diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index c9a98a2c1..0188bf2cd 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ const SETTINGS_BLOB_FIELDS = [ 'name', 'valueBlob' ].join(',');
 const gDefaults = (function () {
     const result = { };
     result[exports.AUTOUPDATE_PATTERN_KEY] = cron.DEFAULT_AUTOUPDATE_PATTERN;
-    result[exports.TIME_ZONE_KEY] = 'America/Los_Angeles';
+    result[exports.TIME_ZONE_KEY] = 'UTC';
     result[exports.CLOUDRON_NAME_KEY] = 'Cloudron';
     result[exports.DYNAMIC_DNS_KEY] = false;
     result[exports.IPV6_CONFIG_KEY] = {