diff --git a/src/btop.cpp b/src/btop.cpp
index 945df32..656cff3 100644
--- a/src/btop.cpp
+++ b/src/btop.cpp
@@ -716,20 +716,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	}
 
 	//? Try to find and set a UTF-8 locale
-	if (bool found = false; std::setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL) == NULL or not str_to_upper(s_replace((string)std::setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL), "-", "")).ends_with("UTF8")) {
+	if (bool found = false; std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "") == NULL or not str_to_upper(s_replace((string)std::setlocale(LC_ALL, ""), "-", "")).ends_with("UTF8")) {
 		if (std::getenv("LANG") != NULL and str_to_upper(s_replace((string)std::getenv("LANG"), "-", "")).ends_with("UTF8") and std::setlocale(LC_ALL, std::getenv("LANG")) != NULL) {
 			found = true;
 		}
 		else {
-			if (setenv("LANG", "", 1) == 0) {
+			if (setenv("LC_ALL", "", 1) == 0 and setenv("LANG", "", 1) == 0) {
 				try {
 					if (const auto loc = std::locale("").name(); not loc.empty() and loc != "*") {
 						for (auto& l : ssplit(loc, ';')) {
 							if (str_to_upper(s_replace(l, "-", "")).ends_with("UTF8")) {
 								if (std::setlocale(LC_ALL, l.substr(l.find('=') + 1).c_str()) != NULL) {
 									found = true;
+									break;
 								}
-								break;
 							}
 						}
 					}
@@ -742,16 +742,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			Logger::warning("No UTF-8 locale detected! Forcing start with --utf-force argument.");
 		else if (not found) {
 			Global::exit_error_msg = "No UTF-8 locale detected!\nUse --utf-force argument to force start if you're sure your terminal can handle it.";
-			exit(1);
+			clean_quit(1);
 		}
 		else
-			Logger::debug("Setting LC_ALL=" + (string)std::setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL));
+			Logger::debug("Setting LC_ALL=" + (string)std::setlocale(LC_ALL, ""));
 	}
 
 	//? Initialize terminal and set options
 	if (not Term::init()) {
 		Global::exit_error_msg = "No tty detected!\nbtop++ needs an interactive shell to run.";
-		exit(1);
+		clean_quit(1);
 	}
 
 	if (Term::current_tty != "unknown") Logger::info("Running on " + Term::current_tty);
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			Term::refresh();
 			if (++t_count == 100) {
 				Global::exit_error_msg = "Failed to get size of terminal!";
-				exit(1);
+				clean_quit(1);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	}
 	catch (const std::exception& e) {
 		Global::exit_error_msg = "Exception in Shared::init() -> " + (string)e.what();
-		exit(1);
+		clean_quit(1);
 	}
 
 	//? Update list of available themes and generate the selected theme