diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ccff9ca..55c0768 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ RUN cd shadow-of-the-wyrm && \
 RUN cd shadow-of-the-wyrm && \
     sed -i 's/display=sdl/display=curses/g' swyrm.ini
 
+# update ini to match current season by default
+RUN cd shadow-of-the-wyrm && \
+    sed -i 's/current_month_is_start_month=0/current_month_is_start_month=1/g' swyrm.ini
+
 # remove git data from package
 RUN rm -rf shadow-of-the-wyrm/.git*