diff --git a/cockatrice/src/logger.cpp b/cockatrice/src/logger.cpp
index 1ca0d526..1a575cbd 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/logger.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/logger.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "version_string.h"
 #include <QDateTime>
+#include <QLocale>
 #include <iostream>
 
 #define LOGGER_MAX_ENTRIES 128
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ Logger::Logger() : logToFileEnabled(false)
 {
     logBuffer.append(getClientVersion());
     logBuffer.append(getSystemArchitecture());
+    logBuffer.append(getSystemLocale());
     std::cerr << getClientVersion().toStdString() << std::endl;
     std::cerr << getSystemArchitecture().toStdString() << std::endl;
 }
@@ -106,3 +108,10 @@ QString Logger::getClientOperatingSystem()
 
     return {};
 }
+
+QString Logger::getSystemLocale()
+{
+    QString result;
+    result.append(tr("System Locale") + ": " + QLocale().name());
+    return result;
+}
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/logger.h b/cockatrice/src/logger.h
index 8a257738..1fcdd6d3 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/logger.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/logger.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public:
     QString getClientVersion();
     QString getClientOperatingSystem();
     QString getSystemArchitecture();
+    QString getSystemLocale();
     QList<QString> getLogBuffer()
     {
         return logBuffer;
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/main.cpp b/cockatrice/src/main.cpp
index 8612780e..7368d8fe 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/main.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/main.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QLibraryInfo>
+#include <QLocale>
 #include <QSystemTrayIcon>
 #include <QTextCodec>
 #include <QTextStream>
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ void installNewTranslator()
     qApp->installTranslator(qtTranslator);
     translator->load(translationPrefix + "_" + lang, translationPath);
     qApp->installTranslator(translator);
+    qDebug() << "Language changed:" << lang;
 }
 
 QString const generateClientID()
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     translator = new QTranslator;
     installNewTranslator();
 
+    QLocale::setDefault(QLocale::English);
+
     qsrand(QDateTime::currentDateTime().toTime_t());
     qDebug("main(): starting main program");
 
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/spoilerbackgroundupdater.cpp b/cockatrice/src/spoilerbackgroundupdater.cpp
index 495c1fb5..6c6003c6 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/spoilerbackgroundupdater.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/spoilerbackgroundupdater.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QFile>
+#include <QLocale>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QNetworkReply>
 #include <QUrl>
@@ -165,11 +166,11 @@ bool SpoilerBackgroundUpdater::saveDownloadedFile(QByteArray data)
         QList<QByteArray> lines = data.split('\n');
 
         foreach (QByteArray line, lines) {
-            if (line.indexOf("created:") > -1) {
+            if (line.contains("created:")) {
                 QString timeStamp = QString(line).replace("created:", "").trimmed();
                 timeStamp.chop(6); // Remove " (UTC)"
 
-                auto utcTime = QDateTime::fromString(timeStamp, QString("ddd, MMM dd yyyy, hh:mm:ss"));
+                auto utcTime = QLocale().toDateTime(timeStamp, "ddd, MMM dd yyyy, hh:mm:ss");
                 utcTime.setTimeSpec(Qt::UTC);
 
                 QString localTime = utcTime.toLocalTime().toString("MMM d, hh:mm");