diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/scripts/init-alpine.sh b/src/plugins/terminal/scripts/init-alpine.sh
index 010388ca1..a574df658 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/scripts/init-alpine.sh
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/scripts/init-alpine.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-
-
 export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/share/bin:/usr/share/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin:$PREFIX/local/bin
 export PS1="\[\e[38;5;46m\]\u\[\033[39m\]@localhost \[\033[39m\]\w \[\033[0m\]\\$ "
 export HOME=/home
 export TERM=xterm-256color
 
 
-required_packages="bash command-not-found"
+required_packages="bash command-not-found tzdata wget"
 missing_packages=""
 
 for pkg in $required_packages; do
@@ -33,6 +31,16 @@ fi
 
 
 if [ "$1" = "--installing" ]; then
+    echo "Configuring timezone..."
+    
+    if [ -n "$ANDROID_TZ" ] && [ -f "/usr/share/zoneinfo/$ANDROID_TZ" ]; then
+        ln -sf "/usr/share/zoneinfo/$ANDROID_TZ" /etc/localtime
+        echo "$ANDROID_TZ" > /etc/timezone
+        echo "Timezone set to: $ANDROID_TZ"
+    else
+        echo "Failed to detect timezone"
+    fi
+
     mkdir -p "$PREFIX/.configured"
     echo "Installation completed."
     exit 0
@@ -118,6 +126,7 @@ fi
 chmod +x "$PREFIX/alpine/initrc"
 
 #actual souce
+#everytime a terminal is started initrc will run
 "$PREFIX/axs" -c "bash --rcfile /initrc -i"
 
 else
diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/src/android/TerminalService.java b/src/plugins/terminal/src/android/TerminalService.java
index d5f85ad93..f8e26c67f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/src/android/TerminalService.java
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/src/android/TerminalService.java
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+
 
 public class TerminalService extends Service {
 
@@ -141,6 +146,9 @@ private void startProcess(String pid, String cmd, String alpine) {
                 Map<String, String> env = builder.environment();
                 env.put("PREFIX", getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
                 env.put("NATIVE_DIR", getApplicationInfo().nativeLibraryDir);
+                TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
+                String timezoneId = tz.getID();
+                env.put("ANDROID_TZ", timezoneId);
 
                 try {
                     int target = getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(getPackageName(), 0).applicationInfo.targetSdkVersion;
@@ -180,6 +188,9 @@ private void exec(String execId, String cmd, String alpine) {
                 Map<String, String> env = builder.environment();
                 env.put("PREFIX", getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
                 env.put("NATIVE_DIR", getApplicationInfo().nativeLibraryDir);
+                TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
+                String timezoneId = tz.getID();
+                env.put("ANDROID_TZ", timezoneId);
 
                 try {
                     int target = getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(getPackageName(), 0).applicationInfo.targetSdkVersion;