diff --git a/blogthon.cgi b/blogthon.cgi
index 9d83df5..676e9a6 100755
--- a/blogthon.cgi
+++ b/blogthon.cgi
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ for entry in entries_list:
 		timestamp = os.stat(stampfile)
 	else:
 		timestamp = os.stat(entry)
+		stampfile = os.path.join(entries_dir, title + '.stamp')
+		stamp = open(stampfile, 'w')
+		stamp.close()
+		utime = os.utime(stampfile, (os.stat(entry)[8], os.stat(entry)[8]))
 
 	timestamp = time.localtime(timestamp[8])
 	entry = timestamp, entry
@@ -480,10 +484,7 @@ else:
 			title           = title.replace('.' + entries_suffix, '')
 
 			stampfile = os.path.join(entries_dir, title + '.stamp')
-			if not os.path.exists(stampfile):
-				stamp = open(stampfile, 'w')
-				stamp.close()
-			else:
+			if os.path.exists(stampfile):
 				date = time.localtime(os.stat(stampfile)[8])
 				date = time.strftime("%c", date)