diff --git a/hosts/nixos/apollo/configuration.nix b/hosts/nixos/apollo/configuration.nix
index c29680e..989750e 100644
--- a/hosts/nixos/apollo/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos/apollo/configuration.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     };
   };
 
-  i18n.inputMethod.enable = lib.mkForce false;
   system.stateVersion = "25.11";
   networking.hostName = "apollo";
 
diff --git a/hosts/nixos/harmonica-sd/configuration.nix b/hosts/nixos/harmonica-sd/configuration.nix
index 93c94c6..c4bb5e2 100644
--- a/hosts/nixos/harmonica-sd/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos/harmonica-sd/configuration.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     hardware.systemd-boot.enable = false;  # SD card uses extlinux
   };
 
-  i18n.inputMethod.enable = lib.mkForce false; # no need for japanese input method
 
   system.stateVersion = "25.05";
 
diff --git a/hosts/nixos/harmonica/configuration.nix b/hosts/nixos/harmonica/configuration.nix
index 102da9e..e96b380 100644
--- a/hosts/nixos/harmonica/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos/harmonica/configuration.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     hardware.systemd-boot.enable = false;  # Uses extlinux bootloader
   };
 
-  i18n.inputMethod.enable = lib.mkForce false; # no need for japanese input method
 
   system.stateVersion = "25.05";
 
diff --git a/hosts/nixos/pochita/configuration.nix b/hosts/nixos/pochita/configuration.nix
index 0af9731..c9194b5 100644
--- a/hosts/nixos/pochita/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos/pochita/configuration.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
   zramSwap.enable = true;
 
-  i18n.inputMethod.enable = lib.mkForce false; # no need for japanese input method
 
   networking.hostName = "pochita";
   # log of shame: osbm blamed nix when he wrote "hostname" instead of "hostName"
diff --git a/hosts/nixos/wallfacer/configuration.nix b/hosts/nixos/wallfacer/configuration.nix
index 867abf4..3e239fa 100644
--- a/hosts/nixos/wallfacer/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos/wallfacer/configuration.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     services.cloudflared.enable = true;
   };
 
-  i18n.inputMethod.enable = lib.mkForce false;
   networking.hostName = "wallfacer";
   system.stateVersion = "25.05";
 }
diff --git a/modules/nixos/system/i18n.nix b/modules/nixos/system/i18n.nix
index 05c403a..a3819e8 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/system/i18n.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/system/i18n.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, config, ... }:
+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
 {
   config = lib.mkIf config.osbmModules.i18n.enable {
-    # Set your time zone
-    time.timeZone = lib.mkDefault "Europe/Istanbul";
+    time.timeZone = "Europe/Istanbul";
 
-    # Select internationalisation properties
-    i18n.defaultLocale = lib.mkDefault "en_US.UTF-8";
+    # Select internationalisation properties.
+    i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
-    i18n.extraLocaleSettings = lib.mkDefault {
+    i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
       LC_ADDRESS = "tr_TR.UTF-8";
       LC_IDENTIFICATION = "tr_TR.UTF-8";
       LC_MEASUREMENT = "tr_TR.UTF-8";
@@ -17,6 +21,22 @@
       LC_PAPER = "tr_TR.UTF-8";
       LC_TELEPHONE = "tr_TR.UTF-8";
       LC_TIME = "ja_JP.UTF-8";
+      # LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    };
+
+    services.xserver.xkb = {
+      layout = "us";
+      variant = "";
+    };
+
+    i18n.inputMethod = {
+      type = "fcitx5";
+      enable = config.osbmModules.desktopEnvironment != "none";
+      fcitx5.addons = with pkgs; [
+        fcitx5-mozc
+        fcitx5-gtk
+        fcitx5-nord # a color theme
+      ];
     };
   };
 }