diff --git a/debianenv-bootstrap.yml b/debianenv-bootstrap.yml
index 2e5277e..cc89c38 100644
--- a/debianenv-bootstrap.yml
+++ b/debianenv-bootstrap.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@
 - user: root
   hosts: unsetup
   tasks:
-  - name: Install python-apt and aptitude
-    shell: apt-get update && apt-get -y install python-apt aptitude
+  - name: Install python-apt, aptitude, and debconf-utils
+    shell: apt-get update && apt-get -y install python-apt aptitude debconf-utils
   - name: Do any package upgrades
     apt: upgrade=dist
+  - name: Set default locale to en_US.UTF-8
+    debconf: name=locales question='locales/default_environment_locale' value=en_US.UTF-8 vtype='select'
+  - name: Generate locales
+    debconf: name=locales question='locales/locales_to_be_generated'  value='en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8' vtype='multiselect'
+  - name: Choose timezone area
+    debconf: name=tzdata question='tzdata/Areas' value='Etc' vtype='select'
+    debconf: name=tzdata question='tzdata/Zones/Etc' value='UTC' vtype='select'
+    notify:
+    - restart rsyslog
+    - restart cron
   - name: Install required things
     apt: pkg=most,zsh,vim,vim-scripts,git,subversion,tmux,multitail,mtr-tiny,curl,dnsutils,sudo,gnupg,traceroute,htop state=present
+  handlers:
+    - name: restart rsyslog
+      service: name=rsyslog state=restarted
+    - name: restart cron
+      service: name=cron state=restarted