--- src/gcompris/properties.c.orig	2003-12-31 13:30:18.831332888 -0500
+++ src/gcompris/properties.c	2003-12-31 13:29:18.723470672 -0500
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   if(locale == NULL)
     locale = getenv("LANG");
 
-  if (!strcmp(locale, "C"))
+  if (locale != NULL && !strcmp(locale, "C"))
     {
       tmp->locale		= gnome_config_get_string ("/gcompris/Preferences/locale=en_US.UTF-8");
     }