diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.r b/benchmark/benchmark.r
index cf9a3cc..dc66061 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.r
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.r
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 library(glue)
 Sys.setenv(LANG = "en")
+resoutput <- capture.output(Sys.setlocale("LC_MESSAGES", 'en_GB.UTF-8'))
 args = commandArgs(trailingOnly=TRUE)
 if (length(args)!=3) {
   stop("Only two arguments must be supplied (score & input_file & visualize).n", call.=FALSE)