diff --git a/PyRIGS/settings.py b/PyRIGS/settings.py
index 9f78c9cf..d7a4dcc2 100644
--- a/PyRIGS/settings.py
+++ b/PyRIGS/settings.py
@@ -174,13 +174,13 @@ else:
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-gb'
 
-TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/London'
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
 USE_L10N = True
 
-USE_TZ = True
+USE_TZ = False
 
 DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS = ('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M','%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')