diff --git a/installer b/installer
index c6e066b..bebb05a 100755
--- a/installer
+++ b/installer
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ install_base()
 
 	echo "LANG=$LOCALE" > "$MNT/etc/locale.conf"
 	cp -fv "$MNT/etc/locale.conf" "$MNT/etc/default/locale"
-	sed -i "s/#en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/g; s/#${LOCALE}/${LOCALE}/g" "$MNT/etc/locale.gen"
+	sed -i "s/#en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/g; s/#${LOCALE} /${LOCALE} /g" "$MNT/etc/locale.gen"
 	chrun "locale-gen"
 	chrun "ln -svf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$ZONE/$SUBZ /etc/localtime"