diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9aff0431..71b7b1bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clicolors-control",
  "lazy_static 1.4.0",
  "libc",
- "parking_lot 0.6.4",
+ "parking_lot 0.11.2",
  "regex",
  "termios",
  "unicode-width",
@@ -1999,6 +1999,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "home",
  "jsonrpc-lite",
  "lapce-rpc",
+ "locale_config",
  "lsp-types",
  "mio 0.6.23",
  "notify",
@@ -2140,6 +2141,19 @@ version = "0.5.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7fb9b38af92608140b86b693604b9ffcc5824240a484d1ecd4795bacb2fe88f3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "locale_config"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08d2c35b16f4483f6c26f0e4e9550717a2f6575bcd6f12a53ff0c490a94a6934"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0",
+ "objc",
+ "objc-foundation",
+ "regex",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/proxy/Cargo.toml b/proxy/Cargo.toml
index 957f5e46..64fc2ad7 100644
--- a/proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Dongdong Zhou <dzhou121@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
+locale_config = "0.3.0"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
 alacritty_terminal = "0.15.0"
 mio = "0.6.20"
diff --git a/proxy/src/terminal.rs b/proxy/src/terminal.rs
index 698c05aa..7424a0a8 100644
--- a/proxy/src/terminal.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/terminal.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ pub fn new(
             args: vec!["-l".to_string()],
         });
         setup_env(&config);
+        
+        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+        set_locale_environment();
+        
         let size =
             SizeInfo::new(width as f32, height as f32, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, true);
         let mut pty = alacritty_terminal::tty::new(&config, &size, None);
@@ -308,3 +312,8 @@ fn set_current(&mut self, new: Option<Writing>) {
         self.writing = new;
     }
 }
+
+fn set_locale_environment() {
+    let locale = locale_config::Locale::global_default().to_string().replace("-", "_");
+    std::env::set_var("LC_ALL", locale + ".UTF-8");
+}