diff --git a/journals/views.py b/journals/views.py
index 1e685ba0896105a87152f2eea0ba1bef51c67acb..5e227706e5f0b911d484cf93884195e4b166f617 100644
--- a/journals/views.py
+++ b/journals/views.py
@@ -587,9 +587,10 @@ def metadata_DOAJ_deposit(request, doi_label):
         return redirect(reverse('journals:manage_metadata',
                                 kwargs={'doi_label': doi_label}))
 
-    timestamp = publication.metadata_xml.partition('<timestamp>')[2].partition('</timestamp>')[0]
+    #timestamp = publication.metadata_xml.partition('<timestamp>')[2].partition('</timestamp>')[0]
+    timestamp = timezone.now().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
 
-    # Find DOAJ xml files
+    # Find DOAJ json files
     path = ''
     if publication.in_issue:
         path += '{issue_path}/{paper_nr}/{doi_label}_DOAJ'.format(