diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 030aa5e..1cd1e50 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -y mercurial \
     git \
     python \
     curl \
+    mongodb \
     vim \
     vim-nox \
     vim-scripts \
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ ENV HOME /home/dev
 ENV HOMESRC ${HOME}/src/
 ENV HOMEBIN ${HOME}/bin/
 
+RUN locale-gen en_IE.UTF-8  
+ENV LANG en_IE.UTF-8  
+ENV LANGUAGE en_IE:en  
+ENV LC_ALL en_IE.UTF-8 
+
 RUN mkdir -p ${HOMESRC} && \
     mkdir -p ${HOMEBIN}