diff --git a/src/control/XournalMain.cpp b/src/control/XournalMain.cpp
index b9d4bbe4..f678fe78 100644
--- a/src/control/XournalMain.cpp
+++ b/src/control/XournalMain.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void XournalMain::initLocalisation()
 	textdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 #endif //ENABLE_NLS
 
-	// std::locale::global(gen("")); // "" - system default locale
+	std::locale::global(std::locale("")); // "" - system default locale
 	std::cout.imbue(std::locale());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/xoj-preview-extractor/xournal-thumbnailer.cpp b/src/xoj-preview-extractor/xournal-thumbnailer.cpp
index e650f861..4a44c995 100644
--- a/src/xoj-preview-extractor/xournal-thumbnailer.cpp
+++ b/src/xoj-preview-extractor/xournal-thumbnailer.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void initLocalisation()
 	textdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 #endif //ENABLE_NLS
 
-	// Should not be needed: std::locale::global(gen("")); //"" - system default locale
+	std::locale::global(std::locale("")); //"" - system default locale
 	std::cout.imbue(std::locale());
 }