diff --git a/AppRun b/AppRun
index efc7e76a8a..b701e47717 100755
--- a/AppRun
+++ b/AppRun
@@ -3,4 +3,12 @@ APPDIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${APPDIR}/usr/lib/:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 export QT_QPA_PLATFORM="xcb"
 
+DEFAULT_LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+if [[ "$LANG" == "C.UTF-8" ]]
+then
+  export LANG=$DEFAULT_LANG
+else
+  export LANG="${VARIABLE:=$DEFAULT_LANG}"
+fi
+
 exec "${APPDIR}/usr/bin/nim_status_client" "$@"