pandora-cron.conf
index f072ffa64..fbee48a67 100644
--- a/etc/init/pandora-cron.conf
+++ b/etc/init/pandora-cron.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ respawn
 env VENV=/srv/pandora
 env USER=pandora
 env HOME=/home/pandora
+env LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
 pre-start script
 test -e /var/log/pandora || (mkdir -p /var/log/pandora && chown $USER:$USER /var/log/pandora)
diff --git a/etc/init/pandora-encoding.conf b/etc/init/pandora-encoding.conf
index 8fb217d1c..e960373e5 100644
--- a/etc/init/pandora-encoding.conf
+++ b/etc/init/pandora-encoding.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ respawn
 env VENV=/srv/pandora
 env USER=pandora
 env HOME=/home/pandora
+env LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
 pre-start script
 test -e /var/log/pandora || (mkdir -p /var/log/pandora && chown $USER:$USER /var/log/pandora)
diff --git a/etc/init/pandora-tasks.conf b/etc/init/pandora-tasks.conf
index f986e1384..77882f0b8 100644
--- a/etc/init/pandora-tasks.conf
+++ b/etc/init/pandora-tasks.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ respawn
 env VENV=/srv/pandora
 env USER=pandora
 env HOME=/home/pandora
+env LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
 pre-start script
 test -e /var/log/pandora || (mkdir -p /var/log/pandora && chown $USER:$USER /var/log/pandora)
diff --git a/etc/init/pandora.conf b/etc/init/pandora.conf
index 2cd7b8255..9aa94476b 100644
--- a/etc/init/pandora.conf
+++ b/etc/init/pandora.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ respawn
 env VENV=/srv/pandora
 env USER=pandora
 env HOME=/home/pandora
+env LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
 pre-start script
 test -e /var/log/pandora || (mkdir -p /var/log/pandora && chown $USER:$USER /var/log/pandora)