diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 567369c..cd5e833 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "shapefile.js",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "shapefile.js",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "version": "1.1.1",
       "license": "GPL-3.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "jszip": "^3.7.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 833565e..eb7021c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "shapefile.js",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "description": "Easily read and parse Shapefiles from the browser.",
   "keywords": [
     "shapefiles",
diff --git a/src/lib/Shapefile/Shapefile.test.ts b/src/lib/Shapefile/Shapefile.test.ts
index 6f9844a..b8cccb4 100644
--- a/src/lib/Shapefile/Shapefile.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Shapefile/Shapefile.test.ts
@@ -79,9 +79,8 @@ describe('Shapefile', () => {
     })
 
     test('dbf', () => {
-      const dbf = USA_adm1.parse('dbf', { timezone: 'Europe/Oslo', properties: true })
+      const dbf = USA_adm1.parse('dbf', { properties: true })
       expect(dbf.header.version).toBe(DbaseVersion.Level5) // 3
-      console.log(dbf.header.lastUpdated)
       expect(dbf.header.lastUpdated.toISOString()).toBe('2015-08-11T00:00:00.000Z')
       expect(dbf.header.numberOfRecords).toBe(52)
       expect(dbf.header.numberOfBytesInHeader).toBe(321)
diff --git a/src/lib/Shapefile/Shapefile.ts b/src/lib/Shapefile/Shapefile.ts
index 457e46e..bd2e416 100644
--- a/src/lib/Shapefile/Shapefile.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Shapefile/Shapefile.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ class Shapefile {
     this.contents = contents
   }
 
-  public parse(key: 'shp'): Shape;
-  public parse(key: 'shx'): ShapeIndex;
-  public parse(key: 'dbf', options: DbfOptions): Dbase<DbaseVersion, typeof options.properties>;
+  public parse(key: 'shp'): Shape
+  public parse(key: 'shx'): ShapeIndex
+  public parse(key: 'dbf', options: DbfOptions): Dbase<DbaseVersion, typeof options.properties>
   public parse(key: keyof ShapefileContents, ...args: any) {
     switch (key) {
       case 'shp':
diff --git a/src/lib/Shapefile/parsers/dbf.ts b/src/lib/Shapefile/parsers/dbf.ts
index a2ea4b6..fd078a3 100644
--- a/src/lib/Shapefile/parsers/dbf.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Shapefile/parsers/dbf.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../../types'
 
 export interface DbfOptions {
-  timezone: string
   properties: boolean
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ function getFields(array: Uint8Array, header: DbaseHeader<DbaseVersion>, options
   } while (!terminated)
   bp += 1
 
-  if (options.properties) {
+  if (options.properties === true) {
     do {
       for (let i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
         const valueRaw = Buffer.from(array.slice(bp, bp + fields[i].length)).toString('utf-8').trim()