diff --git a/.install/bin/pdm-launch b/.install/bin/pdm-launch
index 696689c..1749ce4 100755
--- a/.install/bin/pdm-launch
+++ b/.install/bin/pdm-launch
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@ if [[ $opt_force -eq 1 ]]; then
         podman rm -i -f "$container"
 fi
 
-podman run -itd --name "$container" --hostname "$container" $deployconf "$image"
+podman run -itd --tz=local --name "$container" --hostname "$container" $deployconf "$image"
 echo "Done!"
diff --git a/debian/Containerfile b/debian/Containerfile
index ada1f7c..9fa8a33 100644
--- a/debian/Containerfile
+++ b/debian/Containerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#FROM debian:stable
 FROM docker.io/library/debian:latest
 CMD [ "/sbin/init" ]
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/sbin/init" ]
@@ -15,13 +14,6 @@ ONBUILD SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 # non-interactively for child images
 ONBUILD ENV BASH_ENV=/etc/environment
 
-# We can't use timedatectl because systemd isn't available
-# during the build process, so we have to set the timezone manually
-ENV TZ=US/Eastern
-RUN rm /etc/localtime && \
-    ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && \
-    echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
-
 # Install packages
 RUN apt update -y && \
     apt upgrade -y && \