diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.bashrc b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.bashrc
index a577b59d..2ce35fe3 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.bashrc
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/home/mycroft/.bashrc
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ export TERM=xterm-xfree86
 
 PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w \$\[\033[00m\] '
 
-export LC_ALL="C"
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
-alias ll='ls -l'
+alias ll='ls -la'
 
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 # Initialize OpenVoiceOS CLI Environment