diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index d43714c..72ee06b 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
     "author_name": "Your name (or your organization/company/team)",
     "description": "A short description of the project.",
     "s3_bucket": "your-bucket-for-syncing-data (do not include 's3://')",
-    "year": "{{ cookiecutter.now[:4] }}",
+    "year": "2016",
     "open_source_license": ["MIT", "BSD", "Not open source"]
 }