diff --git a/lib/Utils.php b/lib/Utils.php
index 4c1e91a7a5ce40e5c587e8f85948022c325ad6a1..50ebfd9c7f17fc8f6cecce7833314f2fed056ec0 100644
--- a/lib/Utils.php
+++ b/lib/Utils.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_GB.UTF8');
+date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 
 /* 
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