diff --git a/core/settings.py b/core/settings.py
index 8118f83..68ac1da 100644
--- a/core/settings.py
+++ b/core/settings.py
@@ -192,9 +192,12 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
 }
 
 # Time zone setting
-TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+TIME_ZONE = 'Australia/Melbourne'
 USE_TZ = True
 
+# Make sure Celery uses the same timezone
+CELERY_TIMEZONE = TIME_ZONE
+
 # Celery Configuration
 CELERY_BROKER_URL = os.environ.get('CELERY_BROKER_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379/0')
 CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = os.environ.get('CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND', 'redis://localhost:6379/0')