diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 1e2de0c7ca8328493672d69b1c5bfcc07bf04c99..33a9636c03ae4053511904b00ca17a688ec470c5 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import string
 from socket import gethostname
 from ipaddress import ip_address, ip_network
 import math
+import locale
+
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE.utf8')
 
 app = Flask(__name__)