diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9def74..bd91866 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: README
 description: the README.md file of this project
 author: slonkazoid
-created_at: 2024-04-18T04:15:26+03:00
+written_at: 2024-04-18T04:15:26+03:00
 ---
 
 # bingus-blog
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ author: Blubber256 # author of the post
 icon: /media/first-post/icon.png # icon/thumbnail of post used in embeds
 icon_alt: Picture of a computer running DOOM
 color: "#00aacc" # color of post, also used in embeds
-created_at: 2024-04-18T04:15:26+03:00 # date of writing, this is highly
+written_at: 2024-04-18T04:15:26+03:00 # date of writing, this is highly
 # recommended if you are on a system which doesnt have btime (like musl),
 # because this is fetched from file stats by default
 #modified_at: ... # see above. this is also fetched from the filesystem
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ tags: # tags, or keywords, used in meta and also in the ui
 
 only first 3 fields are required. if it can't find the other 2 fields, it will
 get them from filesystem metadata. if you are on musl and you omit the
-`created_at` field, it will just not show up
+`written_at` field, it will just not show up
 
 the dates must follow the [RFC 3339](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339)
 standard. examples of valid and invalid dates:
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 8fbc84f..45795cc 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ async fn rss(
                         })
                         .collect::<Vec<Category>>(),
                 )
-                .pub_date(metadata.created_at.map(|date| date.to_rfc2822()))
+                .pub_date(metadata.written_at.map(|date| date.to_rfc2822()))
                 .content(content.to_string())
                 .link(
                     config
diff --git a/src/post/blag.rs b/src/post/blag.rs
index 9c1ae2a..8ce1272 100644
--- a/src/post/blag.rs
+++ b/src/post/blag.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ struct BlagMetadata {
     pub icon: Option<Arc<str>>,
     pub icon_alt: Option<Arc<str>>,
     pub color: Option<Arc<str>>,
-    pub created_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    #[serde(alias = "created_at")]
+    pub written_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     pub modified_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub tags: BTreeSet<Arc<str>>,
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ impl BlagMetadata {
                 icon: self.icon,
                 icon_alt: self.icon_alt,
                 color: self.color,
-                created_at: self.created_at,
+                written_at: self.written_at,
                 modified_at: self.modified_at,
                 tags: self.tags.into_iter().collect(),
             },
diff --git a/src/post/markdown_posts.rs b/src/post/markdown_posts.rs
index 45e601c..59dd123 100644
--- a/src/post/markdown_posts.rs
+++ b/src/post/markdown_posts.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ struct FrontMatter {
     pub icon: Option<Arc<str>>,
     pub icon_alt: Option<Arc<str>>,
     pub color: Option<Arc<str>>,
-    pub created_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    #[serde(alias = "created_at")]
+    pub written_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     pub modified_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub tags: BTreeSet<Arc<str>>,
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ impl FrontMatter {
             icon: self.icon,
             icon_alt: self.icon_alt,
             color: self.color,
-            created_at: self.created_at.or_else(|| created.map(|t| t.into())),
+            written_at: self.written_at.or_else(|| created.map(|t| t.into())),
             modified_at: self.modified_at.or_else(|| modified.map(|t| t.into())),
             tags: self.tags.into_iter().collect(),
         }
diff --git a/src/post/mod.rs b/src/post/mod.rs
index 64503b6..94e8866 100644
--- a/src/post/mod.rs
+++ b/src/post/mod.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub struct PostMetadata {
     pub icon: Option<Arc<str>>,
     pub icon_alt: Option<Arc<str>>,
     pub color: Option<Arc<str>>,
-    pub created_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    pub written_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     pub modified_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     pub tags: Vec<Arc<str>>,
 }
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ pub trait PostManager {
             .await?;
         // we still want some semblance of order if created_at is None so sort by mtime as well
         posts.sort_unstable_by_key(|metadata| metadata.modified_at.unwrap_or_default());
-        posts.sort_by_key(|metadata| metadata.created_at.unwrap_or_default());
+        posts.sort_by_key(|metadata| metadata.written_at.unwrap_or_default());
         posts.reverse();
         if let Some(n) = n {
             posts.truncate(n);