diff --git a/modules/baseline.nix b/modules/baseline.nix
index 1263b7d..1c389e9 100644
--- a/modules/baseline.nix
+++ b/modules/baseline.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 {
   time.timeZone = "US/Eastern";
+  i18n.supportedLocales = [ "en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8" ];
 
   boot = {
     zfs.forceImportAll = false;