diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/templates/sparky-be-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/templates/sparky-be-deployment.yaml
index 6a8ff93..a17325c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/templates/sparky-be-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/templates/sparky-be-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
         - name: KEY_STORE_PASSWORD
           value: OBF:1i9a1u2a1unz1lr61wn51wn11lss1unz1u301i6o
         volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/localtime
+          name: localtime
+          readOnly: true
         - mountPath: /opt/app/sparky/config/
           name: aai-sparky-be-config
         - mountPath: /logs/
@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
           periodSeconds: 10
       volumes:
+      - name: localtime
+        hostPath:
+          path: /etc/localtime
       - name: aai-sparky-be-config
         hostPath:
           path: "/dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/aai/sparky-be/appconfig/"