@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 .idea/
 .vs/
 .DS_Store
+.vscode/
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ def __init__(self, readonly=False, timeout = 10.00, docker = None, dockerContain
         # set omc executable path and args
         self._set_omc_command([
                                "--interactive=zmq",
+                               "--locale=C",
                                "-z={0}".format(self._random_string)
                                ])
         # start up omc executable, which is waiting for the ZMQ connection