diff --git a/Aquaria/UserSettings.cpp b/Aquaria/UserSettings.cpp
index 9d41677..abe3ebb 100644
--- a/Aquaria/UserSettings.cpp
+++ b/Aquaria/UserSettings.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,18 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 #endif
 
 #ifdef BBGE_BUILD_MACOSX
-	#include <CFLocale.h>
+    #include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
+	#include <CoreFoundation/CFLocale.h>
+    #include <CoreFoundation/CFString.h>
+    
+// veeery clunky.
+static std::string _CFToStdString(CFStringRef cs)
+{
+    char buf[1024];
+    CFStringGetCString(cs, &buf[0], 2048, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+    return &buf[0];
+}
+
 #endif
 
 void UserSettings::save()
@@ -647,30 +658,24 @@ void UserSettings::getSystemLocale()
 	}
 #elif BBGE_BUILD_MACOSX
 	CFLocaleRef locale = CFLocaleCopyCurrent();
-	CFTypeRef type;
+    CFArrayRef langs = CFLocaleCopyPreferredLanguages();
 	CFStringRef buf;
 
-	type = CFLocaleGetValue(locale, kCFLocaleLanguageCode);
-
-	if ((buf = CFLocaleCopyDisplayNameForPropertyValue(locale, kCFLocaleLanguageCode, type)) != NULL)
+	if ((buf = (CFStringRef)CFLocaleGetValue(locale, kCFLocaleLanguageCode)) != NULL)
 	{
-		system.locale = buf;
+		system.locale = _CFToStdString(buf);
 		CFRelease(buf);
-		CFRelease(type);
 
-		type = CFLocaleGetValue(locale, kCFLocaleCountryCode);
-
-		if ((buf = CFLocaleCopyDisplayNameForPropertyValue(locale, kCFLocaleCountryCode, type)) != NULL)
+		if ((buf = (CFStringRef)CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(langs, 0)) != NULL)
 		{
 			system.locale += "_";
-			system.locale += buf;
+			system.locale += _CFToStdString(buf);
 			CFRelease(buf);
 		}
-
-		CFRelease(type);
 	}
 
 	CFRelease(locale);
+    CFRelease(langs);
 #else
 	const char *lang = (const char *)getenv("LANG");