diff --git a/float b/float
index f4a6fb2321daa1c74fb01c1b01939e0f8390b8ad..3036e0a382b31eb07eea1c7ffa0d4c7c3eacd7cb 100755
--- a/float
+++ b/float
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ def command_run(config, playbooks,
 
         print('Running playbook %s...' % (arg,))
 
-        os.environ['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
+        os.environ['LC_ALL'] = 'C.UTF-8'
         _fix_ansible_vault_password_file()
         cmd = [os.getenv('ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK', 'ansible-playbook'),
                '-i', config]