diff --git a/utilities/contacts-from-sf.sh b/utilities/contacts-from-sf.sh
index 0fab533..eca73cc 100755
--- a/utilities/contacts-from-sf.sh
+++ b/utilities/contacts-from-sf.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ CSVDEST=../../ukf-data/contacts/sf-contacts.csv
 CONTACTDEST=../../ukf-data/contacts/sf-contacts.txt
 MGMTDEST=../../ukf-data/contacts/sf-contacts-mc.txt
 TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+export LC_COLLATE="C.UTF-8"
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
      echo "ERROR: No file name supplied"