diff --git a/memberportal/membermatters/settings.py b/memberportal/membermatters/settings.py
index 0791f8d2..268254f9 100644
--- a/memberportal/membermatters/settings.py
+++ b/memberportal/membermatters/settings.py
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/i18n/
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-au"
+LANGUAGE_CODE = os.getenv("MM_LANGUAGE_CODE", "en-au")
 
-TIME_ZONE = "Australia/Brisbane"
+TIME_ZONE = os.getenv("MM_TIME_ZONE", "Australia/Brisbane")
 USE_I18N = True
 USE_L10N = True
 USE_TZ = True