diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 6c82324f2062f99ce5574a5317d8e0e8e6f2a5cc..6211e39f606b09e3acbffec4d80c29cd24b5cefc 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
+	"github.com/cloudfoundry-attic/jibber_jabber"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/host"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/state"
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ assumes you have already installed one of the VM drivers: virtualbox/parallels/v
 
 // runStart handles the executes the flow of "minikube start"
 func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	determineLocale()
+	
 	console.OutStyle("happy", "minikube %s on %s (%s)", version.GetVersion(), runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 	validateConfig()
 
@@ -691,3 +694,12 @@ func saveConfig(clusterConfig cfg.Config) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func determineLocale() {
+	locale, err := jibber_jabber.DetectIETF()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("Getting system locale failed: %s", err)
+		locale = ""
+	}
+	console.SetPreferredLanguage(locale)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/console/console.go b/pkg/minikube/console/console.go
index 304b03008fdce1369cf346221446f3a90594680e..c26b44c5c6fa587876b58a8626274c6122301767 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/console/console.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/console/console.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/cloudfoundry-attic/jibber_jabber"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	isatty "github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 	"golang.org/x/text/language"
@@ -89,12 +88,6 @@ func OutStyle(style, format string, a ...interface{}) error {
 
 // Out writes a basic formatted string to stdout
 func Out(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
-	locale, err := jibber_jabber.DetectIETF()
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Warningf("Getting system locale failed: %s", err)
-		locale = ""
-	}
-	SetPreferredLanguage(locale)
 	p := message.NewPrinter(preferredLanguage)
 	if outFile == nil {
 		if _, err := p.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "(stdout unset)"+format, a...); err != nil {
@@ -102,7 +95,7 @@ func Out(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
 		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("no output file has been set")
 	}
-	_, err = p.Fprintf(outFile, format, a...)
+	_, err := p.Fprintf(outFile, format, a...)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -131,12 +124,6 @@ func ErrStyle(style, format string, a ...interface{}) error {
 
 // Err writes a basic formatted string to stderr
 func Err(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
-	locale, err := jibber_jabber.DetectIETF()
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Warningf("Getting system locale failed: %s", err)
-		locale = ""
-	}
-	SetPreferredLanguage(locale)
 	p := message.NewPrinter(preferredLanguage)
 	if errFile == nil {
 		if _, err := p.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "(stderr unset)"+format, a...); err != nil {
@@ -144,7 +131,7 @@ func Err(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
 		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("no error file has been set")
 	}
-	_, err = p.Fprintf(errFile, format, a...)
+	_, err := p.Fprintf(errFile, format, a...)
 	return err
 }