diff --git a/scripts/gentestdata.sh b/scripts/gentestdata.sh
index d398a32..b14d70f 100755
--- a/scripts/gentestdata.sh
+++ b/scripts/gentestdata.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+
 
 for _i in `seq 1 2500` ; do
     uid=$(tr -cd [:alpha:] < /dev/urandom | head -c8)