diff --git a/ikiwiki.yaml b/ikiwiki.yaml
index db85d24564aed7921dd0ce111190a8ae83927ffa..ae0605b604df6d5fbe4f23638ce68496ad4e4f5c 100644
--- a/ikiwiki.yaml
+++ b/ikiwiki.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ htmlext: html
 # strftime format string to display date
 timeformat: '%c'
 # UTF-8 locale to use
-#locale: en_US.UTF-8
+#locale: pt_BR.UTF-8
+locale: en_US.UTF-8
 # put user pages below specified page
 userdir: ''
 # how many backlinks to show before hiding excess (0 to show all)