diff -Nur e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/05sysconfig e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/05sysconfig
--- e-smith-base-5.8.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/05sysconfig	2016-08-04 06:50:01.243000000 -0400
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.0/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/05sysconfig	2016-08-04 06:52:23.987000000 -0400
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     my ($line) = grep(/^LANG/, <F>);
     close F;
 
-    my $lang = ($line =~ /^LANG="(.*)"/) ? $1 : "en-us";
+    my $lang = ($line =~ /^LANG="?([a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*)"?/) ? $1 : "en_US.UTF-8";
 
     my $kbdtype = "pc";
     my $keytable = "us";