diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7eceeb29f22bda940a715607fa1905a949f43805..1c6435f6188ef3162376590505b61fe5392aa884 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-
 stages:
 - build
 
 build:
+  variables: 
+    LANG: en_US.UTF-8
   stage: build
   tags:
     - macos