diff --git a/assets/config.php b/assets/config.php
index de8c50d..cebb7a4 100644
--- a/assets/config.php
+++ b/assets/config.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php 
 if (!defined('title')) define('title', 'Perla The Dog');
 
-if (!defined('copyright')) define('copyright', '2022 Sophia Atkinson. CC BY-NC 4.0');
+if (!defined('copyright')) define('copyright', 'Sophia Atkinson. CC BY-NC 4.0');
 
 if (!defined('email')) define('email', 'mailto:sophialul@protonmail.com');
 
diff --git a/assets/includes/footer.php b/assets/includes/footer.php
index 81ab13c..8d53a28 100644
--- a/assets/includes/footer.php
+++ b/assets/includes/footer.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                 <h2>Contact</h2>
                 <p><a class="white-link" href="<?php echo email ?>">Email</a></p>
             </section>
-            <p class="copyright">&copy;<?php echo copyright ?>, Designed by: <a class="white-link" href="https://html5up.net">HTML5 UP</a>. </p>
+            <p class="copyright">&copy;<?php echo date("Y"); ?> <?php echo copyright ?>, Designed by: <a class="white-link" href="https://html5up.net">HTML5 UP</a>. </p>
         </div>
         <div> </div>
     </div>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                 <h2><a href="/archives/2020/">2020</a></h2>
                 <h2><a href="/archives/2019/">2019</a></h2>
             </section>
-            <p class="copyright">&copy;<?php echo copyright ?>, Designed by: <a class="white-link" href="https://html5up.net">HTML5 UP</a>. </p>
+            <p class="copyright">&copy;<?php echo date("Y"); ?> <?php echo copyright ?>, Designed by: <a class="white-link" href="https://html5up.net">HTML5 UP</a>. </p>
         </div>
         <div> </div>
     </div>