diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 76e3a18..2590918 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -628,6 +628,9 @@ function install_os_in_chroot () {
     pacman-key --populate archlinux
     pacman -S archlinux-keyring --noconfirm
 
+    locale-gen
+    source /etc/locale.conf
+
     keep_initiramfs_root_only_rw                #2.3
     pacman_dl_parallel                          #2.4
     unleash_makepkg                             #2.5
@@ -636,8 +639,6 @@ function install_os_in_chroot () {
     paru_install --replace-conflicting 'paru-bin'
     paru_install 'zfs-dkms' 'zfs-utils' 'rsync'
     hwclock --systohc
-    locale-gen
-    source /etc/locale.conf
     mkinitcpio -P
 
     # Install ZFSBootMenu image