diff --git a/clatoolkit_project/clatoolkit/migrations/0001_initial.py b/clatoolkit_project/clatoolkit/migrations/0001_initial.py
index e2aa03a..861d212 100644
--- a/clatoolkit_project/clatoolkit/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/clatoolkit_project/clatoolkit/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from django.db import models, migrations
 import django_pgjson.fields
+import django.utils.timezone
 from django.conf import settings
 
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ('platformparentid', models.CharField(max_length=5000, blank=True)),
                 ('parent_user_external', models.CharField(max_length=5000, null=True, blank=True)),
                 ('message', models.TextField(blank=True)),
-                ('datetimestamp', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, null=True)),
+                ('datetimestamp', models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now)),
                 ('senttolrs', models.CharField(max_length=5000, blank=True)),
                 ('parent_user', models.ForeignKey(related_name='parent_user', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, null=True)),
             ],
diff --git a/clatoolkit_project/clatoolkit/models.py b/clatoolkit_project/clatoolkit/models.py
index 65d0c18..1182d7e 100644
--- a/clatoolkit_project/clatoolkit/models.py
+++ b/clatoolkit_project/clatoolkit/models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django_pgjson.fields import JsonField
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.utils import timezone
 import os
 
 class UserProfile(models.Model):
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ class LearningRecord(models.Model):
     parent_user = models.ForeignKey(User, null=True, related_name="parent_user")
     parent_user_external = models.CharField(max_length=5000, blank=True, null=True)
     message = models.TextField(blank=True)
-    datetimestamp = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, null=True)
+    datetimestamp = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
     senttolrs = models.CharField(max_length=5000, blank=True)