diff --git a/scripts/40-configure_le5 b/scripts/40-configure_le5
index f1050f95f1601ced2f723c01a9d2058f6d1c4f9e..ec4753fc9d081bce67f305b176dcf6b9da18e48a 100755
--- a/scripts/40-configure_le5
+++ b/scripts/40-configure_le5
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ INFO_ISO="$INFO_ISO:"$(date +"%d-%m-%y")
 echo "$INFO_ISO" > "$CHROOTDIR"/etc/le/data_iso.txt
 
 #Change live time zone
-ln -fs "$CHROOTDIR"/usr/share/zoneinfo/Brazil/East "$CHROOTDIR"/etc/localtime
+echo "America/Sao_Paulo" > "$CHROOTDIR"/etc/timezone
+cp -f "$CHROOTDIR"/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Sao_Paulo "$CHROOTDIR"/etc/localtime
+
 
 # Reconfigure le-greeter now that /etc/le/data_iso.txt is in place
 chroot $CHROOTDIR dpkg-reconfigure le-greeter