diff --git a/backend/capellacollab/core/database/__init__.py b/backend/capellacollab/core/database/__init__.py
index 12d6a7b91..e88ae49e4 100644
--- a/backend/capellacollab/core/database/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/capellacollab/core/database/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 from capellacollab.config import config
 
 engine = sa.create_engine(
-    config["database"]["url"], connect_args={"connect_timeout": 5}
+    config["database"]["url"],
+    connect_args={"connect_timeout": 5, "options": "-c timezone=utc"},
 )
 SessionLocal = orm.sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)