diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/FilterSqlCriteriaBuilder.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/FilterSqlCriteriaBuilder.cs
index eb6a895f..806a152b 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/FilterSqlCriteriaBuilder.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/FilterSqlCriteriaBuilder.cs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                                 //Fetch useroptions object and relative time offset
                                 AyaNova.Models.AyContext ct = AyaNova.Util.ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext;
                                 var u = ct.User.AsNoTracking().Where(a => a.Id == userId).Select(m => new { tz = m.UserOptions.TimeZoneOffset }).First();
-                                RelativeToday = RelativeToday.AddHours((double)u.tz);
+                                RelativeToday = RelativeToday.AddHours(((double)u.tz)*-1);//flip the sign to adjust towards UTC
 
                                 //TESTING:
                                 //LOG THE CRIT AND QUERY