diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
index 815be7525..f72966382 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ Logging::log("getting media! - 2");
             else if ($key === "year") {
 
                 $plSelect[] = "EXTRACT(YEAR FROM utime)::varchar AS ".$key;
-                $fileSelect[] = "EXTRACT(YEAR FROM to_date(year, 'YYYY-MM-DD'))::varchar AS ".$key;
+                $fileSelect[] = "year AS ".$key;
             }
             //need to cast certain data as ints for the union to search on.
             else if (in_array($key, array("track_number", "bit_rate", "sample_rate"))){