diff --git a/src/spellchk.cpp b/src/spellchk.cpp
index d5472e7..2e02206 100644
--- a/src/spellchk.cpp
+++ b/src/spellchk.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <algorithm>
 
+
+std::string locale = "en";
+
 std::unordered_map<char, std::unordered_set<std::string>> dictionary;
 
 void loadHexDictionary(const unsigned char* hexDump, const size_t size) {