diff --git a/mbsebbs/user.c b/mbsebbs/user.c
index 30e508e6..67c4a08e 100644
--- a/mbsebbs/user.c
+++ b/mbsebbs/user.c
@@ -466,6 +466,9 @@ void user(void)
 	Chg_Charset();
     }
 
+    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, getlocale(exitinfo.Charset)); 	 
+    Syslog('b', "setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL) returns \"%s\"", printable(setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL), 0));
+
     GetLastUser();
     StartTime = xstrcpy(GetLocalHM());
     ChangeHomeDir(exitinfo.Name, exitinfo.Email);