diff --git a/fish/config.fish b/fish/config.fish
index bca1783..ea5bbde 100644
--- a/fish/config.fish
+++ b/fish/config.fish
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Fish configuration file
 
-set -x LC_ALL en_US.utf8
+set -x LC_CTYPE en_US.UTF-8
+set -x LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
+
 set -x PYTHONIOENCODING UTF-8
 
 if test (uname) != "Darwin"