diff --git a/CRT.c b/CRT.c
index 51fc876b..b5429475 100644
--- a/CRT.c
+++ b/CRT.c
@@ -725,9 +725,6 @@ void CRT_init(const int* delay, int colorScheme, bool allowUnicode) {
       CRT_colorScheme = COLORSCHEME_MONOCHROME;
    CRT_setColors(CRT_colorScheme);
 
-   /* initialize locale */
-   setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
-
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBNCURSESW
    if (allowUnicode && String_eq(nl_langinfo(CODESET), "UTF-8")) {
       CRT_utf8 = true;
diff --git a/htop.c b/htop.c
index 41ef155e..23da0815 100644
--- a/htop.c
+++ b/htop.c
@@ -262,10 +262,9 @@ static void setCommFilter(State* state, char** commFilter) {
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
-   char *lc_ctype = getenv("LC_CTYPE");
-   if (lc_ctype != NULL)
-      setlocale(LC_CTYPE, lc_ctype);
-   else if ((lc_ctype = getenv("LC_ALL")))
+   /* initialize locale */
+   const char* lc_ctype;
+   if ((lc_ctype = getenv("LC_CTYPE")) || (lc_ctype = getenv("LC_ALL")))
       setlocale(LC_CTYPE, lc_ctype);
    else
       setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");