diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 859febe..736a3f3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ services:
       - TA_USERNAME=tubearchivist
       - TA_PASSWORD=verysecret
       - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=verysecret
+      - TZ=America/New_York
     depends_on:
       - archivist-es
       - archivist-redis
diff --git a/tubearchivist/config/settings.py b/tubearchivist/config/settings.py
index b2f485d..8324c89 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/config/settings.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/config/settings.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ AUTH_USER_MODEL = "home.Account"
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/i18n/
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
-TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
+TIME_ZONE = environ.get("TZ") or "UTC"
 USE_I18N = True
 USE_L10N = True
 USE_TZ = True