diff --git a/lib/initiate.bash b/lib/initiate.bash
index 6c3d451..21b213e 100644
--- a/lib/initiate.bash
+++ b/lib/initiate.bash
@@ -230,6 +230,27 @@ function apply_mode {
   fi
 }
 
+function fix_locales {
+  local locale should_regenerate=false
+  declare -a expected_locales=(en_US.utf8 es_ES.utf8 fr_FR.utf8)
+  declare -A found_locales
+  for locale in "${expected_locales[@]}"; do found_locales["$locale"]=false; done
+  mapfile -t gen_locales < <(sudo locale -a)
+  for locale in "${gen_locales[@]}"; do
+    if [[ -v found_locales["$locale"] ]]; then found_locales["$locale"]=true; fi
+  done
+  for locale in "${!found_locales[@]}"; do
+    if [[ ${found_locales[$locale]} == 'false' ]]; then
+      echo "Locale: $locale missing"
+      sudo sed -i "s/^# *\(${locale:0:5}\.UTF-8\)/\1/" /etc/locale.gen
+      should_regenerate=true
+    fi
+  done
+  if [[ "$should_regenerate" == 'true' ]]; then
+    sudo locale-gen
+  fi
+}
+
 # MAIN
 
 source "$MIAOU_BASH_DIR"/lib/functions.bash
@@ -239,6 +260,7 @@ fetch_distro_like
 install_required_packages
 fix_users_bashrc
 fix_terminfo_ghostty
+fix_locales
 ghostty_global_config
 link_config_files
 link_miaou_bash