{
    $OUT = "";
    my $lang = $settings{LANG};
    return unless defined $lang;
    $lang =~ s/^['"]//;
    $lang =~ s/['"]$//;
    if ($lang !~ /\.UTF\-8$/)
    {   
        $settings{LANG} = '"' . $lang . '.UTF-8"';
    }
}
