diff --git a/src/main.vala b/src/main.vala
index a2c2204..db6eb0b 100644
--- a/src/main.vala
+++ b/src/main.vala
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 int main (string[] args) {
+    // do it ourselves or it's broken
+    Gtk.disable_setlocale ();
     Intl.bindtextdomain (Audrey.Config.GETTEXT_PACKAGE, Audrey.Config.LOCALEDIR);
     Intl.bind_textdomain_codeset (Audrey.Config.GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
     Intl.textdomain (Audrey.Config.GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+    Intl.setlocale (LocaleCategory.ALL, "");
+    Intl.setlocale (LocaleCategory.NUMERIC, "C.UTF-8");
 
     var app = new Audrey.Application ();
     return app.run (args);