diff --git a/src/en/luascans/build.gradle b/src/en/luascans/build.gradle
index 028d11302..5857613fc 100644
--- a/src/en/luascans/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/luascans/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ext {
     extClass = '.LuaScans'
     themePkg = 'heancms'
     baseUrl = 'https://luacomic.org'
-    overrideVersionCode = 19
+    overrideVersionCode = 20
     isNsfw = false
 }
 
diff --git a/src/en/luascans/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/luascans/LuaScans.kt b/src/en/luascans/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/luascans/LuaScans.kt
index 046020a4e..1e455e09a 100644
--- a/src/en/luascans/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/luascans/LuaScans.kt
+++ b/src/en/luascans/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/luascans/LuaScans.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.extension.en.luascans
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.multisrc.heancms.HeanCms
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 import java.util.Locale
+import java.util.TimeZone
 
 class LuaScans : HeanCms(
     "Lua Scans",
@@ -14,5 +15,5 @@ class LuaScans : HeanCms(
 
     override val useNewChapterEndpoint = true
 
-    override val dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", Locale.US)
+    override val dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", Locale.US).apply { timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC") }
 }