diff --git a/changelog/44_UNRELEASED_0000-00-00.md b/changelog/44_UNRELEASED_0000-00-00.md
index b12c253b..0b5b6115 100644
--- a/changelog/44_UNRELEASED_0000-00-00.md
+++ b/changelog/44_UNRELEASED_0000-00-00.md
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
   - Improved the overview pages "button column" (e. g. hide more rarely used options behind a context/dropdown menu)
   - Some JS files were not loaded correctly on case sensitive file systems
   - The changelog is now included as markdown files (in `/changelog` directory, one file per release with a filename in format `<ReleaseNumber>_<Version>_<ReleaseDateIso>.md`) and shown in the about dialog
+  - Please review your `CURRENCY` setting in `data/config.php`, see also `config-dist.php` - this should be the ISO 4217 code of the currency to properly work with the JS `toLocaleString` function
diff --git a/config-dist.php b/config-dist.php
index 31a37d79..2304d0ac 100644
--- a/config-dist.php
+++ b/config-dist.php
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ Setting('CULTURE', 'en');
 
 # To keep it simple: grocy does not handle any currency conversions,
 # this here is used to format all money values,
-# so can be anything (e. g. "USD" OR "$", doesn't matter...)
-Setting('CURRENCY', '$');
+# so doesn't matter really matter, but should be the
+# ISO 4217 code of the currency ("USD", "EUR", "GBP", etc.)
+Setting('CURRENCY', 'USD');
 
 # The base url of your installation,
 # should be just "/" when running directly under the root of a (sub)domain