diff --git a/.project-template/fill_template_vars.sh b/.project-template/fill_template_vars.sh
index 250f551..157c89d 100755
--- a/.project-template/fill_template_vars.sh
+++ b/.project-template/fill_template_vars.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ _replace() {
   local find_cmd=(find "$PROJECT_ROOT" ! -perm -u=x ! -path '*/.git/*' ! -path '*/venv*/*' -type f)
 
   if [[ $(uname) == Darwin ]]; then
-    "${find_cmd[@]}" -exec sed -i '' "$1" {} +
+    LC_ALL=C "${find_cmd[@]}" -exec sed -i '' "$1" {} +
   else
     "${find_cmd[@]}" -exec sed -i "$1" {} +
   fi
diff --git a/.project-template/refill_template_vars.sh b/.project-template/refill_template_vars.sh
index 6e7943f..70832d3 100755
--- a/.project-template/refill_template_vars.sh
+++ b/.project-template/refill_template_vars.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-TEMPLATE_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
+TEMPLATE_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
 <"$TEMPLATE_DIR/template_vars.txt" "$TEMPLATE_DIR/fill_template_vars.sh"