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diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index 55a4b2b..7582ba2 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@ from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for, render_template
 from views.index_views import index
 from views.user_views import user
 from views.group_views import group
-from config import app_config
+from config import app_config as config_class
 from database import init_app
 
 import logging, os
 from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
 
+# Instantiate config class
+app_config = config_class()
+
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config.from_object(app_config)
 init_app(app)
 
+# Logging
 if app.config.get('LOG_TO_FILE'):
     log_file = app.config.get('LOG_FILE_PATH', '/app/logs/app.log')
     os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(log_file), exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index d42f9d7..9a68f39 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ class Config:
     OUI_API_LIMIT_PER_SEC = int(os.getenv('OUI_API_LIMIT_PER_SEC', '2'))
     OUI_API_DAILY_LIMIT = int(os.getenv('OUI_API_DAILY_LIMIT', '10000')) 
 
-    # Timezone
-    APP_TIMEZONE = os.getenv('APP_TIMEZONE', 'UTC')
-    TZ = pytz.timezone(APP_TIMEZONE)
+    # These get set in __init__
+    APP_TIMEZONE = 'UTC'
+    TZ = pytz.utc
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        tz_name = os.getenv('APP_TIMEZONE', 'UTC')
+        self.APP_TIMEZONE = tz_name
+        self.TZ = pytz.timezone(tz_name)
 
 class DevelopmentConfig(Config):
     """Development configuration."""
diff --git a/app/views/__pycache__/index_views.cpython-39.pyc b/app/views/__pycache__/index_views.cpython-39.pyc
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diff --git a/app/views/index_views.py b/app/views/index_views.py
index 345589a..0ad67d8 100644
--- a/app/views/index_views.py
+++ b/app/views/index_views.py
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 from flask import Blueprint, render_template, request, jsonify
 from database import get_db
-from pytz import timezone
 from datetime import datetime
-import requests
+import requests, pytz
 
 index = Blueprint('index', __name__)
 OUI_API_URL = 'https://api.maclookup.app/v2/macs/{}'
 
 
+import pytz  # make sure it's imported if not already
+
 def time_ago(dt):
-    from config import LOCAL_TZ
+    if not dt:
+        return "n/a"
+
+    tz_name = current_app.config.get('APP_TIMEZONE', 'UTC')
+    local_tz = current_app.config.get('TZ', pytz.utc)
+
+    # Only assign UTC tzinfo if naive
     if dt.tzinfo is None:
-        dt = dt.replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC)
-    local_dt = dt.astimezone(LOCAL_TZ)
+        dt = dt.replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc)
+
+    # Convert to app timezone
+    dt = dt.astimezone(local_tz)
+    now = datetime.now(local_tz)
+    diff = now - dt
 
-    now = datetime.now(LOCAL_TZ)
-    diff = now - local_dt
     seconds = int(diff.total_seconds())
-
     if seconds < 60:
         return f"{seconds}s ago"
     elif seconds < 3600:
@@ -28,6 +36,7 @@ def time_ago(dt):
         return f"{seconds//86400}d{(seconds%86400)//3600}h ago"
 
 
+
 def lookup_vendor(mac):
     prefix = mac.replace(":", "").replace("-", "").upper()[:6]
     db = get_db()