diff --git a/intern/locale/boost_locale_wrapper.cpp b/intern/locale/boost_locale_wrapper.cpp
index 73433fe7c5e..b4301793e75 100644
--- a/intern/locale/boost_locale_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/intern/locale/boost_locale_wrapper.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ void bl_locale_set(const char *locale)
   // gen.set_default_messages_domain(default_domain);
 
   try {
+    throw boost::locale::conv::conversion_error();
     if (locale && locale[0]) {
       _locale = gen(locale);
     }
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ void bl_locale_set(const char *locale)
   catch (std::exception const &e) {
     std::cout << "bl_locale_set(" << locale << "): " << e.what() << " \n";
   }
+  catch (std::runtime_error const &e){
+    std::cout << "**bl_locale_set(" << locale << "): " << e.what() << " \n";
+  }
 }
 
 const char *bl_locale_get(void)

**bl_locale_set(): Conversion failed 
**bl_locale_set(en_US.UTF-8): Conversion failed

#0  __pthread_kill ()
#1  pthread_kill ()
#2  abort ()
#3  abort_message ()
#4  default_terminate_handler() ()
#5  _objc_terminate() ()
#6  std::__terminate(void (*)()) ()
#7  __cxxabiv1::failed_throw(__cxxabiv1::__cxa_exception*) ()
#8  __cxa_throw ()
#9  std::__1::basic_string<wchar_t, std::__1::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::__1::allocator<wchar_t> > boost::locale::conv::impl::iconverter_base::real_convert<wchar_t, char>(char const*, char const*) ()
#10 boost::locale::conv::impl::iconv_to_utf<wchar_t>::convert(char const*, char const*) ()
#11 std::__1::basic_string<wchar_t, std::__1::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::__1::allocator<wchar_t> > boost::locale::conv::impl::convert_to<wchar_t>(char const*, char const*, char const*, boost::locale::conv::method_type) ()
#12 std::__1::basic_string<wchar_t, std::__1::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::__1::allocator<wchar_t> > boost::locale::conv::to_utf<wchar_t>(char const*, char const*, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&, boost::locale::conv::method_type) ()
#13 boost::locale::util::simple_converter_impl::simple_converter_impl(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&) ()
#14 boost::locale::util::create_simple_codecvt(std::__1::locale const&, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&, unsigned int) ()
#15 boost::locale::impl_posix::create_codecvt(std::__1::locale const&, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&, unsigned int) ()
#16 boost::locale::impl_posix::posix_localization_backend::install(std::__1::locale const&, unsigned int, unsigned int) ()
#17 boost::locale::localization_backend_manager::impl::actual_backend::install(std::__1::locale const&, unsigned int, unsigned int) ()
#18 boost::locale::generator::generate(std::__1::locale const&, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&) const ()
#19 boost::locale::generator::generate(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&) const ()
#20 boost::locale::generator::operator()(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&) const at lib/darwin/boost/include/boost/locale/generator.hpp:203
#21 ::bl_locale_set(const unsigned char *) at blender/intern/locale/boost_locale_wrapper.cpp:96
#22 BLT_lang_set at blender/source/blender/blentranslation/intern/blt_lang.c:280
#23 WM_init at blender/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_init_exit.c:268
#24 main at blender/source/creator/creator.c:505
#25 start ()

locale	const unsigned char *	""	0x000000010b279d00
gen	boost::locale::generator	
_locale	std::__1::locale	
e	const std::exception &	0x00001fffddf7fc78
locale_osx	std::__1::string	"en_IN.UTF-8"	
default_domain	std::__1::string	"blender"	
facet_global	const char_message_facet *	NULL	0x0000000000000000
locale_global	std::__1::locale	
locale_str	std::__1::string	""	
messages_path	std::__1::string	"/Users/ankitkumar/blender-build/build_darwin_lite/bin/Debug/Blender.app/Contents/Resources/3.0/datafiles/locale"

// get current locale
const char *osx_user_locale()
{
  ::free(user_locale);
  NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
  CFLocaleRef myCFLocale = CFLocaleCopyCurrent();
  NSLocale *myNSLocale = (NSLocale *)myCFLocale;
  [myNSLocale autorelease];
    
  //NSString *nsIdentifier = [myNSLocale localeIdentifier];
    
    NSString *a = [myNSLocale languageCode];
    NSString *b = [myNSLocale countryCode];
    NSString *f = [a stringByAppendingString:@"_"];
    f = [f stringByAppendingString:b];
    
  user_locale = ::strdup([f UTF8String]);
  [pool drain];

  return user_locale;
}