diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index abcd0db..83b665e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -23,10 +23,16 @@
 
         config = { pkgs, ... }: {
           dualBoot = false;
-          timeZone = null;
-          keyMap = "us";
-          keyboardLayout = "us";
-          localeSettings = { };
+          timeZone = "Europe/Zurich";
+          keyMap = "de_CH-latin1";
+          keyboardLayout = "ch";
+          localeSettings =
+            let defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+            in {
+              LANG = "de_CH.UTF-8";
+              LANGUAGE = defaultLocale;
+              LC_MESSAGE = defaultLocale;
+            };
           users = { };
         };
       };