diff --git a/emailApi/main.go b/emailApi/main.go
index 8c13c9f..2d570fb 100644
--- a/emailApi/main.go
+++ b/emailApi/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/mailer"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/template"
 	"net/mail"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // sendEmailToUser sends an email notification to a recipient of the email record
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ func sendEmails(app *pocketbase.PocketBase, emailRecord *models.Record) {
 
 	// mark email as sent
 	emailRecord.Set("sentTo", sendToIds)
+	emailRecord.Set("sentAt", time.Now())
 
 	// save email record
 	if err := app.Dao().SaveRecord(emailRecord); err != nil {