# Launcher always exits with "ERROR: Config name must not contain upper case characters, spaces or special characters."

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 2, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-always-exits-with-error-config-name-must-not-contain-upper-case-characters-spaces-or-special-characters/49642 "2016-09-02T18:50:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![jako512](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jako512/32/120818_2.png) [@jako512](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jako512)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-always-exits-with-error-config-name-must-not-contain-upper-case-characters-spaces-or-special-characters/49642/6 "2016-11-05T12:12:28Z")

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The problem is related to locale.  
Everything works as expected until I change the locale.  
Try execute this before launcher:

```plaintext
locale-gen sk_SK.UTF-8
export LANG=sk_SK.UTF-8

```

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