diff --git a/templates/threads.html b/templates/threads.html
index fe3a426..36977a5 100644
--- a/templates/threads.html
+++ b/templates/threads.html
@@ -237,7 +237,15 @@
       </ul>
     </main>
     <footer>
-      &copy; {{ attribution.year }} {{ attribution.owner }}
+      <p>
+        Copyright &copy;
+        {% if attribution.current_year %}
+          {{ attribution.year }}-{{ attribution.current_year }}
+        {%else%}
+          {{ attribution.year }}
+        {% endif %}
+        {{ attribution.owner }}
+      </p>
       <p>Powered by <a href="https://ayco.io/sh/threads">/threads</a></p>
     </footer>
   </body>
diff --git a/threads.py b/threads.py
index 62f808d..49dc870 100755
--- a/threads.py
+++ b/threads.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from flask import Blueprint, render_template
 import requests
+import datetime
 
 threads = Blueprint('threads', __name__, template_folder='template')
 
@@ -12,10 +13,20 @@ app = {
 }
 attribution = {
     "owner": "Ayo Ayco",
-    "year": "2024"
+    "year": "2022" # earliest year in featured posts
 }
 ###########################################################
 
+@threads.before_request
+def middleware():
+    # check current year and put ange as attribution
+    currentDateTime = datetime.datetime.now()
+    date = currentDateTime.date()
+    year = date.strftime("%Y")
+    if year != attribution['year']:
+        attribution['current_year'] = year
+
+
 @threads.route('/')
 def home():
     statuses = fetch_statuses()