diff --git a/makechrootpkg b/makechrootpkg
index 2077823..05f63a9 100755
--- a/makechrootpkg
+++ b/makechrootpkg
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 FORCE="n"
 RUN=""
diff --git a/mkarchroot b/mkarchroot
index ec08542..588fc73 100755
--- a/mkarchroot
+++ b/mkarchroot
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 FORCE="n"
 RUN=""
@@ -137,8 +145,8 @@ else
     fi
 
     echo "generating default locales"
-    sed -i "s|^#\(.*$LANG\)|\1|g" /etc/locale.gen
-    locale-gen
+    sed -i "s|^#\(.*$LANG\)|\1|g" "${working_dir}/etc/locale.gen"
+    chroot "${working_dir}" locale-gen
 
     if [ ! -e "${working_dir}/.arch-chroot" ]; then
         date +%s > "${working_dir}/.arch-chroot"