diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AirportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AirportController.php
index f01f3166..3129e5c6 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AirportController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AirportController.php
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ use App\Repositories\AirportRepository;
 use App\Repositories\Criteria\WhereCriteria;
 use App\Services\ExportService;
 use App\Services\ImportService;
+use App\Support\Timezonelist;
 use Flash;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Jackiedo\Timezonelist\Facades\Timezonelist;
 use Log;
 use Response;
 use Storage;
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/UserController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/UserController.php
index 7499d8bc..e21f53b7 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/UserController.php
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ use App\Repositories\AirportRepository;
 use App\Repositories\PirepRepository;
 use App\Repositories\UserRepository;
 use App\Services\UserService;
+use App\Support\Timezonelist;
 use DB;
 use Flash;
 use Hash;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Jackiedo\Timezonelist\Facades\Timezonelist;
 use Log;
 use Prettus\Repository\Exceptions\RepositoryException;
 use Response;
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
index ffa1b2b8..90d22a4d 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ use App\Repositories\AirlineRepository;
 use App\Repositories\AirportRepository;
 use App\Services\UserService;
 use App\Support\Countries;
+use App\Support\Timezonelist;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
-use Jackiedo\Timezonelist\Facades\Timezonelist;
 
 /**
  * Class RegisterController
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class RegisterController extends Controller
     }
 
     /**
+     * @throws \Exception
+     *
      * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory|\Illuminate\View\View
      */
     public function showRegistrationForm()
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/ProfileController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/ProfileController.php
index 59e67a04..6734c07f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/ProfileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/ProfileController.php
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ use App\Repositories\AirlineRepository;
 use App\Repositories\AirportRepository;
 use App\Repositories\UserRepository;
 use App\Support\Countries;
-use Flash;
-use Hash;
+use App\Support\Timezonelist;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
 use Intervention\Image\Facades\Image;
-use Jackiedo\Timezonelist\Facades\Timezonelist;
-use Log;
-use Validator;
+use Laracasts\Flash\Flash;
 
 /**
  * Class ProfileController
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ class ProfileController extends Controller
 
     /**
      * Show the edit for form the user's profile
-     *
      * @param Request $request
      *
+     * @throws \Exception
+     *
      * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector|\Illuminate\View\View
      */
     public function edit(Request $request)
diff --git a/app/Providers/TimezonelistProvider.php b/app/Providers/TimezonelistProvider.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ac0dfff..00000000
--- a/app/Providers/TimezonelistProvider.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Providers;
-
-use App\Support\Timezonelist;
-use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
-
-class TimezonelistProvider extends ServiceProvider
-{
-    /**
-     * Bootstrap services.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function boot()
-    {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Register services.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function register()
-    {
-        $this->app->singleton('timezonelist', function ($app) {
-            return new Timezonelist();
-        });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/Support/Timezonelist.php b/app/Support/Timezonelist.php
index 382f92e7..6443d2fa 100644
--- a/app/Support/Timezonelist.php
+++ b/app/Support/Timezonelist.php
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@
 namespace App\Support;
 
 use DateTimeZone;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This library is from:
  * https://github.com/JackieDo/Timezone-List
  *
- * With some changes to suite the formatting, etc that we need
+ * With some changes to suite the formatting, etc that we need.
+ * Also changed it to provide all static methods instead of through a facade
  */
 class Timezonelist
 {
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ class Timezonelist
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $popularTimezones = [
+    protected static $popularTimezones = [
         'GMT' => 'GMT timezone',
         'UTC' => 'UTC timezone',
     ];
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ class Timezonelist
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $continents = [
+    protected static $continents = [
         'Africa'     => DateTimeZone::AFRICA,
         'America'    => DateTimeZone::AMERICA,
         'Antarctica' => DateTimeZone::ANTARCTICA,
@@ -69,14 +71,17 @@ class Timezonelist
      * @param string $continent
      * @param bool   $htmlencode
      *
-     * @throws \Exception
-     * @throws \Exception
-     *
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function formatTimezone($timezone, $continent, $htmlencode = true)
+    public static function formatTimezone($timezone, $continent, $htmlencode = true)
     {
-        $time = new \DateTimeImmutable(null, new DateTimeZone($timezone));
+        try {
+            $time = new \DateTimeImmutable(null, new DateTimeZone($timezone));
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            Log::error($e->getMessage());
+            return '';
+        }
+
         $offset = $time->format('P');
         if ($htmlencode) {
             $offset = str_replace(['-', '+'], [' &minus; ', ' &plus; '], $offset);
@@ -95,9 +100,11 @@ class Timezonelist
      * @param mixed  $attr
      * @param bool   $htmlencode
      *
+     * @throws \Exception
+     *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function create($name, $selected = '', $attr = '', $htmlencode = true)
+    public static function create($name, $selected = '', $attr = '', $htmlencode = true)
     {
         // Attributes for select element
         $attrSet = '';
@@ -114,13 +121,13 @@ class Timezonelist
         $listbox = '<select name="'.$name.'"'.$attrSet.'>';
         // Add popular timezones
         $listbox .= '<optgroup label="General">';
-        foreach ($this->popularTimezones as $key => $value) {
+        foreach (self::$popularTimezones as $key => $value) {
             $selected_attr = ($selected === $key) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
-            $listbox .= '<option value="'.$key.'"'.$selected_attr.'>'.$value.'</option>';
+            $listbox .= '<option value="'.$key.'" '.$selected_attr.'>'.$value.'</option>';
         }
         $listbox .= '</optgroup>';
         // Add all timezone of continents
-        foreach ($this->continents as $continent => $mask) {
+        foreach (self::$continents as $continent => $mask) {
             $timezones = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers($mask);
             // start optgroup tag
             $listbox .= '<optgroup label="'.$continent.'">';
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ class Timezonelist
             foreach ($timezones as $timezone) {
                 $selected_attr = ($selected === $timezone) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
                 $listbox .= '<option value="'.$timezone.'"'.$selected_attr.'>';
-                $listbox .= $this->formatTimezone($timezone, $continent, $htmlencode);
+                $listbox .= static::formatTimezone($timezone, $continent, $htmlencode);
                 $listbox .= '</option>';
             }
             // end optgroup tag
@@ -146,18 +153,18 @@ class Timezonelist
      *
      * @return mixed
      */
-    public function toArray($htmlencode = false)
+    public static function toArray($htmlencode = false)
     {
         $list = [];
         // Add popular timezones to list
-        foreach ($this->popularTimezones as $key => $value) {
+        foreach (self::$popularTimezones as $key => $value) {
             $list['General'][$key] = $value;
         }
         // Add all timezone of continents to list
-        foreach ($this->continents as $continent => $mask) {
+        foreach (self::$continents as $continent => $mask) {
             $timezones = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers($mask);
             foreach ($timezones as $timezone) {
-                $list[$continent][$timezone] = $this->formatTimezone($timezone, $continent, $htmlencode);
+                $list[$continent][$timezone] = self::formatTimezone($timezone, $continent, $htmlencode);
             }
         }
         return $list;
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 6fa45def..4c388ee5 100755
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ return [
         App\Providers\AuthServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
-        App\Providers\TimezonelistProvider::class,
         App\Providers\MeasurementsProvider::class,
         App\Providers\BindServiceProviders::class,
     ],