diff --git a/elfLaptop.sh b/elfLaptop.sh
index 6e5470e..24d53ab 100644
--- a/elfLaptop.sh
+++ b/elfLaptop.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ echo
 
 run-chroot "set timezone"                "ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam /etc/localtime"
 run-chroot "set hwclock to UTC"          "hwclock --systohc"
+run-chroot "update locals.gen"           "sed --in-place -E -e 's/^#?en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/' -e 's/^#?en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen"
 run-chroot "generate locals"             "locale-gen"
 run-chroot "config locals"               "echo \"LANG=en_GB.UTF-8\" >/etc/locale.conf"
 run-chroot "set hostname"                "echo \"$HOSTNAME\" >/etc/hostname"