diff --git a/src/main/java/monero/daemon/MoneroDaemonRpc.java b/src/main/java/monero/daemon/MoneroDaemonRpc.java
index 3e531da0..cc16b56a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/monero/daemon/MoneroDaemonRpc.java
+++ b/src/main/java/monero/daemon/MoneroDaemonRpc.java
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public MoneroDaemonRpc(List<String> cmd) throws IOException {
     
     // start process
     ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(cmd);
+    pb.environment().put("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8"); // scrape output in english
     pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
     process = pb.start();
     
diff --git a/src/main/java/monero/wallet/MoneroWalletRpc.java b/src/main/java/monero/wallet/MoneroWalletRpc.java
index f1a50a4b..262fe10a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/monero/wallet/MoneroWalletRpc.java
+++ b/src/main/java/monero/wallet/MoneroWalletRpc.java
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ public MoneroWalletRpc(List<String> cmd) throws IOException {
     
     // start process
     ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(cmd);
+    pb.environment().put("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8"); // scrape output in english
     pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
     process = pb.start();