diff --git a/.login b/.login
index 4558e917280c479e0c824a69bfe3ef3f1bc2d2a4..2754442fe49f94b01195d8abdbd59cdc5ec7842f 100644
--- a/.login
+++ b/.login
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ set path=($HOME/bin $path)
 
 alias sux sudo tcsh -l
 alias S SLS -P
-alias tsv ~/bin/csv --TAB
+alias tsv ~/bin/csv --UTF8 --TAB
 setenv EDITOR `which vi`
 
+setenv LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
+setenv LESSCHARSET utf-8
+
 if (-x ~/.login.local) then
   source ~/.login.local
 endif
diff --git a/.screenrc b/.screenrc
index b1d3568b2cd684b50cce48ee7712b25ada91bf2d..a5f4d83fb47b8060fa7418b138314abcba3c131b 100644
--- a/.screenrc
+++ b/.screenrc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # turn Red Hat's annoying missfeature off
 hardstatus off
+utf8 on