missed this one
diff --git a/src/libbio/bvprint.c b/src/libbio/bvprint.c
index 5ac070d..84a2ff2 100644
--- a/src/libbio/bvprint.c
+++ b/src/libbio/bvprint.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	f.flush = fmtBflush;
 	f.farg = bp;
 	f.nfmt = 0;
+	fmtlocaleinit(&f, nil, nil, nil);
 	n = fmtvprint(&f, fmt, arg);
 	bp->ocount = (char*)f.to - (char*)f.stop;
 	return n;