diff --git a/machines/bento-nixos/local.nix b/machines/bento-nixos/local.nix
index b0a5a62..93a18ad 100644
--- a/machines/bento-nixos/local.nix
+++ b/machines/bento-nixos/local.nix
@@ -15,5 +15,24 @@
     dates = "weekly";
     options = "--delete-older-than 30d";
   };
+  
+  # Set your time zone.
+  time.timeZone = "America/New_York";
+
+  # Select internationalization properties.
+  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
+    LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  };
+
 
 }
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index b1d8517..5879198 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ Need to connect new devices to the coordinator in order to access the tailscale
 
 ```sudo tailscale up --login-server=https://headscale.hive.smrsh.net```
 
+## Refactor machine defaults
+Could probably merge some of the default locale settings and stuff, maybe even make the x11 config more generic