diff --git a/yabs.sh b/yabs.sh
index d2b6aa5..9079c47 100755
--- a/yabs.sh
+++ b/yabs.sh
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ function disk_test {
 	while [ $I -lt 3 ]
 	do
 		# write test using dd, "direct" flag is used to test direct I/O for data being stored to disk
-		DISK_WRITE_TEST=$(dd if=/dev/zero of=$DISK_PATH/$DATE.test bs=64k count=16k oflag=direct |& grep copied | awk '{ print $(NF-1) " " $(NF)}')
+		DISK_WRITE_TEST=$(LC_ALL=C dd if=/dev/zero of=$DISK_PATH/$DATE.test bs=64k count=16k oflag=direct |& grep copied | awk '{ print $(NF-1) " " $(NF)}')
 		VAL=$(echo $DISK_WRITE_TEST | cut -d " " -f 1)
 		[[ "$DISK_WRITE_TEST" == *"GB"* ]] && VAL=$(awk -v a="$VAL" 'BEGIN { print a * 1000 }')
 		DISK_WRITE_TEST_RES+=( "$DISK_WRITE_TEST" )
 		DISK_WRITE_TEST_AVG=$(awk -v a="$DISK_WRITE_TEST_AVG" -v b="$VAL" 'BEGIN { print a + b }')
 	
 		# read test using dd using the 1G file written during the write test
-		DISK_READ_TEST=$(dd if=$DISK_PATH/$DATE.test of=/dev/null bs=8k |& grep copied | awk '{ print $(NF-1) " " $(NF)}')
+		DISK_READ_TEST=$(LC_ALL=C dd if=$DISK_PATH/$DATE.test of=/dev/null bs=8k |& grep copied | awk '{ print $(NF-1) " " $(NF)}')
 		VAL=$(echo $DISK_READ_TEST | cut -d " " -f 1)
 		[[ "$DISK_READ_TEST" == *"GB"* ]] && VAL=$(awk -v a="$VAL" 'BEGIN { print a * 1000 }')
 		DISK_READ_TEST_RES+=( "$DISK_READ_TEST" )