diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a2592e0..9d0414f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ RUN mkdir -p ${DATA_PATH}/FancyNpcs/logs && \
     ln -sf ${DATA_PATH}/FancyNpcs/logs/ \
         ${CONFIG_PATH}/plugins/FancyNpcs/logs
 
+# Generate unicode locale so that cyrillic characters display properly
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y locales && \
+    echo en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 > /etc/locale.gen && \
+    dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=noninteractive locales
+ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
+
 
 VOLUME ${DATA_PATH}