diff --git a/transcriptic.py b/transcriptic.py
index ec3796f..f49f975 100644
--- a/transcriptic.py
+++ b/transcriptic.py
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
 import json
 from os.path import expanduser
 import locale
+import os
 
 import click
 import requests
 
+if os.name == 'posix':
+    loc = 'en_US.UTF-8'
+else:
+    loc = 'usa_usa'
+
 
 class Config:
     def __init__(self, api_root, email, token, organization):
@@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ def count(thing, things, num):
         result = response.json()
         count("instruction", "instructions", len(result['instructions']))
         count("container", "containers", len(result['refs']))
-        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF-8')
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, loc)
         click.echo("  %s" %
                    locale.currency(float(result['total_cost']), grouping=True))
         for w in result['warnings']: