diff --git a/database/crud/events.py b/database/crud/events.py
index 8636d1b..19887e6 100644
--- a/database/crud/events.py
+++ b/database/crud/events.py
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ async def get_events(session: AsyncSession, *, now: datetime.datetime) -> list[E
 async def get_next_event(session: AsyncSession, *, now: datetime.datetime) -> Optional[Event]:
     """Get the first upcoming event"""
     statement = select(Event).where(Event.timestamp > now).order_by(Event.timestamp)
-    return (await session.execute(statement)).scalar_one_or_none()
+    return (await session.execute(statement)).scalars().first()
diff --git a/didier/cogs/discord.py b/didier/cogs/discord.py
index 47224eb..4d9b423 100644
--- a/didier/cogs/discord.py
+++ b/didier/cogs/discord.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from didier.utils.discord import colours
 from didier.utils.discord.assets import get_author_avatar, get_user_avatar
 from didier.utils.discord.constants import Limits
 from didier.utils.timer import Timer
-from didier.utils.types.datetime import str_to_date, tz_aware_now
+from didier.utils.types.datetime import localize, str_to_date, tz_aware_now
 from didier.utils.types.string import abbreviate, leading
 from didier.views.modals import CreateBookmark
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Discord(commands.Cog):
                 return await self.client.log_error(f"Unable to find event with id {event_id}", log_to_discord=True)
 
             channel = self.client.get_channel(event.notification_channel)
-            human_readable_time = event.timestamp.strftime("%A, %B %d %Y - %H:%M")
+            human_readable_time = localize(event.timestamp).strftime("%A, %B %d %Y - %H:%M")
 
             embed = discord.Embed(title=event.name, colour=discord.Colour.blue())
             embed.set_author(name="Upcoming Event")
diff --git a/didier/utils/types/datetime.py b/didier/utils/types/datetime.py
index ed80c7a..23ad285 100644
--- a/didier/utils/types/datetime.py
+++ b/didier/utils/types/datetime.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "LOCAL_TIMEZONE",
     "forward_to_next_weekday",
     "int_to_weekday",
+    "localize",
     "parse_dm_string",
     "skip_weekends",
     "str_to_date",
@@ -42,6 +43,14 @@ def int_to_weekday(number: int) -> str:  # pragma: no cover # it's useless to wr
     return ["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"][number]
 
 
+def localize(dt_instance: datetime.datetime, *, default_timezone="UTC") -> datetime.datetime:
+    """Localize a datetime instance to my local timezone"""
+    if dt_instance.tzinfo is None:
+        dt_instance = dt_instance.replace(tzinfo=zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(default_timezone))
+
+    return dt_instance.astimezone(LOCAL_TIMEZONE)
+
+
 def parse_dm_string(argument: str) -> datetime.date:
     """Parse a string to [day]/[month]