diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_base.py b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_base.py
index 3fa5106fc3..39b8494657 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_base.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/omniperf_base.py
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ SUPPORTED_ARCHS = {
 
 class Omniperf:
     def __init__(self):
-        set_locale_encoding()
         self.__args = None
         self.__profiler_mode = None
         self.__analyze_mode = None
@@ -80,8 +79,8 @@ class Omniperf:
         self.__loglevel = setup_logging_priority(
             self.__args.verbose, self.__args.quiet, self.__mode
         )
-
         setattr(self.__args, "loglevel", self.__loglevel)
+        set_locale_encoding()
 
         if self.__mode == "profile":
             self.detect_profiler()
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/utils.py b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/utils.py
index 4d783c5aec..f8853e9ad9 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/utils.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/utils.py
@@ -603,7 +603,8 @@ def set_locale_encoding():
     try:
         locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "en_US.UTF-8")
     except locale.Error as error:
-        print("Please ensure that the 'en_US.UTF-8' locale is available on your system.")
-        print("")
-        print("ERROR: ", error)
-        sys.exit(1)
+        console_error(
+            "Please ensure that the 'en_US.UTF-8' locale is available on your system.",
+            exit=False,
+        )
+        console_error(error)