diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cac43731d..51d7fc938 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ vi config.json
 **3. Build your docker image and run it**
 ```bash
 docker build -t freqtrade .
-docker run --rm -v `pwd`/config.json:/freqtrade/config.json -it freqtrade
+docker run --rm -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro -v `pwd`/config.json:/freqtrade/config.json -it freqtrade
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index fdd572824..a7e61bbe5 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ docker images
 You can run a one-off container that is immediately deleted upon exiting with the following command (`config.json` must be in the current working directory):
 
 ```bash
-docker run --rm -v `pwd`/config.json:/freqtrade/config.json -it freqtrade
+docker run --rm -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro -v `pwd`/config.json:/freqtrade/config.json -it freqtrade
 ```
 
 In this example, the database will be created inside the docker instance and will be lost when you will refresh your image.
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ mv tradesv3.sqlite ~/.freqtrade
 ```bash
 docker run -d \
   --name freqtrade \
+  -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
   -v ~/.freqtrade/config.json:/freqtrade/config.json \
   -v ~/.freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite:/freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite \
   freqtrade