diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index eeb5133..2dbfc81 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Ivy-bibtex: [[http://melpa.org/#/ivy-bibtex][http://melpa.org/packages/ivy-bibte
 Helm-bibtex and ivy-bibtex allow you to search and manage your BibTeX bibliography.  They both share the same generic backend, bibtex-completion, but one uses the Helm completion framework and the other Ivy as a front-end.
 
 * News
+- 2024-01-09: New customization variable ~bibtex-completion-watch-bibliography~.  Can be used to deactivate automatic reloading of the bibliography.
 - 2022-01-17: More support for org-mode citations, see [[https://github.com/tmalsburg/helm-bibtex#use-helm-bibtex-or-ivy-bibtex-as-an-org-cite-follow-processor][here]].  (Thanks to [[https://github.com/akirakyle][akirakyle]].)
 - 2021-08-25: It is now possible to mark and act on multiple entries in ~ivy-bitex~.  See [[#apply-actions-to-multiple-entries][here]].
 - 2021-07-25: ~helm-bibtex-with-local-bibliography~ and ~ivy-bibtex-with-local-bibliography~ now also use locally and globally defined bibliographies in org files.  These are bibliographies specified using the new ~#+BIBLIOGRAPHY:~ key word and those in the variable ~org-cite-global-bibliography~.
@@ -275,6 +276,9 @@ User-defined functions can be used, too:
   (lambda (url _) (start-process "firefox" "*firefox*" "firefox" url)))
 #+END_SRC
 
+** Prevent automatic reloading of bibliography when it was changed
+Automatic reloading can be configured using ~bibtex-completion-watch-bibliography~.
+
 ** Format of citations
 
 Bibtex-completion creates citations based on the major mode in which the citation is inserted:
diff --git a/bibtex-completion.el b/bibtex-completion.el
index 6832ec6..f5e7009 100644
--- a/bibtex-completion.el
+++ b/bibtex-completion.el
@@ -1240,8 +1240,7 @@ string if FIELD is not present in ENTRY and DEFAULT is nil."
           ;; alternative field (possibly a biblatex field):
           (pcase field
             ("year" (car (split-string (bibtex-completion-get-value "date" entry "") "-")))
-            ("journal" (bibtex-completion-get-value "journaltitle" entry "")))
-          ))))
+            ("journal" (bibtex-completion-get-value "journaltitle" entry "")))))))
    default ""))
 
 (defun bibtex-completion-apa-format-authors (value &optional abbrev)