diff --git a/MSVSphere-9-Workstation.ks b/MSVSphere-9-Workstation.ks
index 21e6d62..3ebee0f 100644
--- a/MSVSphere-9-Workstation.ks
+++ b/MSVSphere-9-Workstation.ks
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ xconfig  --startxonboot
 keyboard 'ru'
 # Root password
 rootpw --iscrypted --lock locked
-# System language
-lang ru_RU.UTF-8
+# System language (DO NOT CHANGE IF LIVEMEDIA-CREATOR IN USE)
+lang en_US.UTF-8
 # Shutdown after installation
 shutdown
 # Network information
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ EOF
 # fix Samba overview
 #firewall-cmd --set-default-zone=internal
 
+# set Russian locale (hot fix for livemedia-creator bug)
+cat > /etc/locale.conf << FOE
+LANG="ru_RU.UTF-8"
+FOE
+
 # add us,ru layouts by default
 cat > /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.input-sources.gschema.override << FOE
 [org.gnome.desktop.input-sources]