diff --git a/migrate2rocky/migrate2rocky.sh b/migrate2rocky/migrate2rocky.sh
index 3f267c2..e121492 100644
--- a/migrate2rocky/migrate2rocky.sh
+++ b/migrate2rocky/migrate2rocky.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ errmsg () {
     printf '%s%s%s' "$errcolor" "$msg" "$nocolor" >&4
 }
 
-export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US
 shopt -s nullglob
 
 SUPPORTED_MAJOR="8"