diff --git a/timetracker b/timetracker
index f17974d..fc99be3 100755
--- a/timetracker
+++ b/timetracker
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ ARCHIVE_DIR="$TIMESHEET_DIR/archive"
 TIMESHEET=$(ls "$TIMESHEET_DIR" | grep ".csv")
 # generated by clock in
 CURRENT_SESSION="$TIMESHEET_DIR/.session"
+# first day of a pay period to base off of
+STARTING_PERIOD="April-14-23"
 
 
 createTimesheet() {
@@ -34,8 +36,8 @@ createTimesheet() {
         mkdir -p "$TIMESHEET_DIR"
     fi
 
-    payperiods=$((($(date +%s) - $(date -d "Dec-30-22" +%s)) / (14*24*3600)))
-    period_end=$(date -d "Dec-30-22 + $((($payperiods + 1) * 14)) days" +%b-%d-%y)
+    payperiods=$((($(date +%s) - $(date -d "$STARTING_PERIOD" +%s)) / (14*24*3600)))
+    period_end=$(date -d "$STARTING_PERIOD + $((($payperiods + 1) * 14)) days" +%b-%d-%y)
     TIMESHEET=$(printf "%s.csv" "$period_end")
     # create timesheet 
     echo "Date, Time In, Time Out, Total Time (HH:MM)" > "${TIMESHEET_DIR}/${TIMESHEET}"