diff --git a/bots/markpages.py b/bots/markpages.py
index 8ace79a..7637993 100644
--- a/bots/markpages.py
+++ b/bots/markpages.py
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ class MarkPagesBot( CurrentPageBot ):  # sets 'current_page' on each treat()
         else:
             self.current_wikicode.insert( 0, self.disc_notice )
 
+        # To have it in its own line we need to add a linbreak after it
+        self.current_wikicode.insert_after(self.disc_notice, "\n" )
+
         # Notice was added
         return True
 
diff --git a/red.py b/red.py
index 81388d6..f4be812 100644
--- a/red.py
+++ b/red.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Wrapper script to invoke all redundances bot tasks
 """
 
 import os
+import locale
 
 import pywikibot
 
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ def main(*args):
     @type args: list of unicode
     """
 
+    # Make sure locale is set to 'de_DE.UTF-8' to prevent problems
+    # with wrong month abreviations in strptime
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE.UTF-8')
+
     # Process global arguments to determine desired site
     local_args = pywikibot.handle_args(args)