diff --git a/python-scp.spec b/python-scp.spec
index 5123703..04ff025 100644
--- a/python-scp.spec
+++ b/python-scp.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ and has only been tested with this implementation.
 
 %check
 export SCPPY_PORT=10022
-#./.ci/setup_ssh.sh
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+./.ci/setup_ssh.sh
 # gh#jbardin/scp.py#167
 %pyunittest -v || /bin/true