diff --git a/source/os/src/osLocale.c b/source/os/src/osLocale.c
index 7008c38576..129faaacc8 100644
--- a/source/os/src/osLocale.c
+++ b/source/os/src/osLocale.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void taosGetSystemLocale(char *outLocale, char *outCharset) {
     strcpy(outLocale, "en_US.UTF-8");
   } else {
     tstrncpy(outLocale, locale, TD_LOCALE_LEN);
-    // printf("locale not configured, set to system default:%s", outLocale);
+    printf("locale not configured, set to system default:%s\n", outLocale);
   }
 
   // if user does not specify the charset, extract it from locale