diff --git a/.archlinux/install-scripts/003-configure b/.archlinux/install-scripts/003-configure
index 73e8d58..8079fde 100755
--- a/.archlinux/install-scripts/003-configure
+++ b/.archlinux/install-scripts/003-configure
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ echo "127.0.0.1 localhost"                          >> /mnt/etc/hosts
 echo "::1       localhost"                          >> /mnt/etc/hosts
 echo "127.0.1.1 $HOSTNAME.localdomain $HOSTNAME"    >> /mnt/etc/hosts
 
-# Set the language to English and use the en_US.UTF-8 locale.
-echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8"  > /mnt/etc/locale.conf
+# Declare which locales we want to generate and generate them
 sed -i '/#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/s/^#//g' /mnt/etc/locale.gen
-
-# Generate the locale.
 arch-chroot /mnt locale-gen
 
+# Set the system locale to the generated en_US.UTF-8
+echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /mnt/etc/locale.conf
+
 # Set the tty font to a larger one (same as the default setfont, but larger)
 if [ "$HIDPI" == "YES" ]; then
   echo "FONT=latarcyrheb-sun32" > /mnt/etc/vconsole.conf