diff --git a/app/render/colormanager.cpp b/app/render/colormanager.cpp
index 3bf4e0164..a559b06f4 100644
--- a/app/render/colormanager.cpp
+++ b/app/render/colormanager.cpp
@@ -69,15 +69,10 @@ OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr ColorManager::GetDefaultConfig()
 
 void ColorManager::SetUpDefaultConfig()
 {
-  // Extract OCIO config - kind of hacky, but it'll work
-  // Must do this before setting C locale
-  QString dir = QDir(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation)).filePath(QStringLiteral("ocioconf"));
-
-  OCIO_SET_C_LOCALE_FOR_SCOPE;
-
   if (!qgetenv("OCIO").isEmpty()) {
     // Attempt to set config from "OCIO" environment variable
     try {
+      OCIO_SET_C_LOCALE_FOR_SCOPE;
       default_config_ = OCIO::Config::CreateFromEnv();
 
       return;
@@ -86,13 +81,19 @@ void ColorManager::SetUpDefaultConfig()
     }
   }
 
+  // Extract OCIO config - kind of hacky, but it'll work
+  QString dir = QDir(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation)).filePath(QStringLiteral("ocioconf"));
+
   FileFunctions::CopyDirectory(QStringLiteral(":/ocioconf"),
                                dir,
                                true);
 
   qDebug() << "Extracting default OCIO config to" << dir;
 
-  default_config_ = CreateConfigFromFile(QDir(dir).filePath(QStringLiteral("config.ocio")));
+  {
+    OCIO_SET_C_LOCALE_FOR_SCOPE;
+    default_config_ = CreateConfigFromFile(QDir(dir).filePath(QStringLiteral("config.ocio")));
+  }
 }
 
 void ColorManager::SetConfig(const QString &filename)