diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 4bc9d38..e0f36a4 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ log_running() {
     echo " ${YELLOW}*${RESET} $1"
 }
 
+log_error() {
+    echo " ${RED}error: $1${RESET}"
+}
+
 success() {
     echo "${GREEN}$1${RESET}"
 }
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ fi
 
 ### Verify cloned repo
 if [ ! -e "$HOME/raspberry-noaa" ]; then
-        die "Is https://github.com/reynico/raspberry-noaa cloned in your home directory?"
+    die "Is https://github.com/reynico/raspberry-noaa cloned in your home directory?"
 fi
 
 ### Install required packages
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ else
     sudo apt install -yq libgfortran5
 fi
 
-sudo pip3 install numpy ephem tweepy Pillow
+sudo python3 -m pip install numpy ephem tweepy Pillow
 log_done "Packages installed"
 
 ### Create the database schema
@@ -233,7 +237,7 @@ else
         cd /tmp
         unzip master.zip
         cd pd120_decoder-master/pd120_decoder/
-        pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+        python3 -m pip install --user -r requirements.txt
         cp demod.py utils.py "$HOME/raspberry-noaa/"
     )
     log_done "pd120_decoder installed"
@@ -250,6 +254,33 @@ else
     sed -i -e "s/enable_bias_tee//g" "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
 fi
 
+echo "
+    Next we'll configure your webpanel language
+    and locale settings - you can update these in the
+    future by modifying 'lang' in /var/www/wx/Config.php
+    and 'date_default_timezone_set' in /var/www/wx/header.php
+    "
+
+# language configuration
+langs=($(find templates/webpanel/language/ -type f -printf "%f\n" | cut -f 1 -d '.'))
+while : ; do
+    read -rp "Enter your preferred language (${langs[*]}): "
+    lang=$REPLY
+
+    if [[ ! " ${langs[@]} " =~ " ${lang} " ]]; then
+        log_error "choice $lang is not one of the available options (${langs[*]})"
+    else
+        break
+    fi
+done
+sed -i -e "s/'lang' => '.*'$/'lang' => '${lang}'/" "/var/www/wx/Config.php"
+
+echo "Visit https://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php for a list of available timezones"
+read -rp "Enter your preferred timezone: "
+    timezone=$REPLY
+timezone=$(echo $timezone | sed 's/\//\\\//g')
+sed -i -e "s/date_default_timezone_set('.*');/date_default_timezone_set('${timezone}');/" "/var/www/wx/header.php"
+
 echo "
     It's time to configure your ground station
     You'll be asked for your latitude and longitude
@@ -257,18 +288,20 @@ echo "
     "
 
 read -rp "Enter your latitude (South values are negative): "
-        lat=$REPLY
+    lat=$REPLY
 
 read -rp "Enter your longitude (West values are negative): "
-        lon=$REPLY
+    lon=$REPLY
 
-read -rp "Enter your timezone (Ex: -3 for Argentina time): "
-        timezone=$REPLY
+# note: this can probably be improved by calculating this
+# automatically - good for a future iteration
+read -rp "Enter your timezone offset (ex: -3 for Argentina time): "
+    tzoffset=$REPLY
 
 sed -i -e "s/change_latitude/${lat}/g;s/change_longitude/${lon}/g" "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
 sed -i -e "s/change_latitude/${lat}/g;s/change_longitude/${lon}/g" "$HOME/.wxtoimgrc"
 sed -i -e "s/change_latitude/${lat}/g;s/change_longitude/$(echo  "$lon * -1" | bc)/g" "$HOME/.predict/predict.qth"
-sed -i -e "s/change_latitude/${lat}/g;s/change_longitude/${lon}/g;s/change_tz/$(echo  "$timezone * -1" | bc)/g" "sun.py"
+sed -i -e "s/change_latitude/${lat}/g;s/change_longitude/${lon}/g;s/change_tz/$(echo  "$tzoffset * -1" | bc)/g" "sun.py"
 
 success "Install done! Double check your $HOME/.noaa.conf settings"