diff --git a/src/db/index.ts b/src/db/index.ts
index 5ebbdd2..a24d21e 100644
--- a/src/db/index.ts
+++ b/src/db/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Database } from 'bun:sqlite';
 import path from 'path';
+import { calculateReadTime } from '../frontend/utils';
 
 /**
  * Singleton database connection class for managing blog posts and tags
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ class DatabaseConnection {
           filePath ? String(filePath) : null,
           title ? String(title) : null,
           date ? (date instanceof Date ? date.toISOString().split('T')[0] : String(date)) : null,
-          readingTime ? String(readingTime) : null,
+          readingTime ? String(readingTime) : calculateReadTime(content),
           excerpt ? String(excerpt) : null,
           content ? String(content) : null
         ];
@@ -269,15 +270,7 @@ class DatabaseConnection {
 
     // Add tags to each post and clean up paths
     return posts.map(post => {
-      const basePost = post satisfies {
-        id: number,
-        path: string,
-        title: string,
-        date: string,
-        readingTime: string,
-        summary: string,
-        content: string
-      };
+      const basePost = { ...post, readingTime: post.reading_time}
 
       return {
         ...basePost,
diff --git a/src/frontend/pages/home.tsx b/src/frontend/pages/home.tsx
index 3dce94c..68fb0b0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/pages/home.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function PostCard({ post }: { post: Post }) {
         <div className="post-card-meta">
           <time dateTime={post.date}>{formattedDate}</time>
           <span className="meta-separator">•</span>
-          <span className="read-time">5 min read</span>
+          <span className="read-time">{post.readingTime} min read</span>
         </div>
         {tags.length > 0 && (
           <div className="post-card-tags">
diff --git a/src/frontend/pages/post.tsx b/src/frontend/pages/post.tsx
index e0691aa..bc12169 100644
--- a/src/frontend/pages/post.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/pages/post.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ interface PostProps {
 
 export function Post({ children, meta }: PostProps) {
     const { previousPost, nextPost } = meta;
-    
+
     return (
         <main>
           <article className="blog-post">
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function Post({ children, meta }: PostProps) {
                 {meta.readingTime &&
                   <>
                     <span className="meta-separator">•</span>
-                    <span>{meta.readingTime}</span>
+                    <span>{meta.readingTime} min read</span>
                   </>
                 }
               </div>
diff --git a/src/frontend/utils.ts b/src/frontend/utils.ts
index ac01cd4..c6e91b3 100644
--- a/src/frontend/utils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/utils.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export function calculateReadTime(content: string): number {
 
 // Helper function to format date for display
 export function formatDate(dateString: string): string {
-  // Parse ISO date string (YYYY-MM-DD)
-  const date = new Date(dateString + 'T00:00:00');
+  // Parse ISO date string (YYYY-MM-DD)unique
+  const date = new Date(dateString);
 
   return date.toLocaleDateString('en-US', {
     year: 'numeric',