# UnicodeEncodeError Ubuntu, Apache2, Admin page

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/unicodeencodeerror-ubuntu-apache2-admin-page/29351>\
**Category:** Mystery Errors\
**Created:** [March 21, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/unicodeencodeerror-ubuntu-apache2-admin-page/29351 "2024-03-21T17:21:03Z")\
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Finally found the problem.

I can’t answer why the app works as normal if I don’t use the admin page.  
My guess is that the admin page read files a bit different.  
Now, however, the admin page loads all the models as well.

In /etc/apache2/envvars :  
From

```auto
## The locale used by some modules like mod_dav
export LANG=C
## Uncomment the following line to use the system default locale instead:
#. /etc/default/locale

export LANG

```

To

```auto
## The locale used by some modules like mod_dav
#export LANG=C
## Uncomment the following line to use the system default locale instead:
. /etc/default/locale

export LANG
```

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