diff --git a/core/files/entrypoint_fpm.sh b/core/files/entrypoint_fpm.sh
index f7c4ccb..741429c 100755
--- a/core/files/entrypoint_fpm.sh
+++ b/core/files/entrypoint_fpm.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ change_php_vars() {
         sed -i "s/session.sid_length = .*/session.sid_length = 64/" "$FILE"
         sed -i "s/session.use_strict_mode = .*/session.use_strict_mode = 1/" "$FILE"
         echo "Configure PHP | Setting 'date.timezone = ${TZ}'"
-        sed -i "s/;date.timezone = .*/date.timezone = ${TZ}/" "$FILE"
+        sed -i "s|^;date.timezone = .*|date.timezone = ${TZ}|" "$FILE"
     done
 
     for FILE in /etc/php/*/fpm/pool.d/www.conf