diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5098feb3..f13df638 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update -q --fix-missing && \
   echo "deb http://packages.elastic.co/beats/apt stable main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/beats.list && \
   apt-get update -q --fix-missing && apt-get -y upgrade fail2ban filebeat && \
   apt-get autoclean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-  rm -rf /usr/share/locale/* && rm -rf /usr/share/man/* && rm -rf /usr/share/doc/*
+  rm -rf /usr/share/locale/* && rm -rf /usr/share/man/* && rm -rf /usr/share/doc/* && \
+  touch /var/log/auth.log && update-locale
 
 # Enables Clamav
 RUN (echo "0 0,6,12,18 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet" ; crontab -l) | crontab -
diff --git a/test/tests.bats b/test/tests.bats
index dd6ce40c..2fa82550 100644
--- a/test/tests.bats
+++ b/test/tests.bats
@@ -583,6 +583,11 @@
   [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
 }
 
+@test "checking system: /var/log/auth.log is error free" {
+  run docker exec mail grep 'Unable to open env file: /etc/default/locale' /var/log/auth.log
+  [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+}
+
 @test "checking system: sets the server fqdn" {
   run docker exec mail hostname
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]