diff --git a/Resource.cpp b/Resource.cpp
index dd4d249..dfd5b63 100644
--- a/Resource.cpp
+++ b/Resource.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <glad/glad.h>
 
 // standalone image loader
-#include "stb_image.h"
+#include <stb_image.h>
 
 // CMake Ressource Compiler
 #include <cmrc/cmrc.hpp>
diff --git a/SessionCreator.cpp b/SessionCreator.cpp
index 8fa7a3e..1ea1a14 100644
--- a/SessionCreator.cpp
+++ b/SessionCreator.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ void SessionCreator::loadConfig(XMLElement *viewsNode)
 SessionLoader::SessionLoader(Session *session, int recursion): Visitor(),
     session_(session), xmlCurrent_(nullptr), recursion_(recursion)
 {
-
+    // impose C locale
+    std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
 }
 
 
diff --git a/SessionVisitor.cpp b/SessionVisitor.cpp
index 4c04bf4..a9ef63a 100644
--- a/SessionVisitor.cpp
+++ b/SessionVisitor.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "SystemToolkit.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <locale>
 
 #include <tinyxml2.h>
 using namespace tinyxml2;
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ using namespace tinyxml2;
 
 bool SessionVisitor::saveSession(const std::string& filename, Session *session)
 {
+    // impose C locale
+    std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
+
     // creation of XML doc
     XMLDocument xmlDoc;
 
@@ -77,6 +81,9 @@ SessionVisitor::SessionVisitor(tinyxml2::XMLDocument *doc,
                                tinyxml2::XMLElement *root,
                                bool recursive) : Visitor(), recursive_(recursive), xmlCurrent_(root)
 {    
+    // impose C locale
+    std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
+
     if (doc == nullptr)
         xmlDoc_ = new XMLDocument;
     else
diff --git a/Settings.cpp b/Settings.cpp
index 6ba477b..cd57d41 100644
--- a/Settings.cpp
+++ b/Settings.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <locale>
 using namespace std;
 
 #include <tinyxml2.h>
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ static string settingsFilename = "";
 
 void Settings::Save()
 {
+    // impose C locale for all app
+    std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
+
     XMLDocument xmlDoc;
     XMLDeclaration *pDec = xmlDoc.NewDeclaration();
     xmlDoc.InsertFirstChild(pDec);
@@ -216,6 +220,9 @@ void Settings::Save()
 
 void Settings::Load()
 {
+    // impose C locale for all app
+    std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
+
     XMLDocument xmlDoc;
     if (settingsFilename.empty())
         settingsFilename = SystemToolkit::full_filename(SystemToolkit::settings_path(), APP_SETTINGS);