diff --git a/cmd/alias.go b/cmd/alias.go
index e85ff66..b925a84 100644
--- a/cmd/alias.go
+++ b/cmd/alias.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -42,7 +44,13 @@ avlpn or something smaller and use that to query pman`,
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
+		lastEdit := make(map[string]string)
+		lastEdit["lastWrite"] = fmt.Sprintf(time.Now().Format("02 Jan 06 15:04"))
+		err = db.WriteToDB(db.DBName, lastEdit, ConfigBucket)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Print(err)
+			return err
+		}
 		return nil
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/delete.go
index b759380..2f7ccac 100644
--- a/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/delete.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -52,6 +54,13 @@ var delCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		lastEdit := make(map[string]string)
+		lastEdit["lastWrite"] = fmt.Sprintf(time.Now().Format("02 Jan 06 15:04"))
+		err = db.WriteToDB(db.DBName, lastEdit, ConfigBucket)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Print(err)
+			return err
+		}
 		fmt.Printf("Successfully deleted %s from the db \n", projName)
 		return nil
 	},
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 4889b96..ffbf314 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const (
 	StatusBucket       = "projects"
 	ProjectPathBucket  = "projectPaths"
 	ProjectAliasBucket = "projectAliases"
+	ConfigBucket       = "config"
 	version            = "1.0"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/set.go b/cmd/set.go
index e72ad48..4ac54bd 100644
--- a/cmd/set.go
+++ b/cmd/set.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -47,6 +49,15 @@ var setCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			fmt.Println("Error updating record : ", err)
 			return err
 		}
+
+		lastEdit := make(map[string]string)
+		lastEdit["lastWrite"] = fmt.Sprintf(time.Now().Format("02 Jan 06 15:04"))
+		err = db.WriteToDB(db.DBName, lastEdit, ConfigBucket)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Print(err)
+			return err
+		}
+
 		fmt.Printf("Project %s set to status %s\n", pname, status)
 		return nil
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/indexer.go b/pkg/indexer.go
index 685cba2..4e0d6b1 100644
--- a/pkg/indexer.go
+++ b/pkg/indexer.go
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package pkg
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/theredditbandit/pman/pkg/db"
 )
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ const (
 	ProjectPaths       = "projectPaths"
 	ProjectAliasBucket = "projectAliases"
 	LastUpdatedBucket  = "lastUpdated"
+	ConfigBucket       = "config"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -61,6 +64,14 @@ func InitDirs(args []string) error {
 		log.Print(err)
 		return err
 	}
+	lastEdit := make(map[string]string)
+	lastEdit["lastWrite"] = fmt.Sprintf(time.Now().Format("02 Jan 06 15:04"))
+	err = db.WriteToDB(db.DBName, lastEdit, ConfigBucket)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Print(err)
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }