diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3588c1..364b91a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The following environment variables are supported:
    Setting to '1' enables the QEMU mode - creating an image that can be mounted via QEMU for an emulated
    environment. These images include "-qemu" in the image file name.
 
- * `LOCALE_DEFAULT` (Default: "en_US.UTF-8" )
+ * `LOCALE_DEFAULT` (Default: "en_CA.UTF-8" )
 
    Default system locale.
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index d5f89bb..0744768 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export WPA_PASSWORD
 export WPA_COUNTRY
 export ENABLE_SSH="${ENABLE_SSH:-0}"
 
-export LOCALE_DEFAULT="${LOCALE_DEFAULT:-en_US.UTF-8}"
+export LOCALE_DEFAULT="${LOCALE_DEFAULT:-en_CA.UTF-8}"
 
 export KEYBOARD_MODEL="${KEYBOARD_MODEL:-Generic 101-key PC}"
 export KEYBOARD_KEYMAP="${KEYBOARD_KEYMAP:-us}"
diff --git a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755