diff --git a/archivebox/__init__.py b/archivebox/__init__.py
index b0c00b61..52f40d83 100755
--- a/archivebox/__init__.py
+++ b/archivebox/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 __package__ = 'archivebox'
+
+
+# monkey patch django timezone to add back utc (it was removed in Django 5.0)
+import datetime
+from django.utils import timezone
+timezone.utc = datetime.timezone.utc