diff --git a/ext-sysmon-1.1.zip b/ext-sysmon-1.1.zip
index 94eb49d..5a6d550 100644
Binary files a/ext-sysmon-1.1.zip and b/ext-sysmon-1.1.zip differ
diff --git a/ext-sysmon/CMakeLists.txt b/ext-sysmon/CMakeLists.txt
index 437f774..d598657 100644
--- a/ext-sysmon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext-sysmon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
                      ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
                      ${KDE4_INCLUDES})
 
-set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-fexceptions")
 set (extsysmon_engine_SRCS extsysmon.cpp)
  
 # Now make sure all files get to the right place
diff --git a/ext-sysmon/extsysmon.cpp b/ext-sysmon/extsysmon.cpp
index e90ce49..a8a9b24 100644
--- a/ext-sysmon/extsysmon.cpp
+++ b/ext-sysmon/extsysmon.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 #include "extsysmon.h"
-#include <stdio.h>
+
 #include <Plasma/DataContainer>
 
+#include <locale.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
 ExtendedSysMon::ExtendedSysMon(QObject* parent, const QVariantList& args)
   : Plasma::DataEngine(parent, args)
 {
   Q_UNUSED(args)
+  
+  QLocale::setDefault(QLocale::C);
+  setlocale (LC_ALL, "C");
 
   setMinimumPollingInterval(333);
 
@@ -49,8 +55,6 @@ bool ExtendedSysMon::sourceRequestEvent(const QString &name)
 
 bool ExtendedSysMon::updateSourceEvent(const QString &source)
 {
-  QLocale::setDefault(QLocale::C);
-
   FILE *f_out;
   QString key, out, tmp_out, value;
   bool ok = false;