diff --git a/src/time/Dockerfile b/src/time/Dockerfile
index bd62ea84..9a1ed2af 100644
--- a/src/time/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/time/Dockerfile
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ COPY --from=uv --chown=app:app /app/.venv /app/.venv
 # Place executables in the environment at the front of the path
 ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
 
-# when running the container, add --db-path and a bind mount to the host's db file
-ENTRYPOINT ["mcp-server-time"]
+# Set the LOCAL_TIMEZONE environment variable
+ENV LOCAL_TIMEZONE=${LOCAL_TIMEZONE:-"UTC"}
+
+# when running the container, add --local-timezone and a bind mount to the host's db file
+ENTRYPOINT ["mcp-server-time", "--local-timezone", "${LOCAL_TIMEZONE}"]
diff --git a/src/time/README.md b/src/time/README.md
index eed504bb..6f7e4fec 100644
--- a/src/time/README.md
+++ b/src/time/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Add to your Claude settings:
 "mcpServers": {
   "time": {
     "command": "docker",
-    "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/time"]
+    "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "LOCAL_TIMEZONE", "mcp/time"]
   }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/time/src/mcp_server_time/__init__.py b/src/time/src/mcp_server_time/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cce7ccc9..00000000
--- a/src/time/src/mcp_server_time/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-from .server import serve
-
-
-def main():
-    """MCP Time Server - Time and timezone conversion functionality for MCP"""
-    import argparse
-    import asyncio
-
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description="give a model the ability to handle time queries and timezone conversions"
-    )
-    parser.add_argument("--local-timezone", type=str, help="Override local timezone")
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    asyncio.run(serve(args.local_timezone))
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()