diff --git a/com.jeffser.Alpaca.json b/com.jeffser.Alpaca.json
index 8afd66f..f0e40ec 100644
--- a/com.jeffser.Alpaca.json
+++ b/com.jeffser.Alpaca.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
         "--share=ipc",
         "--socket=fallback-x11",
         "--device=dri",
-        "--socket=wayland"
+        "--socket=wayland",
+        "--env=LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8"
     ],
     "cleanup" : [
         "/include",
diff --git a/src/window.py b/src/window.py
index 2d55def..1997f60 100644
--- a/src/window.py
+++ b/src/window.py
@@ -1433,6 +1433,7 @@ Generate a title following these rules:
         self.chats["order"].insert(0, chat_name)
         self.save_history()
         self.new_chat_element(chat_name, True, False)
+        self.set_focus(self.message_text_view)
 
     def stop_pull_model(self, model_name):
         logger.debug("Stopping model pull")