diff --git a/src/app/components/post/post.component.html b/src/app/components/post/post.component.html
index 3b354f0..0aaf608 100644
--- a/src/app/components/post/post.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/post/post.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="card">
   <div class="card-body">
     <h5 class="card-title">{{post.title}}</h5>
-    <h6 class="card-subtitle mb-2 text-muted"><span class="badge badge-secondary">{{post.type}}</span> {{post.lastmodified}}</h6>
+    <h6 class="card-subtitle mb-2 text-muted"><span class="badge badge-secondary">{{post.type}}</span> {{post.created_timestamp}}</h6>
     <div class="card-text" #htmlcontainer></div>
   </div>
 </div>
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diff --git a/src/app/model/post.ts b/src/app/model/post.ts
index e0b99ac..0b5cbe0 100644
--- a/src/app/model/post.ts
+++ b/src/app/model/post.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 export class Post {     
 
-    lastmodified: Date;    
     type: string;
     title: any;
     id:String;
+    created_timestamp: Date;
 
     constructor(id:String) {
         this.id = id;
diff --git a/src/app/services/dataloader.service.ts b/src/app/services/dataloader.service.ts
index 7f35f07..e078c73 100644
--- a/src/app/services/dataloader.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/dataloader.service.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ export class DataloaderService {
           let temp:Post = new Post(post.id);
           temp.title = post.info.title;
           temp.type = post.type;
-          temp.lastmodified = new Date(post.lastmodified*1000);
+          console.log('got this timestamp: '+post.info.created_timestamp);
+          temp.created_timestamp = new Date(post.info.created_timestamp*1000);
+          console.log('converted it to this: '+temp.created_timestamp);
           res.push(temp);
       }
       // console.log('these are the posts...');
diff --git a/src/assets/post/blog/first/info.json b/src/assets/post/blog/first/info.json
index 7abe17e..b088614 100644
--- a/src/assets/post/blog/first/info.json
+++ b/src/assets/post/blog/first/info.json
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-{
-    "title":"Who said Web 1.0 was dead anyway?"
-}
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+{"created_timestamp": 1515094679.342938, "title": "Who said Web 1.0 was dead anyway?"}
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diff --git a/src/assets/post/project/cupboard1/info.json b/src/assets/post/project/cupboard1/info.json
index e49c1a7..5c425f1 100644
--- a/src/assets/post/project/cupboard1/info.json
+++ b/src/assets/post/project/cupboard1/info.json
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-{
-    "title":"cupboard"
-}
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+{"created_timestamp": 1515094644.215065, "title": "cupboard"}
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diff --git a/src/assets/post/project/test/info.json b/src/assets/post/project/test/info.json
index 13e2fec..115d6a7 100644
--- a/src/assets/post/project/test/info.json
+++ b/src/assets/post/project/test/info.json
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-{
-    "title": "Test title"
-}
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+{"created_timestamp": 1515094644.214663, "title": "Test title"}
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diff --git a/src/assets/post/tech/lxdarch/info.json b/src/assets/post/tech/lxdarch/info.json
index 9f75758..a5645d2 100644
--- a/src/assets/post/tech/lxdarch/info.json
+++ b/src/assets/post/tech/lxdarch/info.json
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-{
-    "title":"some things about lxc in arch"
-}
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+{"created_timestamp": 1515094644.215333, "title": "some things about lxc in arch"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/assets/posts.json b/src/assets/posts.json
index e455f4b..9cc4ba6 100644
--- a/src/assets/posts.json
+++ b/src/assets/posts.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-[{"info": {"title": "Test title"}, "lastmodified": 1514908964.183, "post": [], "type": "project", "id": "test"}, {"info": {"title": "cupboard"}, "lastmodified": 1514918689.4108193, "post": [], "type": "project", "id": "cupboard1"}, {"info": {"title": "some things about lxc in arch"}, "lastmodified": 1514918926.0, "post": [], "type": "tech", "id": "lxdarch"}, {"info": {"title": "Who said Web 1.0 was dead anyway?"}, "lastmodified": 1515009160.0915291, "post": [], "type": "blog", "id": "first"}]
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+[{"info": {"created_timestamp": 1515094644.214663, "title": "Test title"}, "post": [], "type": "project", "id": "test"}, {"info": {"created_timestamp": 1515094644.215065, "title": "cupboard"}, "post": [], "type": "project", "id": "cupboard1"}, {"info": {"created_timestamp": 1515094644.215333, "title": "some things about lxc in arch"}, "post": [], "type": "tech", "id": "lxdarch"}, {"info": {"test": "some dummy value", "created_timestamp": 1515094679.342938, "title": "Who said Web 1.0 was dead anyway?"}, "post": [], "type": "blog", "id": "first"}]
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diff --git a/src/scripts/compileposts.py b/src/scripts/compileposts.py
index 68af682..96fb43f 100644
--- a/src/scripts/compileposts.py
+++ b/src/scripts/compileposts.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os;
 import json;
+import time;
 
 # each folder in the post folder is a type of post
 base = '../assets/post'
@@ -32,12 +33,19 @@ for type in types:
             temp['post'] = [];
         temp['info'] = d;
 
-        # figure out the last change of any file in the folder
-        lastchange = 0;
-        contents = os.listdir(postdir);
-        for contentfile in contents:
-            lastchange = max(lastchange,os.path.getmtime(postdir+"/"+contentfile))
-        temp['lastmodified'] = lastchange;
+        # have to write the 'modified date' in the info.json of the post if it's not there yet
+        if not d.has_key('created_timestamp'):
+            d['created_timestamp'] = time.time()
+            # persist it in the json file itself
+            with open(infofile, 'w') as infooutfile:
+                json.dump(d, infooutfile)
+
+        # # figure out the last change of any file in the folder
+        # lastchange = 0;
+        # contents = os.listdir(postdir);
+        # for contentfile in contents:
+        #     lastchange = max(lastchange,os.path.getmtime(postdir+"/"+contentfile))
+        # temp['lastmodified'] = lastchange;
 
         jsonresult.append(temp);