diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 504d004..3774b41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,12 +48,15 @@ Create a `config.yml` file in the same directory as the binary (or `/etc/scron/`
 
 Optionally, you can specify the `weekday` field (0=Sunday, 1=Monday, ..., 6=Saturday) to restrict jobs to specific days of the week.
 
+You can also optionally specify the `timezone` field to set the timezone for each job. Default is UTC. You can use any timezone supported by Go (e.g., `Europe/Berlin`).
+
 ```yaml
 jobs:
   - name: "System Health Check"
     minute: "*/5"
     hour: "*"
     weekday: "*"
+    timezone: "Europe/Berlin"
     command: "curl -f http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1"
   
   - name: "Daily Backup"
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 5f4edf4..74b674f 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type jobconfig struct {
 	Hour         string `yaml:"hour"`
 	Minute       string `yaml:"minute"`
 	Weekday      string `yaml:"weekday"`
+	Timezone     string `yaml:"timezone"`
 	Command      string `yaml:"command"`
 	Notification string `yaml:"notification,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -66,8 +67,19 @@ func ReadFromFile(path string) (config, error) {
 }
 
 func (jc jobconfig) MatchCurrentTime(t time.Time) (bool, error) {
+	loc, err := time.LoadLocation("UTC")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if jc.Timezone != "" {
+		loc, err = time.LoadLocation(jc.Timezone)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+	}
 	fmt.Println("weekday", jc.Weekday)
-	matchWeekDay, err := matchTime(jc.Weekday, int(t.Weekday()))
+	matchWeekDay, err := matchTime(jc.Weekday, int(t.In(loc).Weekday()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -75,7 +87,7 @@ func (jc jobconfig) MatchCurrentTime(t time.Time) (bool, error) {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	matchHour, err := matchTime(jc.Hour, t.Hour())
+	matchHour, err := matchTime(jc.Hour, t.In(loc).Hour())
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -83,7 +95,7 @@ func (jc jobconfig) MatchCurrentTime(t time.Time) (bool, error) {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	matchMinute, err := matchTime(jc.Minute, t.Minute())
+	matchMinute, err := matchTime(jc.Minute, t.In(loc).Minute())
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
diff --git a/config.yml.example b/config.yml.example
index 7e94d3b..085f592 100644
--- a/config.yml.example
+++ b/config.yml.example
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ jobs:
   minute: "*"
   hour: "*"
   weekday: "*"
+  timezone: "Europe/Berlin"  # optional, default UTC
   command: "echo 'Juhu'"
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index abc99b1..5ac99fd 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ func TestMatchJobTime(t *testing.T) {
 			expRes:    false,
 			expErrMsg: "cant parse time pattern",
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "pass-with-timezone",
+			job:       jobconfig{Hour: "17", Minute: "*", Weekday: "*", Timezone: "Africa/Nairobi"},
+			expRes:    true,
+			expErrMsg: "",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tts {