diff --git a/content/.obsidian/community-plugins.json b/content/.obsidian/community-plugins.json
index 677548b3..02a26238 100644
--- a/content/.obsidian/community-plugins.json
+++ b/content/.obsidian/community-plugins.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   "obsidian-zotero-desktop-connector",
   "2hop-links-plus",
   "obsidian-auto-link-title",
-  "obsidian-pandoc-reference-list"
+  "obsidian-pandoc-reference-list",
+  "templater-obsidian"
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/templates/_default.md b/content/templates/_default.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9e61288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/templates/_default.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+date: <% tp.date.now("") %>
+---
+
diff --git a/quartz.config.ts b/quartz.config.ts
index 6751a6c1..f100792a 100644
--- a/quartz.config.ts
+++ b/quartz.config.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const config: QuartzConfig = {
     transformers: [
       Plugin.FrontMatter(),
       Plugin.CreatedModifiedDate({
-        priority: ["git", "filesystem", "frontmatter"], // you can add 'git' here for last modified from Git but this makes the build slower
+        priority: [ "frontmatter","git",], // you can add 'git' here for last modified from Git but this makes the build slower
       }),
       Plugin.Latex({ renderEngine: "katex" }),
       Plugin.SyntaxHighlighting(),
diff --git a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
index 3c05cf31..c63ce3a5 100644
--- a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ export default ((opts?: Partial<ContentMetaOptions>) => {
     if (text) {
       const segments: string[] = []
 
-      if (fileData.dates) {
-        segments.push('last updated: ' + formatDate(fileData.dates?.["modified"], cfg.locale))
+      if (fileData.dates?.created) {
+        segments.push('created: ' + formatDate(fileData.dates.created, cfg.locale))
+      }
+      if (fileData.dates?.modified) {
+        segments.push('last updated: ' + formatDate(fileData.dates.modified, cfg.locale))
       }
-
       // Display reading time if enabled
       if (options.showReadingTime) {
         const { text: timeTaken, words: _words } = readingTime(text)