diff --git a/src/plugins/timezones/api.ts b/src/plugins/timezones/api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..321c14ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/timezones/api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { VENCORD_USER_AGENT } from "@shared/vencordUserAgent";
+import { Logger } from "@utils/Logger";
+import settings from "./settings";
+
+export type Snowflake = string;
+type ApiError = { error: string; };
+type UserFetchResponse = ApiError | { timezoneId: string }
+type BulkFetchResponse = ApiError | Record<Snowflake, { timezoneId: string | null }>;
+
+export async function fetchTimezonesBulk(ids: Snowflake[]): Promise<Record<Snowflake, string | null> | undefined> {
+    try {
+        const { apiUrl } = settings.store;
+        const req = await fetch(`${apiUrl}/user/bulk`, {
+            method: "POST",
+            headers: {
+                "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                "X-User-Agent": VENCORD_USER_AGENT,
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify(ids),
+        });
+
+        const json: BulkFetchResponse = await req.json();
+        if ("error" in json) throw "API Error: " + json.error;
+
+        let parsed: Record<Snowflake, string | null> = {};
+
+        for (const userId of Object.keys(json)) {
+            parsed[userId] = json[userId].timezoneId;
+        }
+
+        return parsed;
+    } catch (e) {
+        new Logger("Timezones").error("Failed to fetch timezones bulk: ", e);
+    }
+}
+
+export async function fetchTimezone(userId: Snowflake): Promise<string | null | undefined> {
+    try {
+        const { apiUrl } = settings.store;
+        const req = await fetch(`${apiUrl}/user/${userId}`, {
+            method: "GET",
+            headers: {
+                "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                "X-User-Agent": VENCORD_USER_AGENT,
+            },
+        });
+
+        const json: UserFetchResponse = await req.json();
+
+        if ("error" in json) {
+            if (json.error == "not_found") return null;
+
+            throw "API Error: " + json.error;
+        }
+
+        return json.timezoneId;
+    } catch (e) {
+        new Logger("Timezones").error("Failed to fetch user timezone: ", e);
+        return undefined;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/timezones/cache.ts b/src/plugins/timezones/cache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afd942cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/timezones/cache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import * as DataStore from "@api/DataStore";
+import { createStore } from "@api/DataStore";
+import { fetchTimezone, fetchTimezonesBulk, Snowflake } from "./api";
+import settings, { TimezoneOverwrites } from "./settings";
+import { debounce } from "@shared/debounce";
+import { Logger } from "@utils/Logger";
+
+// TODO: cache invalidation
+const TimezoneCache = createStore("UsersTimezoneCache", "TimezoneCache");
+
+// A list of callbacks that will trigger on a completed debounced bulk fetch
+type BulkFetchCallback = (timezone: string | null) => void;
+type BulkFetchCallbacks = Record<Snowflake, (BulkFetchCallback)[]>;
+let BulkFetchQueue: BulkFetchCallbacks = {};
+
+// Executes all queued requests and calls their callbacks
+const debounceProcessBulkQueue = debounce(processBulkQueue, 750);
+
+async function processBulkQueue(attempt: number = 1, existingCallbacks?: BulkFetchCallbacks) {
+    if (attempt > 3) {
+        new Logger("Timezones").warn("Bulk queue fetch ran out of retries!");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const callbacks = existingCallbacks ?? BulkFetchQueue;
+    if (!existingCallbacks) BulkFetchQueue = {};
+
+    const timezones = await fetchTimezonesBulk(Object.keys(callbacks));
+    if (!timezones) {
+        const retry = processBulkQueue.bind(undefined, attempt + 1, callbacks);
+
+        // Exponentially increasing timeout
+        setTimeout(retry, 1000 * (3 ** attempt));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (const [id, callbacksList] of Object.entries(callbacks)) {
+        const timezone = timezones[id] ?? null;
+
+        DataStore.set(id, timezone, TimezoneCache).catch(_ => _);
+        callbacksList.forEach(c => c(timezone));
+    }
+}
+
+export async function getUserTimezone(
+    userId: Snowflake,
+    immediate: boolean = false,
+    force: boolean = false,
+): Promise<string | null> {
+    const overwrites = settings.store.timezoneOverwrites as TimezoneOverwrites;
+    const overwrite = overwrites[userId];
+    if (overwrite) return overwrite ?? null;
+
+    if (!force) {
+        const cachedTimezone = await DataStore.get<string | null>(userId, TimezoneCache);
+
+        if (cachedTimezone !== undefined)
+            return cachedTimezone;
+    }
+
+    if (immediate) {
+        let tries = 3;
+        while (tries-- > 0) {
+            let timezone = await fetchTimezone(userId);
+            if (timezone === undefined) continue;
+
+            return timezone;
+        }
+
+        new Logger("Timezones").warn("Immediate fetch ran out of retries!");
+    }
+
+    return new Promise(onResolve => {
+        if (userId in BulkFetchQueue) {
+            BulkFetchQueue[userId].push(onResolve);
+        } else {
+            BulkFetchQueue[userId] = [onResolve];
+        }
+
+        debounceProcessBulkQueue();
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/timezones/index.tsx b/src/plugins/timezones/index.tsx
index d856924cb..7fdac13aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/timezones/index.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/timezones/index.tsx
@@ -4,55 +4,38 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
-import * as DataStore from "@api/DataStore";
 import { Devs } from "@utils/constants";
 import definePlugin from "@utils/types";
 import { findByPropsLazy } from "@webpack";
 import { SearchableSelect, Text, Toasts, useEffect, UserStore, useState } from "@webpack/common";
 import { Message, User } from "discord-types/general";
 
-import settings from "./settings";
+import settings, { SettingsComponent } from "./settings";
 import { CogWheel, DeleteIcon } from "@components/Icons";
-import { VENCORD_USER_AGENT } from "@shared/vencordUserAgent";
-import { makeLazy } from "@utils/lazy";
 import { classes } from "@utils/misc";
 import { useForceUpdater } from "@utils/react";
 
-import { API_URL, DATASTORE_KEY, getAllTimezones, getTimeString, getUserTimezone, TimezoneDB } from "./utils";
-
 const classNames = findByPropsLazy("customStatusSection");
-
 const styles = findByPropsLazy("timestampInline");
 
-const useTimezones = makeLazy(getAllTimezones);
-
 export default definePlugin({
-    settings,
-
     name: "Timezones",
     description: "Set and display the local times of you and other users via TimezoneDB",
     authors: [Devs.rushii, Devs.mantikafasi, Devs.Aria, Devs.Arjix],
 
+    settings,
+    settingsAboutComponent: SettingsComponent,
+
     commands: [
         {
             name: "timezone",
             description: "Sends a link to a utility website that shows your current timezone identifier",
-            execute: () => ({ content: "https://gh.lewisakura.moe/timezone/" }),
+            execute: () => ({
+                content: "[IANA Timezone ID](https://gh.lewisakura.moe/timezone/)",
+            }),
         },
     ],
 
-    // TODO: show button to authorize tzdb and manage public tz
-    settingsAboutComponent: () => {
-        const href = `${API_URL}?client_mod=${encodeURIComponent(VENCORD_USER_AGENT)}`;
-        return (
-            <Text variant="text-md/normal">
-                <br/>
-                This plugin supports setting your own Timezone publicly for others to fetch and display via <a href={href}>TimezoneDB</a>.
-                You can override other users' timezones locally if they haven't set their own.
-            </Text>
-        );
-    },
-
     patches: [
         // {
         //     find: "copyMetaData:\"User Tag\"",
@@ -74,7 +57,7 @@ export default definePlugin({
 
     // TODO: make this not ugly (port vc-timezones plugin)
     getProfileTimezonesComponent: ({ user }: { user: User; }) => {
-        const { preference, showInProfile } = settings.use(["preference", "showInProfile"]);
+        const { displayInProfile } = settings.use(["displayInProfile"]);
 
         const [timezone, setTimezone] = useState<string | undefined>();
         const [isInEditMode, setIsInEditMode] = useState(false);
diff --git a/src/plugins/timezones/settings.tsx b/src/plugins/timezones/settings.tsx
index d39b77ec5..92161694a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/timezones/settings.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/timezones/settings.tsx
@@ -18,42 +18,54 @@
 
 import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/Settings";
 import { OptionType } from "@utils/types";
+import { Text } from "@webpack/common";
+import { Link } from "@components/Link";
+import { Snowflake } from "./api";
 
-export enum CustomTimezonePreference {
-    Never,
-    Secondary,
-    Always
-}
+export type TimezoneOverwrites = Record<Snowflake, string>;
 
-export default definePluginSettings({
-    preference: {
-        type: OptionType.SELECT,
-        description: "When to use custom timezones over TimezoneDB.",
-        options: [
-            {
-                label: "Never use custom timezones.",
-                value: CustomTimezonePreference.Never,
-            },
-            {
-                label: "Prefer custom timezones over TimezoneDB",
-                value: CustomTimezonePreference.Secondary,
-                default: true,
-            },
-            {
-                label: "Always use custom timezones.",
-                value: CustomTimezonePreference.Always,
-            },
-        ],
-        default: CustomTimezonePreference.Secondary,
-    },
-    showInChat: {
+const settings = definePluginSettings({
+    enableApi: {
         type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
-        description: "Show local time on messages in chat",
+        description: "Fetch user timezones from TimezoneDB when a local override does not exist",
         default: true,
     },
-    showInProfile: {
+    apiUrl: {
+        type: OptionType.STRING,
+        description: "The TimezoneDB API instance to fetch from",
+        default: "https://timezonedb.catvibers.me/api",
+    },
+    displayInChat: {
         type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
-        description: "Show timezones in user profiles",
+        description: "Show local timestamp of messages",
         default: true,
     },
+    displayInProfile: {
+        type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
+        description: "Show local time in user profiles",
+        default: true,
+    },
+    timezoneOverwrites: {
+        type: OptionType.COMPONENT,
+        description: "Local overwrites for users' timezones",
+        component: () => <></> // TODO: settings component to manage local overwrites,
+    }
 });
+
+export default settings;
+
+export function SettingsComponent(): JSX.Element {
+    // const { apiUrl } = settings.use(["apiUrl"]);
+    // const url = `${apiUrl}/../?client_mod=${encodeURIComponent(VENCORD_USER_AGENT)}`;
+
+    // TODO: show button to authorize tzdb and manage public tz
+
+    return <>
+        <Text variant="text-md/normal">
+            <br />
+            This plugin supports setting your own Timezone publicly for others to
+            fetch and display via <Link href="https://github.com/rushiimachine/timezonedb">TimezoneDB</Link>.
+            You can override other users' timezones locally if they haven't set their own.
+        </Text>
+    </>;
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/timezones/utils.ts b/src/plugins/timezones/utils.ts
index cbc7e41cf..acd2175a7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/timezones/utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/timezones/utils.ts
@@ -4,122 +4,39 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
-import * as DataStore from "@api/DataStore";
 import { findStoreLazy } from "@webpack";
-import { debounce } from "@shared/debounce";
-import { VENCORD_USER_AGENT } from "@shared/vencordUserAgent";
-
-import { CustomTimezonePreference } from "./settings";
-
-export const DATASTORE_KEY = "plugins.timezones.savedTimezones";
-
-export interface TimezoneDB {
-    [userId: string]: string;
-}
-
-export const API_URL = "https://timezonedb.catvibers.me";
-const Cache: Record<string, string> = {};
+import { Logger } from "@utils/Logger";
+import { makeLazy } from "@utils/lazy";
 
 const UserSettingsProtoStore = findStoreLazy("UserSettingsProtoStore");
+const TIMEZONE_LIST = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ArjixWasTaken/e321f856f98676505efb90aad82feff1/raw/91034ee32eff93a7cb62d10702f6b1d01e0309e6/timezones.json";
 
-export function getTimeString(timezone: string, timestamp = new Date()): string {
+export function formatTimestamp(timezone: string, timestamp: Date = new Date()): string | undefined {
     try {
         const locale = UserSettingsProtoStore.settings.localization.locale.value;
-        return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locale, {
+        const formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locale, {
             hour: "numeric",
             minute: "numeric",
             timeZone: timezone,
-        }).format(timestamp); // we hate javascript
-    } catch (e) {
-        // TODO: log error
-        return "Error"; // incase it gets invalid timezone from api, probably not gonna happen but if it does this will prevent discord from crashing
-    }
-}
-
-
-// A map of ids and callbacks that should be triggered on fetch
-const requestQueue: Record<string, ((timezone: string) => void)[]> = {};
-
-
-async function bulkFetchTimezones(ids: string[]): Promise<TimezoneDB | undefined> {
-    try {
-        const req = await fetch(`${API_URL}/api/user/bulk`, {
-            method: "POST",
-            headers: {
-                "Content-Type": "application/json",
-                "X-User-Agent": VENCORD_USER_AGENT,
-            },
-            body: JSON.stringify(ids),
         });
 
-        return await req.json()
-            .then((res: { [userId: string]: { timezoneId: string; } | null; }) => {
-                const tzs = (Object.keys(res).map(userId => {
-                    return res[userId] && { [userId]: res[userId]!.timezoneId };
-                }).filter(Boolean) as TimezoneDB[]).reduce((acc, cur) => ({ ...acc, ...cur }), {});
-
-                Object.assign(Cache, tzs);
-                return tzs;
-            });
+        return formatter.format(timestamp);
     } catch (e) {
-        console.error("Timezone fetching failed: ", e);
+        // Probably never going to happen
+        new Logger("Timezones").error(`Failed to format timestamp with timezone ${timezone}`, e);
     }
 }
 
-
-// Executes all queued requests and calls their callbacks
-const bulkFetch = debounce(async () => {
-    const ids = Object.keys(requestQueue);
-    const timezones = await bulkFetchTimezones(ids);
-    if (!timezones) {
-        // retry after 15 seconds
-        setTimeout(bulkFetch, 15000);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    for (const id of ids) {
-        // Call all callbacks for the id
-        requestQueue[id].forEach(c => c(timezones[id]));
-        delete requestQueue[id];
-    }
-});
-
-export function getUserTimezone(discordID: string, strategy: CustomTimezonePreference):
-    Promise<string | undefined> {
-
-    return new Promise(res => {
-        const timezone = (DataStore.get(DATASTORE_KEY) as Promise<TimezoneDB | undefined>).then(tzs => tzs?.[discordID]);
-        timezone.then(tz => {
-            if (strategy === CustomTimezonePreference.Always) {
-                if (tz) res(tz);
-                else res(undefined);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (tz && strategy === CustomTimezonePreference.Secondary)
-                res(tz);
-            else {
-                if (discordID in Cache) res(Cache[discordID]);
-                else if (discordID in requestQueue) requestQueue[discordID].push(res);
-                // If not already added, then add it and call the debounced function to make sure the request gets executed
-                else {
-                    requestQueue[discordID] = [res];
-                    bulkFetch();
-                }
-            }
-        });
-    });
-}
-
-const timezonesLink = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ArjixWasTaken/e321f856f98676505efb90aad82feff1/raw/91034ee32eff93a7cb62d10702f6b1d01e0309e6/timezones.json";
-
-export const getAllTimezones = async (): Promise<string[]> => {
+async function getTimezones(): Promise<string[]> {
     if (typeof Intl !== "undefined" && "supportedValuesOf" in Intl) {
         try {
             return Intl.supportedValuesOf("timeZone");
         } catch {
+            // Fallthrough to fetching external timezone list
         }
     }
 
-    return await fetch(timezonesLink).then(tzs => tzs.json());
-};
+    return await fetch(TIMEZONE_LIST).then(res => res.json());
+}
+
+export const getTimezonesLazy = makeLazy(getTimezones, 2);