diff --git a/etc/profile/gnome b/etc/profile/gnome
index 48de669..7fcfad0 100644
--- a/etc/profile/gnome
+++ b/etc/profile/gnome
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ packages() {
 config() {
 	enable_service dbus gdm
 	if ! [ "$LANGUAGE_" == "en" ]; then
-		echo "export LANG=${L1}.UTF-8" > /etc/sv/gdm/conf
+		echo "export GDM_LANG=${L1}.UTF-8" > /etc/sv/gdm/conf
 	fi
 }