diff --git a/tests/test_gallery.py b/tests/test_gallery.py
index 493e7be..eba577b 100644
--- a/tests/test_gallery.py
+++ b/tests/test_gallery.py
@@ -119,7 +119,12 @@ def test_video(settings, tmpdir):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("path,album", REF.items())
 def test_album(path, album, settings, tmpdir):
-    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'fr_FR')
+    # store current locale
+    old_locale = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL)
+
+    # locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'fr_FR')
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'fr_FR.UTF-8')
+
     gal = Gallery(settings, ncpu=1)
     a = Album(path, settings, album['subdirs'], album['medias'], gal)
 
@@ -130,6 +135,9 @@ def test_album(path, album, settings, tmpdir):
     assert [m.filename for m in a.medias] == album['medias']
     assert len(a) == len(album['medias'])
 
+    # restore locale back
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, old_locale)
+
 
 def test_album_medias(settings):
     gal = Gallery(settings, ncpu=1)