diff --git a/mxqi/mxqi b/mxqi/mxqi
index f7bb142..fdc6fdb 100755
--- a/mxqi/mxqi
+++ b/mxqi/mxqi
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ sub server {
             TMPDIR MXQ_JOBTMPDIR CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES
         ));
         print $out "SetEnv $s\n" if $s;
-        print $out "AcceptEnv MXQI_SUBMIT_WD\n";
+        print $out "AcceptEnv MXQI_SUBMIT_WD LC_CTYPE\n";
         print $out "X11Forwarding yes\n";
         print $out "AddressFamily inet\n";
         print $out "HostKey $tmpdir/ssh_host_ed25519_key\n";
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ _EOF_
         '-p', $data->{'port'},
         '-o', "StrictHostKeyChecking yes",
         '-o', "KnownHostsCommand /usr/bin/echo $hostkeyline",
+        '-o', 'SendEnv LC_CTYPE',
         exists $ENV{'PWD'} ? ( '-o', "SetEnv MXQI_SUBMIT_WD=\"$ENV{'PWD'}\"" ) : (),
         $data->{'hostname'};
     die ("exec ssh: $!\n");