diff --git a/spectrum/src/main.cpp b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
index 8e1c1e1a11d3dc920db32ead4b99ed8d0b044a91..d2da5047f9e7110b26e98e2c59ac65e3de9c4f8d 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/main.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	bool no_daemon = false;
 	std::string config_file;
 	std::string jid;
-	
+
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 	if (signal(SIGINT, spectrum_sigint_handler) == SIG_ERR) {