diff --git a/balises.py b/balises.py
index 9e28ff4..7874b48 100755
--- a/balises.py
+++ b/balises.py
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ import os
 from peewee import *
 from bottle import hook, request, route, run, view
 
+# Set the locale for all categories to the user’s default setting (eg. LANG
+# environment variable)
+import locale
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 conf = ConfigParser()
 conf.read(os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/balises.ini')