diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index c4c7402..1461be6 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # ~/.profile: executed by Bourne-compatible login shells.
 
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+export EDITOR=vim
+export VISUAL=vim
+
 if [ "$BASH" ]; then
   if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
     . ~/.bashrc