diff --git a/.config/zsh/.zprofile b/.config/zsh/.zprofile
index 375c026..3dea8f0 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/.zprofile
+++ b/.config/zsh/.zprofile
@@ -82,15 +82,28 @@ if command -v virsh > /dev/null; then
     export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI="qemu:///system"
 fi
 
-# Use ISO 8601 date & time.
-if [[ "${LC_TIME}" != "en_DK.utf8" ]] && command -v locale > /dev/null; then
-    [[ "$(locale --all-locales)" == *en_DK* ]] && export LC_TIME="en_DK.utf8"
-fi
+function _modify_locale() {
+    local category=${1}
+    local value=${2}
 
+    if command -v locale > /dev/null; then
+        if [[ "$(locale --all-locales)" == *${value}* ]]; then
+            export ${category}=${value}
+        fi
+    fi
+
+}
+
+# Use ISO 8601 date & time.
+_modify_locale LC_TIME en_DK.utf8
 # Use english messages
-if [[ "${LC_MESSAGES}" != "en_US.utf8" ]] && command -v locale > /dev/null; then
-    [[ "$(locale --all-locales)" == *en_US* ]] && export LC_MESSAGES="en_US.utf8"
-fi
+_modify_locale LC_MESSAGES en_CA.utf8
+# Use german currency
+_modify_locale LC_MONETARY de_DE.utf8
+# german paper sizes
+_modify_locale LC_PAPER de_DE.utf8
+
+unfunction _modify_locale
 
 export CCACHE_DIR="/var/cache/ccache"