diff --git a/tools/licencecheckout.sh b/tools/licencecheckout.sh
index 7d7e1b404badfd210016c8f32b2c34c2ecd6e622..e6a4d4e0c7b55347217810295c3b157ef91d898c 100755
--- a/tools/licencecheckout.sh
+++ b/tools/licencecheckout.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ if [ ! -f $LMUTIL -o ! -f $MATLAB ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+LANG='en_US.UTF-8'
 DATUM=$( date '+%d-%b-%Y' -d '14 days' )
+LANG='de_DE.UTF-8'
 
 cd /tmp
 cat >lizenzen.m <<EOF