diff --git a/simpleDots/exports b/simpleDots/exports
index a4d0815..2777444 100644
--- a/simpleDots/exports
+++ b/simpleDots/exports
@@ -16,20 +16,24 @@ export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups;
 export HISTIGNORE=" *:ls:cd:cd -:pwd:exit:date:&::[bf]g:exit:pwd:clear:mplayer";
 
 # Deutsches System aber englische Messages und Sortierung
-export LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
-export LC_COLLATE="C"
-export LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
-export LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
-unset LC_ALL
+# aber nur wenn die locale gesetzt werden kann
+if [ -x /usr/bin/locale ]
+then
+  export LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
+  export LC_COLLATE="C"
+  export LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  export LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
+  unset LC_ALL
+fi
 
 # Highlight section titles in manual pages
 export LESS_TERMCAP_md="${yellow}";