diff --git a/src/db/schema.ts b/src/db/schema.ts
index d059b7c..f84ad50 100644
--- a/src/db/schema.ts
+++ b/src/db/schema.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { integer, pgTable, varchar, date, json } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
+import { integer, pgTable, json, timestamp } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
 
 export const entryTable = pgTable("entries", {
   id: integer().primaryKey().generatedAlwaysAsIdentity(),
-  date: varchar().notNull(),
+  date: timestamp({ mode: 'date', withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
   location: json(),
   content: json(),
 });
diff --git a/src/pages/api/entry/new.ts b/src/pages/api/entry/new.ts
index b37ac59..d55b6c0 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/entry/new.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/entry/new.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ export async function POST({ request }: APIContext) {
         try {
             const body = await request.json();
             const entry: typeof entryTable.$inferInsert = body
+            entry.date = new Date(body.date)
 
             await db.insert(entryTable).values(entry)
+
+            return httpResponse({ "success": entry }, 200);
         } catch(e) {
             return httpResponse({ "error": `Malformed JSON (${e})` }, 400)
         }
-
-        return httpResponse(null, 200);
     }
 
   return httpResponse(null, 400);