diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 8b77b2e..9715a05 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ blog = "blog/:slug/"
 dateform = "Jan 2, 2006"
 dateformfull = "Mon Jan 2 2006 15:04:05 MST"
 description = "Example blog"
-copyright = "Copyright © 2015 Nishanth Shanmugham"
+copyright = "Copyright © 2015-{year} Nishanth Shanmugham"
 # copyrightUrl = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
 logofile = "img/logo.png"
 faviconfile = "img/logo.png"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index 1d3034e..d1ffdb1 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
         {{ if .Site.Params.copyright }}
             {{ if .Site.Params.copyrightUrl }}
-                <a href="{{ .Site.Params.copyrightUrl }}">{{ .Site.Params.copyright }}</a>
+                <a href="{{ .Site.Params.copyrightUrl }}">{{ replace .Site.Params.copyright "{year}" now.Year }}</a>
             {{ else }}
-                <a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}license">{{ .Site.Params.copyright }}</a>
+                <a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}license">{{ replace .Site.Params.copyright "{year}" now.Year }}</a>
             {{ end }}
         {{ end }}