diff --git a/bin/node_init b/bin/node_init
index ea4c29c5ed777049ec92fc983f67c6a85dc9aad9..12d491c4154ec61a9f41b22a6f40a45c942588b3 100755
--- a/bin/node_init
+++ b/bin/node_init
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ fi
 mkdir -p $LEAP_DIR
 if ! grep -q -e '^en_US.UTF-8' /etc/locale.gen; then
   echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
+  /usr/sbin/locale-gen
 fi
 
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