diff --git a/deps/Dockerfile b/deps/Dockerfile
index aff8600..2821cb6 100644
--- a/deps/Dockerfile
+++ b/deps/Dockerfile
@@ -113,5 +113,8 @@ COPY link_sotw.sh /bin/
 ADD sotw.tar.gz /
 RUN mv /shadow-of-the-wyrm* /sotw/
 COPY scores.dat /sotw/
+# update ini to match current season by default
+RUN cd /sotw && \
+    sed -i 's/current_month_is_start_month=0/current_month_is_start_month=1/g' swyrm.ini
 
 CMD ["/run.sh"]