diff --git a/fractal_server/logger.py b/fractal_server/logger.py
index 3cf5d7c6b3..fbe3e6ae11 100644
--- a/fractal_server/logger.py
+++ b/fractal_server/logger.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 
 class FractalLoggingFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     def converter(self, timestamp):
-        return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp, tz=ZoneInfo("CET"))
+        return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
+            timestamp, tz=ZoneInfo("Australia/NSW")
+        )
 
 
 LOG_FORMATTER = FractalLoggingFormatter(LOG_FORMAT)