diff --git a/badwitch.py b/badwitch.py
index 0f5976b..7b02ab1 100755
--- a/badwitch.py
+++ b/badwitch.py
@@ -335,8 +335,10 @@ class BadWitch:
                         album = entries[i]['album']
                     # Sometimes this just comes back None
                     if 'release_date' in entries[i] and entries[i]['release_date'] is not None and 'release_date' not in metadata:
-                        print('Detected release date ' + entries[i]['release_date'])
-                        metadata['release_date'] = entries[i]['release_date']
+                        metadata['release_date'] = str(entries[i]['release_date'])
+                        # Format up into a more proper date
+                        metadata['release_date'] = metadata['release_date'][:4] + '-' + metadata['release_date'][4:6] + '-' + metadata['release_date'][6:]
+                        print('Detected release date ' + metadata['release_date'])
                 # If YouTube's song tags didn't work, just grab metadata from the playlist
                 if album == '':
                     album = result['title']