diff --git a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index b795a24..6ca0733 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 - block:
-  # Install Software
 
   # Software
   - import_tasks: software/repositories.yml
@@ -11,3 +10,8 @@
   # Users
   - import_tasks: users/root.yml
   - import_tasks: users/docker.yml
+
+
+  # System
+  - import_tasks: systemSetup/clock.yml
+  - import_tasks: systemSetup/locale.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/systemSetup/clock.yml b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/systemSetup/clock.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20cb123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/systemSetup/clock.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- name: system setup | clock | set time zone
+  tags: ntp,timezone,system setup
+  timezone:
+    name: "Europe/Berlin"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/systemSetup/locale.yml b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/systemSetup/locale.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d6b19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/systemSetup/locale.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+- name: system setup | locale | add en_US
+  tags: locale,system,setup
+  locale_gen:
+    name: en_US.UTF-8
+    state: present
+
+- name: system setup | locale | set locale to en_US
+  tags: locale,system,setup
+  locale_gen:
+    name: en_US.UTF-8
+    state: present
+  register: locale
+
+- name: system setup | locale | set en_US as default locale
+  tags: locale,system,setup
+  command: localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  when: locale.changed
+
+- name: system setup | locale | remove en_GB
+  tags: locale,system,setup
+  locale_gen:
+    name: en_GB.UTF-8
+    state: absent
+  when: locale.changed