diff --git a/prep.py b/prep.py
index 957fb4b..2f54056 100755
--- a/prep.py
+++ b/prep.py
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ def build_ical(events: list[dict]) -> str:
         title = event["title"]
         location = event["location"]
         date = event["date"]
+        time = event["time"]
+
+        uid = str(date.month).zfill(2) + str(date.day).zfill(2) + time[:2]
         date = str(date.year) + str(date.month).zfill(2) + str(date.day).zfill(2) 
         created = str(today.year) + str(today.month).zfill(2) + str(today.day).zfill(2) + "T" + str(today.hour).zfill(2) + str(today.minute).zfill(2) + str(today.second).zfill(2) + "Z"
-        time = event["time"]
         date = date + "T" + time.replace(":", "") + "00"
-        uid = str(date.month).zfill(2) + str(date.day).zfill(2) + time[:2]
 
         event_template = ""
         with open("template/event.ical", "r") as file: