diff --git a/README b/README
index 8eb44af..d422b6d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ Database name:user name:password
 The output directory is where image files are written if you choose
 "file" as the destination for the graph.
 
+You can test these scripts interactively through IDLE by setting the arguments
+at the top of the script. So, if you want to test ashonewait.py put these lines
+at the top of the file:
+
+import sys
+sys.argv = ['x','screen','YOURDB','N','N']
+
+Once you are done testing remove these lines and run the script from the command line.
+
 Related blog posts:
 
 http://www.bobbydurrettdba.com/?s=Python
diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index f549710..8bce84c 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import myplot
 import db
 import argparse
+import locale
 
 """ 
 
@@ -191,9 +192,14 @@ def script_startup(script_description):
     
     user=util.my_oracle_user
     password=util.get_oracle_password(database)
+
+# Set locale so we can test in IDLE
+
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C')
+
     return database,db.connection(user,password,database)
 
 def exit_no_results(results):
     if results == None:
         print("No results returned")
-        sys.exit()
\ No newline at end of file
+        sys.exit()