diff --git a/profile b/profile
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# if running bash
+if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+    # include .bashrc if it exists
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+        . "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    fi
+fi
+
+export LANGUAGE="en_US:en"
+export LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
+