diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5645a62d..9723db84 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ ENV NIGHTLY="" \
     ACTIVATE_DEMO_PROJECT="True" \
     ADMIN_PASSWORD="" \
     ALLOW_PUBLIC_PROJECT_CREATION="True" \
-    ACTIVATE_ADMIN_DASHBOARD="False"
+    ACTIVATE_ADMIN_DASHBOARD="False" \
+    BABEL_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE="UTC"
 
 RUN apk update && apk add git gcc libc-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev wget &&\
     mkdir -p /etc/ihatemoney &&\
diff --git a/conf/entrypoint.sh b/conf/entrypoint.sh
index 0d5a7a39..c1b7019f 100755
--- a/conf/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/conf/entrypoint.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ACTIVATE_DEMO_PROJECT = $ACTIVATE_DEMO_PROJECT
 ADMIN_PASSWORD = '$ADMIN_PASSWORD'
 ALLOW_PUBLIC_PROJECT_CREATION = $ALLOW_PUBLIC_PROJECT_CREATION
 ACTIVATE_ADMIN_DASHBOARD = $ACTIVATE_ADMIN_DASHBOARD
+BABEL_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE = "$BABEL_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE"
 EOF
 
 if [ "$NIGHTLY" == "True" -o "$NIGHTLY" == "true" ]; then