diff --git a/home-manager/jimbo_ssh.nix b/home-manager/jimbo_ssh.nix
index 3269777..358f57b 100644
--- a/home-manager/jimbo_ssh.nix
+++ b/home-manager/jimbo_ssh.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     ./users/jimbo.nix
   ];
 
+  # Manually set the locale because it can fail otherwise
+  home.sessionVariables.LANG = "C.UTF-8";
+
   # Rebuild this entire system
   programs.zsh = {
     shellAliases = let