diff --git a/screend.sh b/screend.sh
index f63b1e6..bc23e7e 100644
--- a/screend.sh
+++ b/screend.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
 # and status_of_proc is working.
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
+# Make sure we have started with system locale
+if [ -r /etc/default/locale ]; then
+        . /etc/default/locale
+        export LANG
+fi
+
 #
 # Function that starts the daemon/service
 #