diff --git a/common/i18n.nix b/common/i18n.nix
index 42b0796..339a8fb 100644
--- a/common/i18n.nix
+++ b/common/i18n.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
     keyMap = "uk";
   };
   i18n = {
-    defaultLocale = "en_IE.UTF-8";
+    defaultLocale = "en_GB.UTF-8";
+    extraLocaleSettings = {
+      LC_MONETARY = "en_IE.UTF-8";
+    };
     inputMethod.enabled = "ibus";
     inputMethod.ibus.engines = with pkgs.ibus-engines; [ uniemoji ];
   };