diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/vcs/gitmanager.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/vcs/gitmanager.cpp
index a559cde8..48e76915 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/vcs/gitmanager.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/vcs/gitmanager.cpp
@@ -587,11 +587,14 @@ QString GitManager::runGit(const QString& workingFolder, const QStringList &args
 //    qDebug()<<"---------";
 //    qDebug()<<args;
     QProcessEnvironment env;
-    env.insert("PATH",pSettings->dirs().appDir());
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    env.insert("PATH",pSettings->dirs().appDir());
     env.insert("GIT_ASKPASS",includeTrailingPathDelimiter(pSettings->dirs().appDir())+"redpanda-win-git-askpass.exe");
-#else
-    env.insert("GIT_ASKPASS",includeTrailingPathDelimiter(pSettings->dirs().appDir())+"redpanda-git-askpass.exe");
+#elif defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+    env.insert(QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+    env.insert("LANG","en");
+    env.insert("LANGUAGE","en");
+    env.insert("GIT_ASKPASS",includeTrailingPathDelimiter(pSettings->dirs().appLibexecDir())+"redpanda-git-askpass");
 #endif
     QString output = runAndGetOutput(
                 fileInfo.absoluteFilePath(),
diff --git a/redpanda-git-askpass/main.cpp b/redpanda-git-askpass/main.cpp
index f67f6ad8..95f2bdf6 100644
--- a/redpanda-git-askpass/main.cpp
+++ b/redpanda-git-askpass/main.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         Dialog w;
         if (w.showPrompt(argv[1])==QDialog::Accepted) {
             char* input = w.getInput().toLocal8Bit().data();
-            printf(input);
+            printf("%s",input);
         }
     }
     return 0;