diff --git a/software/cananolab-client-new/src/app/cananolab-client/cananolab-client.component.html b/software/cananolab-client-new/src/app/cananolab-client/cananolab-client.component.html
index 76f31c84d4..dc089c05ea 100644
--- a/software/cananolab-client-new/src/app/cananolab-client/cananolab-client.component.html
+++ b/software/cananolab-client-new/src/app/cananolab-client/cananolab-client.component.html
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         </tr>
         <tr *ngIf="!print">
             <td colspan="2" class="footer white release">
-                caNanoLab Release 3.0 Build cananolab-3.0.0-it8
+                caNanoLab Release 3.0 Build cananolab-3.0.0-it9
             </td>
         </tr>
     </table>
diff --git a/software/cananolab-client-new/src/app/cananolab-client/main-display/samples/characterization/editcharacterization/editcharacterization.component.ts b/software/cananolab-client-new/src/app/cananolab-client/main-display/samples/characterization/editcharacterization/editcharacterization.component.ts
index 48bb64c50b..dd848e1f5d 100644
--- a/software/cananolab-client-new/src/app/cananolab-client/main-display/samples/characterization/editcharacterization/editcharacterization.component.ts
+++ b/software/cananolab-client-new/src/app/cananolab-client/main-display/samples/characterization/editcharacterization/editcharacterization.component.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class EditcharacterizationComponent implements OnInit {
                             this.data = data;
                             this.data.name='';
                             this.data.assayType='';
-                            this.data.characterizationDate=null,
+                            this.data.characterizationDate=new Date(),
                             this.setCharacterizationData();
                             if (this.data.type=='other') {
                                 this.addOtherValue('type',this.data.type)