diff --git a/.github/workflows/issues.yml b/.github/workflows/issues.yml
index 12bcf643..b987eb83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issues.yml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
           # sudo sed -i "s/set -e/set -ex/" rr/ws/initrd/opt/rr/init.sh
           # sudo sed -i '/^alias/i\set -x' rr/ws/initrd/opt/rr/menu.sh
                     
-          [ -n "${{ env.language }}" ] && echo "${{ env.language }}.UTF-8" > rr/ws/mnt/p1/.locale
+          [ -n "${{ env.language }}" ] && echo "${{ env.language }}.UTF-8" | sudo tee rr/ws/mnt/p1/.locale
           
           sudo ./localbuild.sh config ${MODEL}
           if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then