diff --git a/proxy/.env b/proxy/.env
index e69de29..55231ad 100644
--- a/proxy/.env
+++ b/proxy/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TZ=America/Chicago
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/proxy/compose.yml b/proxy/compose.yml
index b59822e..53f54b8 100644
--- a/proxy/compose.yml
+++ b/proxy/compose.yml
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ services:
       traefik.http.routers.authelia.entrypoints: 'https'
       traefik.http.routers.authelia.tls: 'true'
       traefik.http.routers.authelia.tls.certresolver: 'letsencrypt'
-      traefik.http.middlewares.authelia.forwardauth.address: 'http://authelia:9091/api/authz/forward-auth'  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+      traefik.http.middlewares.authelia.forwardauth.address: 'http://authelia:9091/api/authz/forward-auth'
       traefik.http.middlewares.authelia.forwardauth.trustForwardHeader: 'true'
-      traefik.http.middlewares.authelia.forwardauth.authResponseHeaders: 'Remote-User,Remote-Groups,Remote-Name,Remote-Email'  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+      traefik.http.middlewares.authelia.forwardauth.authResponseHeaders: 'Remote-User,Remote-Groups,Remote-Name,Remote-Email'
     restart: 'unless-stopped'
     healthcheck:
-      ## In production the healthcheck section should be commented.
       disable: true
     environment:
-      TZ: 'American/Chicago'
+      TZ: ${TZ}
 
   redis:
     image: 'redis:alpine'
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ services:
       - bridge
     restart: 'unless-stopped'
     environment:
-      TZ: 'America/Chicago'
+      TZ: ${TZ}
 
   traefik:
     image: 'traefik:v3.3.4'