diff --git a/journal.py b/journal.py
index 7cc1a49..6448673 100755
--- a/journal.py
+++ b/journal.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ from tkinter import ttk
 from tkinter.messagebox import showinfo
 from datetime import datetime
 
-YEAR = datetime.strftime("%Y")
-MONTH = datetime.strftime("%m")
-DAY = datetime.strftime("%d")
+now = datetime.now()
+YEAR = now.strftime("%Y")
+MONTH = now.strftime("%m")
+DAY = now.strftime("%d")
 journal_filename = "%s-%s-%s-Journal.txt" %(YEAR, MONTH, DAY)
 journal_filename_path = "./%s" % journal_filename