diff --git a/screenfetch-dev b/screenfetch-dev
index d95f9ade..92aad741 100755
--- a/screenfetch-dev
+++ b/screenfetch-dev
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ detectmem () {
 		#done
 		#usedmem=$((usedmem / 1024))
 		#totalmem=$((totalmem / 1024))
-		mem=$(free -b | "${AWK}" -F ':' 'NR==2{print $2}' | "${AWK}" '{print $1"-"$6}')
+		mem=$(LC_ALL=C free -b | "${AWK}" -F ':' 'NR==2{print $2}' | "${AWK}" '{print $1"-"$6}')
 		usedmem=$((mem / 1024 / 1024))
 		totalmem=$((${mem//-*} / 1024 / 1024))
 	fi