diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 3baae56..6804ec4 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ session_start();
 $base_dir = dirname(__FILE__);
 
 $settings = json_decode(file_get_contents('settings.json'));
+//Set timezone
+date_default_timezone_set ($settings->timezone);
 
 $db = new mysqli($settings->database->host, $settings->database->username, $settings->database->password, $settings->database->name);
 
diff --git a/settings.json.example b/settings.json.example
index 85fe47b..9d5327a 100644
--- a/settings.json.example
+++ b/settings.json.example
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
         "renoted"
     ],
     "baseURL": "/",
-    "debug": false
+    "debug": false,
+	"timezone": "America/Chicago"
 }