diff --git a/homeassistant/homeassistant-config.yaml b/homeassistant/homeassistant-config.yaml
index d18cbe7..ed695a9 100644
--- a/homeassistant/homeassistant-config.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/homeassistant-config.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: homeassistant-config
   namespace: homeassistant
 data:
+  TZ: "America/Toronto"
   PUID: "1000"
   PGID: "1000"
diff --git a/homeassistant/piper-config.yaml b/homeassistant/piper-config.yaml
index 725ffdd..4f8148d 100644
--- a/homeassistant/piper-config.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/piper-config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: piper-config
   namespace: homeassistant
 data:
+  TZ: "America/Toronto"
   PUID: "1000"
   PGID: "1000"
   PIPER_VOICE: "en_US-lessac-medium"
diff --git a/homeassistant/whisper-config.yaml b/homeassistant/whisper-config.yaml
index 0911338..60c8e6e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/whisper-config.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/whisper-config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ metadata:
   name: whisper-config
   namespace: homeassistant
 data:
+  TZ: "America/Toronto"
   PUID: "1000"
   PGID: "1000"
-  WHISPER_MODEL: "tiny"
+  WHISPER_MODEL: "base"
+  WHISPER_LANG: "en"