diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/etc/update-motd.d/30-armbian-sysinfo b/packages/bsp/common/etc/update-motd.d/30-armbian-sysinfo
index 2b52bcf7b58a..38a8debe12d2 100755
--- a/packages/bsp/common/etc/update-motd.d/30-armbian-sysinfo
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/etc/update-motd.d/30-armbian-sysinfo
@@ -172,24 +172,24 @@ display "Battery" "$battery_percent" "20" "1" "%" "$status_battery_text" ; a=$((
 
 line=0
 if [[ -n "$PRIMARY_INTERFACE" ]] && vnstat -i "$PRIMARY_INTERFACE" &> /dev/null; then
-	traffic=$(vnstat -i $PRIMARY_INTERFACE --oneline | cut -d";" -f4,5)
-	traffic_rx=$(echo $traffic | cut -d";" -f1,1 | sed -r 's/([0-9]+\.[0-9]{1})[0-9]*/\1/' | cut -d" " -f1 | cut -d"," -f1)
+	traffic=$(LC_ALL=C vnstat -i $PRIMARY_INTERFACE --oneline | cut -d";" -f4,5)
+	traffic_rx=$(echo $traffic | cut -d";" -f1,1 | sed -r 's/([0-9]+\.[0-9]{1})[0-9]*/\1/' | cut -d" " -f1 | cut -d"." -f1)
 	traffic_rx_unit=$(echo $traffic | cut -d";" -f1,1 | sed -r 's/([0-9]+\.[0-9]{1})[0-9]*/\1/' | cut -d" " -f2)
-	traffic_tx=$(echo $traffic | cut -d";" -f2,2 | sed -r 's/([0-9]+\.[0-9]{1})[0-9]*/\1/' | cut -d" " -f1 | cut -d"," -f1)
+	traffic_tx=$(echo $traffic | cut -d";" -f2,2 | sed -r 's/([0-9]+\.[0-9]{1})[0-9]*/\1/' | cut -d" " -f1 | cut -d"." -f1)
 	traffic_tx_unit=$(echo $traffic | cut -d";" -f2,2 | sed -r 's/([0-9]+\.[0-9]{1})[0-9]*/\1/' | cut -d" " -f2)
 	[[ "$traffic" == *"Not enough"* ]] && { traffic_tx="n/a	"; traffic_rx="n/a	"; }
 	case $PRIMARY_DIRECTION in
 		tx)
-			display " TX today" "$traffic_tx" 500 0 " $traffic_tx_unit" ""
+			display " TX today" "$traffic_tx" 500 0 "" "$traffic_tx_unit" ""
 			line=$((line+1))
 		;;
 		rx)
-			display " RX today" "$traffic_rx" 500 0 " $traffic_rx_unit" ""
+			display " RX today" "$traffic_rx" 500 0 "" "$traffic_rx_unit" ""
 			line=$((line+1))
 		;;
 		both)
-			display " TX today" "$traffic_tx" 500 0 " $traffic_tx_unit" ""
-			display "RX today" "$traffic_rx" 500 0 " $traffic_rx_unit" ""
+			display " TX today" "$traffic_tx" 500 0 "" "$traffic_tx_unit" ""
+			display "RX today" "$traffic_rx" 500 0 "" "$traffic_rx_unit" ""
 			line=$((line+1))
 		;;
 		*) #off or whatever