diff --git a/interludes/settings.py b/interludes/settings.py
index 4d02276385a6f032a55940b76ab5c4effffc5c5d..7f3643d9a19207b2b8494635f1c70f79d403adde 100644
--- a/interludes/settings.py
+++ b/interludes/settings.py
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/i18n/
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'fr-fr'
 
-TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+TIME_ZONE = 'CET'
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
@@ -118,3 +118,4 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')