diff --git a/roles/osm-vector-maps/templates/iiab-update-map b/roles/osm-vector-maps/templates/iiab-update-map
index 62ad5b2a1..07b1119db 100755
--- a/roles/osm-vector-maps/templates/iiab-update-map
+++ b/roles/osm-vector-maps/templates/iiab-update-map
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import fnmatch
 import re
+from datetime import date
 
 IIAB_PATH='/etc/iiab'
 if not IIAB_PATH in sys.path:
@@ -149,7 +150,9 @@ def create_menu_def(region,default_name,intended_use='map'):
                       os.path.basename(item['url'])[:-4]
    menuDef["description"] = '<p>Resolution of the Whole World to 5 KM. OpenStreetMap data for <b>' + item.get('title','') + '</b> with details down to 5 Meters</p>'
    menuDef["extra_html"] = ""
-   menuDef["automatically_generated"] = "true"
+   #menuDef["automatically_generated"] = "true"
+   menuDef["change_ref"] = "generated"
+   menuDef["change_date"] = str(date.today())
    if not os.path.isfile(menuDefs + default_name): # logic to here can still overwrite existing menu def
        print("creating %s"%menuDefs + default_name)
        with open(menuDefs + default_name,'w') as menufile: