diff --git a/config/hooks/normal/01-set-locale.hook.chroot b/config/hooks/normal/01-set-locale.hook.chroot
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7709886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/hooks/normal/01-set-locale.hook.chroot
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+cat >/etc/default/locale<<EOF
+LANG="C.UTF-8"
+EOF
diff --git a/config/hooks/normal/001-plymouth-theme.hook.chroot b/config/hooks/normal/02-plymouth-theme.hook.chroot
similarity index 100%
rename from config/hooks/normal/001-plymouth-theme.hook.chroot
rename to config/hooks/normal/02-plymouth-theme.hook.chroot
diff --git a/config/hooks/normal/002-command-not-found.hook.chroot b/config/hooks/normal/03-command-not-found.hook.chroot
similarity index 100%
rename from config/hooks/normal/002-command-not-found.hook.chroot
rename to config/hooks/normal/03-command-not-found.hook.chroot
diff --git a/config/hooks/normal/04-apt-appstream.hook.chroot b/config/hooks/normal/04-apt-appstream.hook.chroot
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a067c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/hooks/normal/04-apt-appstream.hook.chroot
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# update APT metadata / DEP-11 YAML
+apt-get update
+
+if [ -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli ]
+then
+	/usr/bin/appstreamcli refresh --force --verbose
+fi