diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 86af644..ead2e76 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # FROM python:3.8
 # FROM ghcr.io/mamba-org/micromamba:1.5.1-focal-cuda-11.3.1
 FROM docker.io/python:3.12.0-slim-bookworm
+RUN ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/timezone
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="FNNDSC <dev@babyMRI.org>" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="A ChRIS plugin to send DICOMS" \
diff --git a/dicom_dirSend.py b/dicom_dirSend.py
index 33a63ec..aa97040 100644
--- a/dicom_dirSend.py
+++ b/dicom_dirSend.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 logger.opt(colors = True)
 logger.add(sys.stderr, format=logger_format)
 
-__version__ = '1.1.8'
+__version__ = '1.1.9'
 
 DISPLAY_TITLE = r"""
        _           _ _                          _ _      _____                _ 
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@
 parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', default='4242', type=str,
                     help='Host port')
 parser.add_argument('-a', '--aeTitle', default='ChRIS', type=str,
-                    help='AET title')
+                    help='my AE title')
 parser.add_argument('-c', '--calledAETitle', default='CHRISLOCAL', type=str,
-                    help='called AET title of peer')
+                    help='called AE title of peer')
 parser.add_argument('-V', '--version', action='version',
                     version=f'%(prog)s {__version__}')
 parser.add_argument(  '--pftelDB',