diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/Bootstrap.php b/airtime_mvc/application/Bootstrap.php
index 9bcba177d..f3bf8f561 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/Bootstrap.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/Bootstrap.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ require_once 'DB.php';
 
 require_once 'Preference.php';
 require_once __DIR__.'/controllers/plugins/RabbitMqPlugin.php';
-require_once 'soundcloud-api/Services/Soundcloud.php';
 
 global $CC_CONFIG, $CC_DBC;
 $dsn = $CC_CONFIG['dsn'];
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
index 1adc08ae6..60cd776a8 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             $show_inst->setRecordedFile($file_id);
             $show_name = $show_inst->getName();
             $show_genre = $show_inst->getGenre();
-            $show_start_time = $show_inst->getShowStart();
+            $show_start_time = ConvertToLocalDateTimeString($show_inst->getShowStart());
 
          } catch (Exception $e){
             //we've reached here probably because the show was
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/RabbitMq.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/RabbitMq.php
index 65f03539a..83e188ba4 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/RabbitMq.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/RabbitMq.php
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class Application_Model_RabbitMq
         $end_timestamp = new DateTime("@".time() + 3600*2);
 
         $temp['event_type'] = $event_type;
+        $temp['server_timezone'] = Application_Model_Preference::GetTimezone();
         if($event_type = "update_schedule"){
             $temp['shows'] = Application_Model_Show::getShows($now->format("Y-m-d H:i:s"), $end_timestamp->format("Y-m-d H:i:s"), $excludeInstance=NULL, $onlyRecord=TRUE);
         }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Soundcloud.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Soundcloud.php
index c962a5646..e8f023cab 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Soundcloud.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Soundcloud.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+require_once 'soundcloud-api/Services/Soundcloud.php';
 
 class Application_Model_Soundcloud {
 
diff --git a/python_apps/python-virtualenv/airtime_virtual_env.pybundle b/python_apps/python-virtualenv/airtime_virtual_env.pybundle
index 2cd60676e..470a12200 100644
Binary files a/python_apps/python-virtualenv/airtime_virtual_env.pybundle and b/python_apps/python-virtualenv/airtime_virtual_env.pybundle differ
diff --git a/python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.py b/python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.py
index fc6a41d5c..c90400cf1 100644
--- a/python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.py
+++ b/python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import shutil
 import socket
+import pytz
 
 from configobj import ConfigObj
 
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ class CommandListener(Thread):
         self.shows_to_record = {}
         self.time_till_next_show = 3600
         self.logger.info("RecorderFetch: init complete")
+        self.server_timezone = '';
 
     def init_rabbit_mq(self):
         self.logger.info("Initializing RabbitMQ stuff")
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ class CommandListener(Thread):
             temp = m['shows']
             if temp is not None:
                 self.parse_shows(temp)
+                self.server_timezone = m['server_timezone']
         elif(command == 'cancel_recording'):
             if self.sr.is_recording():
                 self.sr.cancel_recording()
@@ -252,8 +255,14 @@ class CommandListener(Thread):
                 show_length = self.shows_to_record[start_time][0]
                 show_instance = self.shows_to_record[start_time][1]
                 show_name = self.shows_to_record[start_time][2]
-
-                self.sr = ShowRecorder(show_instance, show_name, show_length.seconds, start_time, filetype="mp3")
+                
+                T = pytz.timezone(self.server_timezone)
+                start_time_on_UTC = getDateTimeObj(start_time)
+                start_time_on_server = start_time_on_UTC.replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc).astimezone(T)
+                start_time_formatted = '%(year)d-%(month)02d-%(day)02d %(hour)02d:%(min)02d:%(sec)02d' % \
+                    {'year': start_time_on_server.year, 'month': start_time_on_server.month, 'day': start_time_on_server.day,\
+                     'hour': start_time_on_server.hour, 'min': start_time_on_server.minute, 'sec': start_time_on_server.second}
+                self.sr = ShowRecorder(show_instance, show_name, show_length.seconds, start_time_formatted, filetype="mp3")
                 self.sr.start()
 
                 #remove show from shows to record.