diff --git a/homepage/pelicanconf.py b/homepage/pelicanconf.py
index 2008b43..ffa8816 100644
--- a/homepage/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/homepage/pelicanconf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+from calendar import month_name
 # If your site is available via HTTPS, make sure SITEURL begins with https://
 RELATIVE_URLS = False
 
@@ -7,6 +9,8 @@ PATH = 'content'
 TIMEZONE = 'Europe/Berlin'
 DEFAULT_LANG = 'en'
 
+BUILD_DATE = '{} {}'.format(month_name[datetime.today().month], datetime.today().year)
+
 # Feed generation is usually not desired when developing
 FEED_ALL_ATOM = None
 CATEGORY_FEED_ATOM = None
diff --git a/homepage/theme/templates/base.html b/homepage/theme/templates/base.html
index 1cd4b3b..18854a4 100644
--- a/homepage/theme/templates/base.html
+++ b/homepage/theme/templates/base.html
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         </p>
       </div>
       <div class="footer-card">
-        October 2019
+        {{ BUILD_DATE }}
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>