diff --git a/src/libpostal_data b/src/libpostal_data
index 3fc0825c..60e4f299 100755
--- a/src/libpostal_data
+++ b/src/libpostal_data
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ GEODB_MODULE_DIR=geodb
 PARSER_MODULE_DIR=address_parser
 LANGUAGE_CLASSIFIER_MODULE_DIR=language_classifier
 
+export LC_ALL=C
+
 EPOCH_DATE="Jan  1 00:00:00 1970"
 
 MB=$((1024*1024))