diff --git a/q_routine.py b/q_routine.py
index 678f308..163b55c 100644
--- a/q_routine.py
+++ b/q_routine.py
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 
 #fix unicode encoding issue when rendering template with non-ascii string
 #see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9942594/unicodeencodeerror-ascii-codec-cant-encode-character-u-xa0-in-position-20
-import os; import locale; os.environ["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8"; myLocale=locale.setlocale(category=locale.LC_ALL, locale="en_GB.UTF-8");
+import os;
+import locale;
+
+os.environ["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8";
+myLocale=locale.setlocale(category=locale.LC_ALL, locale="");
 
 #copy code from https://github.com/nickjj/sublime-text-3-packages/blob/master/Packages/Gutter%20Color/gutter_color.py
 def clear_and_reload_cache(force = False):