diff --git a/src/i18n/I18nEngine.cpp b/src/i18n/I18nEngine.cpp
index 3dcc26f..3c6d48e 100644
--- a/src/i18n/I18nEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/i18n/I18nEngine.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ std::string CI18nEngine::localizeEntry(const std::string& locale, uint64_t key,
 }
 
 CI18nLocale CI18nEngine::getSystemLocale() {
-    return CI18nLocale(std::locale("").name());
+    try {
+        return CI18nLocale(std::locale("").name());
+    } catch (...) { return CI18nLocale("en_US.UTF-8"); }
 }
 
 #ifdef HU_UNIT_TESTS
diff --git a/src/i18n/I18nLocale.cpp b/src/i18n/I18nLocale.cpp
index 8785bc6..2d77a29 100644
--- a/src/i18n/I18nLocale.cpp
+++ b/src/i18n/I18nLocale.cpp
@@ -49,13 +49,12 @@ std::string CI18nLocale::full() {
 #include <hyprutils/i18n/I18nEngine.hpp>
 
 TEST(I18n, Locale) {
-    setenv("LANG", "pl_PL.UTF-8", true);
-    setenv("LC_CTYPE", "pl_PL.UTF-8", true);
-
     CI18nEngine engine;
 
-    EXPECT_EQ(engine.getSystemLocale().locale(), "pl_PL");
-    EXPECT_EQ(engine.getSystemLocale().stem(), "pl");
+    EXPECT_EQ(extractLocale("pl_PL.UTF-8"), "pl_PL");
+    EXPECT_EQ(extractLocale("POSIX"), "en_US");
+    EXPECT_EQ(extractLocale("*"), "en_US");
+    EXPECT_EQ(extractLocale("LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8"), "pl_PL");
 }
 
 #endif