diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b926bbf..ba9aa11 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ include = [
 
 [dependencies]
 colored = "2.0"
+sys-locale = "0.3.2"
 rust-i18n = "3"
 regex-lite = "0.1"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d845690..3d1c073 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 use crate::{shell::command_output, style::highlight_difference};
 use colored::Colorize;
+use sys_locale::get_locale;
 
 mod args;
 mod files;
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ i18n!("i18n", fallback = "en", minify_key = true);
 
 fn main() {
 	colored::control::set_override(true);
-	let locale = std::env::var("LANG").unwrap_or("en_US".to_string());
+	// let locale = std::env::var("LANG").unwrap_or("en_US".to_string());
+	let locale = get_locale().unwrap_or("en_US".to_string());
 	rust_i18n::set_locale(&locale[0..2]);
 
 	args::handle_args();