diff --git a/generate_map_timelapse.py b/generate_map_timelapse.py
index 38b87e8..74abed0 100644
--- a/generate_map_timelapse.py
+++ b/generate_map_timelapse.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 import imageio
 from progress.bar import IncrementalBar
 from pygifsicle import optimize
+from PIL import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+import io
 
 
 def generate_map_timelapse(token_id, token_secret):
@@ -33,7 +35,19 @@ def generate_map_timelapse(token_id, token_secret):
                 else:
                     running_country_counts[country] = date_viewings_countries[country]
 
-            image = imageio.imread(FilmsByCountry.draw_map(running_country_counts, file_name="map-{}.svg".format(date)))
+            map = FilmsByCountry.draw_map(running_country_counts, file_name="map-{}.svg".format(date))
+
+            stream = io.BytesIO(map)
+            img = Image.open(stream)
+
+            map_editable = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+            map_editable.text((0, 0), "{}".format(date), (255, 64, 0))
+
+            img_byte_arr = io.BytesIO()
+            img.save(img_byte_arr, format='PNG')
+            img_byte_arr = img_byte_arr.getvalue()
+
+            image = imageio.imread(img_byte_arr)
             writer.append_data(image)
 
     print("optimizing")