diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index 5d0369f809..db4e351e8c 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from .disk import get_partitions_in_use, Partition
 from .general import SysCommand, generate_password
 from .hardware import has_uefi, is_vm, cpu_vendor
-from .locale_helpers import verify_keyboard_layout, verify_x11_keyboard_layout
+from .locale_helpers import list_locales, verify_keyboard_layout, verify_x11_keyboard_layout
 from .disk.helpers import findmnt
 from .mirrors import use_mirrors
 from .plugins import plugins
@@ -440,31 +440,41 @@ def set_hostname(self, hostname: str, *args :str, **kwargs :str) -> None:
 			fh.write(hostname + '\n')
 
 	def set_locale(self, locale :str, *args :str, **kwargs :str) -> bool:
+		space_count = locale.count(' ')
+		if space_count == 1:
+			locale_name = locale.split()[0]
+		elif space_count == 0:
+			locale_name = locale
+			locale = ''
+			for locale_entry in list_locales():
+				if locale_name == locale_entry.split()[0]:
+					locale = locale_entry
+			if not locale:
+				return False
 
-		if not len(locale):
-			return True
-
-		modifier = ''
-
-		# This is a temporary patch to fix #1200
-		if '.' in locale:
-			locale, potential_encoding = locale.split('.', 1)
-
-			# Override encoding if encoding is set to the default parameter
-			# and the "found" encoding differs.
-			if encoding == 'UTF-8' and encoding != potential_encoding:
-				encoding = potential_encoding
-
-		# Make sure we extract the modifier, that way we can put it in if needed.
-		if '@' in locale:
-			locale, modifier = locale.split('@', 1)
-			modifier = f"@{modifier}"
-		# - End patch
+		with open(f'{self.target}/etc/locale.gen', 'r') as fp:
+			contents = fp.readlines()
+
+		uncommented = False
+		for line in contents:
+			if locale == line.replace('#', '').strip() and line[0] != '#':
+				uncommented = True
+
+		if not uncommented:
+			count = 0
+			found = False
+			for count, line in enumerate(contents):
+				uncommentted_line = line.replace('#', '')
+				if locale == uncommentted_line.rstrip():
+					contents[count] = uncommentted_line
+					found = True
+					break
+			if found:
+				with open(f'{self.target}/etc/locale.gen', 'w') as fh:
+					fh.writelines(contents)
 
-		with open(f'{self.target}/etc/locale.gen', 'a') as fh:
-			fh.write(f'{locale}.{encoding}{modifier} {encoding}\n')
 		with open(f'{self.target}/etc/locale.conf', 'w') as fh:
-			fh.write(f'LANG={locale}.{encoding}{modifier}\n')
+			fh.write(f'LANG={locale_name}\n')
 
 		return True if SysCommand(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.target} locale-gen').exit_code == 0 else False
 
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py b/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py
index 5580fa917b..dec5f1b399 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py
@@ -14,18 +14,11 @@ def list_keyboard_languages() -> Iterator[str]:
 def list_locales() -> List[str]:
 	with open('/etc/locale.gen', 'r') as fp:
 		locales = []
-		# before the list of locales begins there's an empty line with a '#' in front
-		# so we'll collect the localels from bottom up and halt when we're donw
-		entries = fp.readlines()
-		entries.reverse()
-
-		for entry in entries:
-			text = entry.replace('#', '').strip()
-			if text == '':
-				break
-			locales.append(text)
-
-		locales.reverse()
+		for line in fp:
+			text = line.replace('#', '')
+			if text[0].isspace():
+				continue
+			locales.append(text.strip())
 		return locales
 
 def get_locale_mode_text(mode):