diff --git a/printrun/printcore.py b/printrun/printcore.py
index 461391eaf..e425bd100 100644
--- a/printrun/printcore.py
+++ b/printrun/printcore.py
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@
 from collections import deque
 from printrun import gcoder
 from .utils import set_utf8_locale, install_locale, decode_utf8
-set_utf8_locale()
+try:
+    set_utf8_locale()
+except:
+    pass
 install_locale('pronterface')
 from printrun.plugins import PRINTCORE_HANDLER