diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9c4f6e9..0580ee00 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   
 - Debian
   - info: crashing when the package size has unexpected symbols [#251](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/issues/251)
+  - displaying wrong symbols among numbers in install/uninstall/upgrade outputs for systems without english encoding installed
 
 - UI
   - not displaying the right unit symbol for byte based sizes (kB, MB, TB, ...) [#250](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/issues/250)
diff --git a/bauh/gems/debian/aptitude.py b/bauh/gems/debian/aptitude.py
index 38457ebf..d9a7e20e 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/debian/aptitude.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/debian/aptitude.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Aptitude:
         self._default_lang = ''
         self._ignored_fields: Optional[Set[str]] = None
         self._re_none: Optional[Pattern] = None
+        self._vars_encoding_fix: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
 
     def show(self, pkgs: Iterable[str], attrs: Optional[Collection[str]] = None, verbose: bool = False) \
             -> Optional[Dict[str, Dict[str, object]]]:
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ class Aptitude:
 
     def upgrade(self, packages: Iterable[str], root_password: Optional[str]) -> SimpleProcess:
         cmd = self.gen_transaction_cmd('upgrade', packages).split(' ')
-        return SimpleProcess(cmd=cmd, shell=True, root_password=root_password)
+        return SimpleProcess(cmd=cmd, shell=True, root_password=root_password, extra_env=self.vars_encoding_fix)
 
     def update(self, root_password: Optional[str]) -> SimpleProcess:
         return SimpleProcess(('aptitude', 'update'), root_password=root_password, shell=True)
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ class Aptitude:
 
     def install(self, packages: Iterable[str], root_password: Optional[str]) -> SimpleProcess:
         cmd = self.gen_transaction_cmd('install', packages).split(' ')
-        return SimpleProcess(cmd=cmd, shell=True, root_password=root_password)
+        return SimpleProcess(cmd=cmd, shell=True, root_password=root_password, extra_env=self.vars_encoding_fix)
 
     def read_installed(self) -> Generator[DebianPackage, None, None]:
         yield from self.search(query='~i')
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ class Aptitude:
 
     def remove(self, packages: Iterable[str], root_password: Optional[str],  purge: bool = False) -> SimpleProcess:
         return SimpleProcess(cmd=self.gen_remove_cmd(packages, purge).split(' '), shell=True,
-                             root_password=root_password)
+                             root_password=root_password, extra_env=self.vars_encoding_fix)
 
     def read_installed_names(self) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
         code, output = system.execute("aptitude search ~i -q -F '%p' --disable-columns",
@@ -274,6 +275,13 @@ class Aptitude:
 
         return self._re_none
 
+    @property
+    def vars_encoding_fix(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        if self._vars_encoding_fix is None:
+            self._vars_encoding_fix = {'LC_NUMERIC': ''}
+
+        return self._vars_encoding_fix
+
 
 class AptitudeOutputHandler(Thread):
 
diff --git a/tests/gems/debian/test_aptitude.py b/tests/gems/debian/test_aptitude.py
index 0e3f3409..20ff9410 100644
--- a/tests/gems/debian/test_aptitude.py
+++ b/tests/gems/debian/test_aptitude.py
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ Description: GNU C compiler
     def test_show__all_attributes(self, execute: Mock):
         info = self.aptitude.show(('firefox', 'gcc'))
         execute.assert_called_once_with('aptitude show -q firefox gcc', shell=True,
-                                        custom_env=system.gen_env(global_interpreter=system.USE_GLOBAL_INTERPRETER,
-                                                                  lang=''))
+                                        custom_env={**system.gen_env(global_interpreter=system.USE_GLOBAL_INTERPRETER,
+                                                                     lang=''), 'LC_NUMERIC': ''})
 
         expected = {
             'firefox': {