diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2cd661b..2e57f10 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -242,7 +242,10 @@ checksum = "7f2c685bad3eb3d45a01354cedb7d5faa66194d1d58ba6e267a8de788f79db38"
 dependencies = [
  "android-tzdata",
  "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
  "windows-targets",
 ]
 
@@ -504,6 +507,7 @@ version = "1.3.58"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bcrypt",
+ "chrono",
  "futures-util",
  "poem",
  "poem-openapi",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 08c1dff..d268101 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ serde = "1.0.190"
 thiserror = "1.0.50"
 anyhow = "1.0.75"
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.31", features = ["serde"] }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f5f4af0..5e16830 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use chrono::{offset::Utc, DateTime};
 use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use poem::{
     endpoint::StaticFilesEndpoint,
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ impl Api {
                                 .send(ChatMsg {
                                     username: name.clone(),
                                     message: text,
+                                    timestamp: Utc::now(),
                                 })
                                 .is_err()
                             {
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ impl Api {
 struct ChatMsg {
     username: String,
     message: String,
+    timestamp: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
 
 struct Api {