Laravel 5.2 .env sometimes doesn't load in time

I'm reading some configurables from my .env file. These configurables are used in various places within the project. A few times i've received an exception that one of the env variables does not exist. Example:

ini_set(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function.

In my .env I have this:

TIMEZONE=Africa/Johannesburg

In the boot function of my AppServiceProvider I have:

ini_set('date.timezone', getenv('TIMEZONE'));

It's as if the .env hasn't loaded at the time im trying to use one of its variables? Ive seen this happen for a few different .env variables at various stages during the application running.

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