diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/config/config.py b/mobilizon_reshare/config/config.py
index 50c3d73..301d59b 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/config/config.py
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/config/config.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ base_validators = [
     # url of the main Mobilizon instance to download events from
     Validator("source.mobilizon.url", must_exist=True, is_type_of=str),
     Validator("source.mobilizon.group", must_exist=True, is_type_of=str),
+    Validator("db_path", must_exist=True, is_type_of=str),
+    Validator("locale", must_exist=True, is_type_of=str, default="en-us"),
 ]
 
 activeness_validators = [
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/event/event.py b/mobilizon_reshare/event/event.py
index b71b234..6830e1e 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/event/event.py
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/event/event.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from uuid import UUID
 import arrow
 from jinja2 import Template
 
+from mobilizon_reshare.config.config import get_settings
+
 
 class EventPublicationStatus(IntEnum):
     WAITING = 1
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ class MobilizonEvent:
             ]
 
     def _fill_template(self, pattern: Template) -> str:
-        return pattern.render(**asdict(self))
+        config = get_settings()
+        return pattern.render(locale=config["locale"], **asdict(self))
 
     def format(self, pattern: Template) -> str:
         return self._fill_template(pattern)
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/facebook.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/facebook.tmpl.j2
index 12484d7..aa361d6 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/facebook.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/facebook.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{ name }}
 
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 
 {% if location %}
 📍 {{ location }}
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/facebook_recap.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/facebook_recap.tmpl.j2
index b908e24..6d58e19 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/facebook_recap.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/facebook_recap.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{ name }}
 
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 
 {% if location %}
 📍 {{ location }}
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/mastodon.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/mastodon.tmpl.j2
index 627a465..f540b6e 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/mastodon.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/mastodon.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{ name }}
 
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 
 {% if location %}
 📍 {{ location }}
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/mastodon_recap.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/mastodon_recap.tmpl.j2
index 6ce8dfd..eea82f0 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/mastodon_recap.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/mastodon_recap.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{ name }}
 
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 {% if location %}📍 {{ location }}{% endif %}
 🔗 {{mobilizon_link}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/telegram.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/telegram.tmpl.j2
index fa699c8..b4ae594 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/telegram.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/telegram.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <strong>{{ name }}</strong>
 
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 {% if location %}📍 {{ location }}{% endif %}
 
 {{ description }}
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/telegram_recap.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/telegram_recap.tmpl.j2
index ebd0710..67884fb 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/telegram_recap.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/telegram_recap.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <strong>{{ name }}</strong>
 
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 {% if location %}📍 {{ location }}{% endif %}
 🔗 <a href="{{mobilizon_link}}">Link</a>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/twitter.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/twitter.tmpl.j2
index b31272e..233e10d 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/twitter.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/twitter.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{ name }}
 
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 
 {% if location %}
 📍 {{ location }}
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/twitter_recap.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/twitter_recap.tmpl.j2
index 39c90b8..3768a2e 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/twitter_recap.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/twitter_recap.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{ name }}
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 {% if location %}
 📍 {{ location }}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/zulip.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/zulip.tmpl.j2
index c07ad17..61b28dc 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/zulip.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/zulip.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # {{ name }}
 
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 
 {% if location %}
 📍 {{ location }}
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/zulip_recap.tmpl.j2 b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/zulip_recap.tmpl.j2
index 471c38e..b844e7b 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/zulip_recap.tmpl.j2
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/publishers/templates/zulip_recap.tmpl.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # {{ name }}
 
-🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm') }}
+🕒 {{ begin_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }} - {{ end_datetime.to('local').format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale) }}
 
 {% if location %}
 📍 {{ location }}
diff --git a/mobilizon_reshare/settings.toml b/mobilizon_reshare/settings.toml
index 3b91e40..eeda85f 100644
--- a/mobilizon_reshare/settings.toml
+++ b/mobilizon_reshare/settings.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 [default]
-debug = true
-default = true
 local_state_dir = "/var/mobilizon_reshare"
-log_dir = "/var/log/mobilizon_reshare"
 db_name = "events.db"
 db_path = "@format {this.local_state_dir}/{this.db_name}"
+locale= "en-us"
 
 [default.source.mobilizon]
 url="https://some_mobilizon"
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ stream = "ext://sys.stderr"
 level = "DEBUG"
 class = "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler"
 formatter = "standard"
-filename = "@format {this.log_dir}/mobilizon_reshare.log"
+filename = "/var/log/mobilizon_reshare/mobilizon_reshare.log"
 maxBytes = 52428800
 backupCount = 500
 encoding = "utf8"
diff --git a/tests/event/test_event.py b/tests/event/test_event.py
index 3b9fc31..89795d6 100644
--- a/tests/event/test_event.py
+++ b/tests/event/test_event.py
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 import pytest
 from jinja2 import Template
 
+from mobilizon_reshare.config.config import get_settings
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def set_locale(locale):
+    settings = get_settings()
+    old_locale = settings["locale"]
+    yield get_settings().update({"locale": locale})
+    settings.update({"locale": old_locale})
+
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def simple_template():
     return Template(
         (
             "{{name}}|{{description}}|{{location}}|{{begin_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M')}}"
-            "|{{last_update_time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M')}}"
+            "|{{end_datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M')}}"
+        )
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def template_with_locale():
+    return Template(
+        (
+            "{{name}}|{{description}}|{{location}}|{{begin_datetime.format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale)}}"
+            "|{{end_datetime.format('DD MMMM, HH:mm', locale=locale)}}"
         )
     )
 
@@ -15,12 +35,21 @@ def simple_template():
 def test_fill_template(event, simple_template):
     assert (
         event._fill_template(simple_template)
-        == "test event|description of the event|location|2021-01-01, 11:30|2021-01-01, 11:30"
+        == "test event|description of the event|location|2021-01-01, 11:30|2021-01-01, 12:30"
     )
 
 
 def test_format(event, simple_template):
     assert (
         event.format(simple_template)
-        == "test event|description of the event|location|2021-01-01, 11:30|2021-01-01, 11:30"
+        == "test event|description of the event|location|2021-01-01, 11:30|2021-01-01, 12:30"
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("locale", ["it-it"])
+def test_locale(event, template_with_locale, set_locale):
+
+    assert (
+        event.format(template_with_locale)
+        == "test event|description of the event|location|01 gennaio, 11:30|01 gennaio, 12:30"
     )