diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 906f0d37..f47fa036 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
     LOG_INFO("locale: %s", setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL));
     if (!locale_is_utf8()) {
         LOG_ERR("locale is not UTF-8");