diff --git a/mobileraker/data/dtos/moonraker/printer_snapshot.py b/mobileraker/data/dtos/moonraker/printer_snapshot.py
index e59907c..4e90ec7 100644
--- a/mobileraker/data/dtos/moonraker/printer_snapshot.py
+++ b/mobileraker/data/dtos/moonraker/printer_snapshot.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Optional
 import math
-import pytz
+from dateutil import tz
 
 from mobileraker.data.dtos.moonraker.printer_objects import GCodeFile, GCodeMove, PrintStats, Toolhead, VirtualSDCard
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def eta(self) -> Optional[datetime]:
     @property
     def eta_seconds_utc(self) -> Optional[int]:
         return int(self.eta.astimezone(
-            pytz.UTC).timestamp()) if self.eta else None
+            tz.UTC).timestamp()) if self.eta else None
         
 
     @property
diff --git a/mobileraker/util/configs.py b/mobileraker/util/configs.py
index 2b84b12..4e1d9c1 100644
--- a/mobileraker/util/configs.py
+++ b/mobileraker/util/configs.py
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import pathlib
-import time
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
-
-import pytz
+from dateutil import tz
 
 home_dir = os.path.expanduser("~/")
 companion_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.resolve()
@@ -24,14 +22,14 @@ def get_local_timezone() -> str:
     """
     Returns the local timezone.
 
-    Thanks to https://www.reddit.com/user/destinal/ for this snippet.
-
     return: The local timezone.
     """
-    local_tz_offset = -time.timezone if (time.localtime().tm_isdst == 0) else -time.altzone
-    local_tz = pytz.timezone(f'Etc/GMT{local_tz_offset//3600:+d}')
+    # Get the system's current local timezone
+    local_timezone = tz.tzlocal()
+    # Convert the timezone to a string representation
+    timezone_abbr = local_timezone.tzname(datetime.datetime.now())
 
-    return local_tz.zone if local_tz.zone is not None else 'Etc/UTC'
+    return timezone_abbr if timezone_abbr is not None else 'UTC'
 
 class CompanionRemoteConfig:
 
@@ -87,7 +85,9 @@ def __init__(self, passed_config_file: str) -> None:
             'general', 'language', fallback='en')
         self.timezone_str: str = self.config.get(
             'general', 'timezone', fallback=get_local_timezone())  # fallback to system timezone (Hopefully)
-        self.timezone: datetime.tzinfo = pytz.timezone(self.timezone_str if self.timezone_str is not None else "Greenwich")
+
+        parsed_tz = tz.gettz(self.timezone_str)
+        self.timezone: datetime.tzinfo = parsed_tz if parsed_tz is not None else tz.UTC
         self.eta_format: str = self.config.get(
             'general', 'eta_format', fallback='%d.%m.%Y, %H:%M:%S')
         self.include_snapshot: bool = self.config.getboolean(
diff --git a/mobileraker/util/notification_placeholders.py b/mobileraker/util/notification_placeholders.py
index 3d22aa8..0873302 100644
--- a/mobileraker/util/notification_placeholders.py
+++ b/mobileraker/util/notification_placeholders.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Optional
-import pytz
 from mobileraker.data.dtos.mobileraker.notification_config_dto import DeviceNotificationEntry
 from mobileraker.data.dtos.moonraker.printer_snapshot import PrinterSnapshot
 from mobileraker.util.configs import CompanionLocalConfig
diff --git a/scripts/mobileraker-requirements.txt b/scripts/mobileraker-requirements.txt
index 198fabd..8e5f5a2 100644
--- a/scripts/mobileraker-requirements.txt
+++ b/scripts/mobileraker-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 coloredlogs==15.0.1
 requests==2.26.0
 websockets==10.1
-pytz==2022.7.1
-pillow
\ No newline at end of file
+pillow
+dateutil
\ No newline at end of file