diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
index 1c7e9f3ff..b88e8fabe 100644
--- a/src/__init__.py
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -39,10 +39,12 @@ from common import INSTALL_PREFIX
 
 APP = 'deluge'
 DIR = os.path.join(INSTALL_PREFIX, 'share', 'locale')
-locale.setlocale(locale.LC_MESSAGES, '')
 if platform.system() != "Windows":
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_MESSAGES, '')
     locale.bindtextdomain(APP, DIR)
     locale.textdomain(APP)
+else:
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
 gettext.bindtextdomain(APP, DIR)
 gettext.textdomain(APP)
 gettext.install(APP, DIR)