diff --git a/base-image-script/debian-bookworm_pt2.sh b/base-image-script/debian-bookworm_pt2.sh
index ee54749..fd64d7c 100644
--- a/base-image-script/debian-bookworm_pt2.sh
+++ b/base-image-script/debian-bookworm_pt2.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ apt-get upgrade
 
 apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common bash wget curl nano locales screen bzip2 jq lsb-release
 
+echo "[CHROOT] Generating locales..."
+echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
+locale-gen
+update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
 echo "[CHROOT] Removing unnecessary packages..."
 apt-get remove --purge --allow-remove-essential pinentry-curses whiptail kmod iptables iproute2 dmidecode || true
 
diff --git a/base-image-script/debian-buster_pt2.sh b/base-image-script/debian-buster_pt2.sh
index 16ceb7f..2e26c7e 100644
--- a/base-image-script/debian-buster_pt2.sh
+++ b/base-image-script/debian-buster_pt2.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ apt-get upgrade
 
 apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common bash wget curl nano locales screen bzip2 jq lsb-release
 
+echo "[CHROOT] Generating locales..."
+echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
+locale-gen
+update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
 echo "[CHROOT] Removing unnecessary packages..."
 apt-get remove --purge --allow-remove-essential pinentry-curses whiptail kmod iptables iproute2 dmidecode || true