diff --git a/djangoldp_notification/management/commands/suppress_old_notifications.py b/djangoldp_notification/management/commands/suppress_old_notifications.py
index d27011749a4253e2d05a1a82fe49184894fbb91b..6bb6b5b182fd88d94366e717ddaf5565a5f1fcec 100644
--- a/djangoldp_notification/management/commands/suppress_old_notifications.py
+++ b/djangoldp_notification/management/commands/suppress_old_notifications.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from textwrap import dedent
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 from djangoldp_notification.models import Notification
@@ -48,5 +49,5 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         older_than = _compute_time_limit(options["older"])
-        limit = datetime.today() - timedelta(minutes=older_than)
+        limit = timezone.now() - timedelta(minutes=older_than)
         Notification.objects.filter(date__lte=limit).delete()