--- src/gnomeicu.c.orig	Wed Nov 17 10:57:40 1999
+++ src/gnomeicu.c	Thu Nov 25 00:11:26 1999
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@
 
 	Current_Status = STATUS_OFFLINE;
 
+	gtk_set_locale();
 	make_applet( argc, argv );
 	gnome_config_push_prefix( configfilename );
 
