diff --git a/modules/desktop/locale.nix b/modules/desktop/locale.nix
index 10cafb8..b24593c 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/locale.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/locale.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@
 {
   time.timeZone = "Europe/Berlin";
   i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
+    LC_LANG = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    # LC_LANGUAGE = "en_DE:en_US:en_GB:de_DE";
+
+    # ISO 8601 (hopefully)
+    LC_TIME = "en_DK.UTF-8";
+
+    # why is this even a thing
+    LC_COLLATE = "C.UTF-8";
+
     LC_ADDRESS = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_IDENTIFICATION = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_MEASUREMENT = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_MONETARY = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_NAME = "de_DE.UTF-8";
-    LC_NUMERIC = "de_DE.UTF-8";
+    LC_NUMERIC = "C.UTF-8";
     LC_PAPER = "de_DE.UTF-8";
     LC_TELEPHONE = "de_DE.UTF-8";
-    LC_TIME = "de_DE.UTF-8";
   };
 }