diff --git a/precise/base-0k/hooks/install.d/00-base.sh b/precise/base-0k/hooks/install.d/00-base.sh
index 3d7c504a..d42d0319 100755
--- a/precise/base-0k/hooks/install.d/00-base.sh
+++ b/precise/base-0k/hooks/install.d/00-base.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ apt-get -y --force-yes install bash-completion wget bzip2 git-core \
 
 case $(lsb_release -is) in
     Ubuntu)
-        apt-get -y --force-yes language-pack-en </dev/null
+        apt-get install -y --force-yes language-pack-en </dev/null
         ;;
     Debian)
         sed -ri 's/^\s*#\s*(en_US\.UTF-?8.*)\s*$/\1/g' /etc/locale.gen