diff --git a/backend/src/modules/catalog/controller.ts b/backend/src/modules/catalog/controller.ts
index de10f20e9..ac4f6d319 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/catalog/controller.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/catalog/controller.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export async function getCatalog(term: TermInput, info: GraphQLResolveInfo): Pro
                 fromDate: { $lte: getTermStartMonth(term) },
             },
             {
+                _updatedAt: 1,
                 _updated: 1,
                 identifiers: 1,
                 title: 1,
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/catalog/formatter.ts b/backend/src/modules/catalog/formatter.ts
index b1f3f6b09..486e41b3f 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/catalog/formatter.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/catalog/formatter.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { stringToTerm } from "../../utils/term";
 
 export function formatMetadata(data: any) {
     return {
-        lastUpdated: data._updated as Date,
+        lastUpdated: (!data._updated) ? data._updatedAt as Date : data._updated as Date,
         raw: data,
     }
 }