diff --git a/ct/changedetection.sh b/ct/changedetection.sh
index cd42bbf95..ef759297a 100644
--- a/ct/changedetection.sh
+++ b/ct/changedetection.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,18 @@ function update_script() {
     exit
   fi
 
-  ensure_dependencies libjpeg-dev
+  ensure_dependencies libjpeg-dev poppler-utils file locales
+
+  msg_info "Generating Locales"
+  for l in cs_CZ de_DE en_GB en_US es_ES fr_FR id_ID it_IT ja_JP ko_KR \
+    pl_PL pt_BR ru_RU tr_TR uk_UA zh_CN zh_TW; do
+    sed -i "s/^# *${l}.UTF-8 UTF-8/${l}.UTF-8 UTF-8/" /etc/locale.gen
+  done
+  $STD locale-gen
+  if ! grep -q "^LC_ALL=" /opt/changedetection/.env 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" >>/opt/changedetection/.env
+  fi
+  msg_ok "Generated Locales"
 
   NODE_VERSION="24" setup_nodejs
 
diff --git a/install/changedetection-install.sh b/install/changedetection-install.sh
index e59c3a4e6..384189117 100644
--- a/install/changedetection-install.sh
+++ b/install/changedetection-install.sh
@@ -38,9 +38,20 @@ $STD apt-get install -y \
   qpdf \
   xdg-utils \
   xvfb \
-  ca-certificates
+  ca-certificates \
+  locales \
+  poppler-utils \
+  file
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
+msg_info "Generating Locales"
+for l in cs_CZ de_DE en_GB en_US es_ES fr_FR id_ID it_IT ja_JP ko_KR \
+  pl_PL pt_BR ru_RU tr_TR uk_UA zh_CN zh_TW; do
+  sed -i "s/^# *${l}.UTF-8 UTF-8/${l}.UTF-8 UTF-8/" /etc/locale.gen
+done
+$STD locale-gen
+msg_ok "Generated Locales"
+
 PYTHON_VERSION="3.13" setup_uv
 
 NODE_VERSION="24" setup_nodejs
@@ -54,6 +65,7 @@ $STD /opt/changedetection/.venv/bin/python -m pip install changedetection.io
 cat <<EOF >/opt/changedetection/.env
 WEBDRIVER_URL=http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub
 PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL=ws://localhost:3000/chrome?launch=eyJkZWZhdWx0Vmlld3BvcnQiOnsiaGVpZ2h0Ijo3MjAsIndpZHRoIjoxMjgwfSwiaGVhZGxlc3MiOmZhbHNlLCJzdGVhbHRoIjp0cnVlfQ==&blockAds=true
+LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 EOF
 msg_ok "Installed Change Detection"