diff --git a/lib/models/note.js b/lib/models/note.js
index 4c501d2..2b51c87 100644
--- a/lib/models/note.js
+++ b/lib/models/note.js
@@ -208,9 +208,11 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize, DataTypes) {
                         filePath = path.join(config.docspath, note.alias + '.md');
                     }
                     if (Note.checkFileExist(filePath)) {
+                        var fsCreatedTime = moment(fs.statSync(filePath).ctime);
                         body = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
                         note.title = LZString.compressToBase64(Note.parseNoteTitle(body));
                         note.content = LZString.compressToBase64(body);
+                        note.createdAt = fsCreatedTime;
                     }
                 }
                 // if no permission specified and have owner then give editable permission, else default permission is freely