--- a/aws/php.ini
+++ b/aws/php.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 [PHP]
+
+date.timezone = "Australia/Sydney"
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ; About php.ini   ;
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@
 ; Note: You need to use zlib.output_handler instead of the standard
 ;   output_handler, or otherwise the output will be corrupted.
 ; http://www.php.net/manual/en/zlib.configuration.php#ini.zlib.output-compression
-zlib.output_compression = Off
+zlib.output_compression = on
 
 ; http://www.php.net/manual/en/zlib.configuration.php#ini.zlib.output-compression-level
 ;zlib.output_compression_level = -1
@@ -1264,7 +1266,7 @@
 ; where MODE is the octal representation of the mode. Note that this
 ; does not overwrite the process's umask.
 ; http://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.save-path
-session.save_path = "/var/lib/php/session"
+session.save_path = "/tmp"
 
 ; Whether to use cookies.
 ; http://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.use-cookies