diff --git a/Meds.Watchdog/Entrypoint.cs b/Meds.Watchdog/Entrypoint.cs
index 7a4ff01..71bbefc 100644
--- a/Meds.Watchdog/Entrypoint.cs
+++ b/Meds.Watchdog/Entrypoint.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Meds.Dist;
 using Meds.Shared;
@@ -8,7 +10,6 @@
 using Meds.Watchdog.Utils;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using SteamKit2;
 
 namespace Meds.Watchdog
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ public sealed class Entrypoint
     {
         public static async Task Main(string[] args)
         {
+            var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
+            CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = culture;
+            CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = culture;
+            CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = culture;
+            CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = culture;
+
             if (args.Length == 3 && args[0] == "restore-game-binaries")
             {
                 await CiUtils.RestoreGameBinaries(args[1], args[2]);
diff --git a/Meds.Wrapper/Entrypoint.cs b/Meds.Wrapper/Entrypoint.cs
index cc02767..c086479 100644
--- a/Meds.Wrapper/Entrypoint.cs
+++ b/Meds.Wrapper/Entrypoint.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Globalization;
 using Meds.Shared;
 using Meds.Wrapper.Shim;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -18,6 +19,12 @@ public static class Entrypoint
 
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
+            CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = culture;
+            CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = culture;
+            CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = culture;
+            CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = culture;
+
             if (args.Length != 2)
                 throw new Exception("Wrapper should not be invoked manually.  [installConfig] [runtimeConfig]");
             var cfg = new Configuration(args[0], args[1]);
diff --git a/Meds.Wrapper/Shim/PatchHelper.cs b/Meds.Wrapper/Shim/PatchHelper.cs
index cb357a3..481c10a 100644
--- a/Meds.Wrapper/Shim/PatchHelper.cs
+++ b/Meds.Wrapper/Shim/PatchHelper.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,14 @@ public static void Patch(Type type)
 
         public static IEnumerable<(MyModContext mod, Type type)> ModTypes(string typeName)
         {
-            foreach (var kv in MySession.Static.ModManager.Assemblies)
+            var mods = MySession.Static?.ModManager;
+            if (mods == null)
+            {
+                Entrypoint.LoggerFor(typeof(PatchHelper))?
+                    .ZLogWarning("Tried to fetch mod types {0} but mod manager isn't initialized", typeName);
+                yield break;
+            }
+            foreach (var kv in mods.Assemblies)
             {
                 var type = kv.Value.GetType(typeName);
                 if (type == null) continue;