diff --git a/src/Handler.php b/src/Handler.php
index 301b1749359f59543f2064832302e0791e57e115..caabdd05c2883030b09ff18080b8bb0353ec9e43 100644
--- a/src/Handler.php
+++ b/src/Handler.php
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ class Handler extends BaseHandler {
       $hj_api_channels = getenv('HEALTHCHECK_API_CHANNELS');
       $hj_project = $this->config->readValue('projectname');
       $hj_branch = getenv('CI_COMMIT_BRANCH');
+      $hj_timezone = $this->env->receiveGlobal('HEALTHCHECK_API_TIMEZONE', '', 'Europe/Berlin');
       $hj_checks = [];
       $hj_manager = NULL;
 
@@ -555,6 +556,7 @@ class Handler extends BaseHandler {
             $task['name'] = $name;
             $task['channels'] = $hj_api_channels;
             $task['tags'] = implode(' ', ['d4d', $hj_project, $hj_branch]);
+            $task['tz'] = $hj_timezone;
 
             $check = NULL;
             foreach ($hj_checks as $existing) {