diff --git a/quartz.config.ts b/quartz.config.ts
index 704a292..fbee8e0 100644
--- a/quartz.config.ts
+++ b/quartz.config.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const config: QuartzConfig = {
     locale: "en-US",
     baseUrl: "wiki.ryankes.eu",
     ignorePatterns: ["private", "templates", ".obsidian"],
-    defaultDateType: "modified",
+    defaultDateType: "created",
     theme: {
       fontOrigin: "googleFonts",
       cdnCaching: true,
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ const config: QuartzConfig = {
   plugins: {
     transformers: [
       Plugin.FrontMatter(),
-      Plugin.CreatedModifiedDate({}),
+      Plugin.CreatedModifiedDate({
+        priority: ["frontmatter", "filesystem"],
+      }),
       Plugin.SyntaxHighlighting({
         theme: {
           light: "github-light",