diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index cae3493b..a5d2a763 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
 * Update Tornado Web Server 4.3.dev1 (1b6157d) to 4.4.dev1 (c2b4d05)
 * Change add support for freebsd /var/db/zoneinfo when getting local timezone information
 * Fix issue with post processing propers/repacks
+* Change use legacy tzlocal() if new gettz fails to create
 
 
 ### 0.11.15 (2016-09-13 19:50:00 UTC)
diff --git a/sickbeard/network_timezones.py b/sickbeard/network_timezones.py
index 35a4dc84..60acd15d 100644
--- a/sickbeard/network_timezones.py
+++ b/sickbeard/network_timezones.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def get_tz():
     t = get_localzone()
     if isinstance(t, datetime.tzinfo) and hasattr(t, 'zone') and t.zone and hasattr(sickbeard, 'ZONEINFO_DIR'):
         try:
-            t = tz.gettz(t.zone)
+            t = tz_fallback(tz.gettz(t.zone))
         except:
             t = tz_fallback(t)
     else: