diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aee5dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# ignore all backup archives
+output/
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index cb0f069..7785502 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ services:
       - ./data:/data:ro
       - ./backup:/backup
       - ./backup/crontab:/etc/crontabs/root:ro
+      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
+      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
     entrypoint: /bin/sh -c "crond -f -l 2"