diff --git a/src/server/ramkomd.c b/src/server/ramkomd.c
index 53e05abe159d091602fbfcb241771f9b9155d049..d8f6f97fb4bd3d309e7c800bc3a8a0b5a8aba916 100644
--- a/src/server/ramkomd.c
+++ b/src/server/ramkomd.c
@@ -210,9 +210,14 @@ main (int    argc,
     FILE *stat_file;
     extern int number_of_allocated_strings(void); /* From s-string.c */
 
+    if (setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "iso_8859_1") == NULL)
+    {
+        perror("setlocale");
+	exit(1);
+    }
     s_set_storage_management(string_malloc, string_realloc, string_free);
 
-    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "iso_8859_1"); 
+      
       
     strcpy(ip_client_port, DEFAULT_CLIENT_SERVICE);
     strcpy(ip_mux_port,    DEFAULT_MUX_SERVICE);