diff --git a/library/lcd/lcd_comm.py b/library/lcd/lcd_comm.py
index f432f61d..80cd9aa0 100644
--- a/library/lcd/lcd_comm.py
+++ b/library/lcd/lcd_comm.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import copy
 import math
 import os
+import platform
 import queue
 import sys
 import threading
@@ -139,6 +140,10 @@ def SendLine(self, line: bytes):
     def WriteLine(self, line: bytes):
         try:
             self.serial_write(line)
+            if platform.system() == "Darwin":
+                # macOS needs the serial buffer to be flushed regularly to avoid bitmap corruption on the display
+                # See https://github.com/mathoudebine/turing-smart-screen-python/issues/7
+                self.lcd_serial.flush()
         except serial.SerialTimeoutException:
             # We timed-out trying to write to our device, slow things down.
             logger.warning("(Write line) Too fast! Slow down!")
diff --git a/library/stats.py b/library/stats.py
index 0c32f2f6..fa1e20ee 100644
--- a/library/stats.py
+++ b/library/stats.py
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ def display_themed_radial_bar(theme_data, value, min_size=0, unit='', custom_tex
         background_image=get_theme_file_path(theme_data.get("BACKGROUND_IMAGE", None)),
         custom_bbox=theme_data.get("CUSTOM_BBOX", (0, 0, 0, 0)),
         text_offset=theme_data.get("TEXT_OFFSET", (0, 0)),
-        bar_background_color = theme_data.get("BAR_BACKGROUND_COLOR", (0, 0, 0)),
-        draw_bar_background = theme_data.get("DRAW_BAR_BACKGROUND", False),
-        bar_decoration = theme_data.get("BAR_DECORATION", "")
+        bar_background_color=theme_data.get("BAR_BACKGROUND_COLOR", (0, 0, 0)),
+        draw_bar_background=theme_data.get("DRAW_BAR_BACKGROUND", False),
+        bar_decoration=theme_data.get("BAR_DECORATION", "")
     )
 
 
@@ -742,11 +742,17 @@ def stats():
         else:
             date_now = datetime.datetime.now()
 
-        if platform.system() == "Windows":
-            # Windows does not have LC_TIME environment variable, use deprecated getdefaultlocale() that returns language code following RFC 1766
-            lc_time = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
-        else:
-            lc_time = babel.dates.LC_TIME
+        try:
+            if platform.system() == "Windows":
+                # Windows does not have LC_TIME environment variable, use deprecated getdefaultlocale() that returns language code following RFC 1766
+                lc_time = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
+            else:
+                lc_time = babel.dates.LC_TIME
+        except:
+            lc_time = None
+
+        if not lc_time:
+            lc_time = "en_US"
 
         date_theme_data = config.THEME_DATA['STATS']['DATE']
         day_theme_data = date_theme_data['DAY']['TEXT']