diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 1695ac0c2..86d48e2d1 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
+export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
 
 UPDATE_DIR=/tmp/sogh/securityonion
 DEFAULT_SALT_DIR=/opt/so/saltstack/default
@@ -872,6 +873,7 @@ apply_hotfix() {
 main() {
   trap 'check_err $?' EXIT
   
+  echo "### Preparing soup at $(date) ###"
   check_pillar_items
 
   echo "Checking to see if this is an airgap install."
@@ -1183,5 +1185,4 @@ EOF
   read -r input
 fi
 
-echo "### Preparing soup at $(date) ###"
 main "$@" | tee -a $SOUP_LOG
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index daf609f67..3d88a7fdb 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -2016,10 +2016,10 @@ reinstall_init() {
 	{
 		if command -v salt-call &> /dev/null && grep -q "master:" /etc/salt/minion 2> /dev/null; then
 			# Disable schedule so highstate doesn't start running during the install
-			salt-call -l info schedule.disable
+			salt-call -l info schedule.disable --local
 
 			# Kill any currently running salt jobs, also to prevent issues with highstate.
-			salt-call -l info saltutil.kill_all_jobs
+			salt-call -l info saltutil.kill_all_jobs --local
 		fi
 
 		# Kill any salt processes (safely)