diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index 37097db6..7d873ff9 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 {{ $guids := dict }}
 {{ $html := $page.AlternativeOutputFormats.Get "html" }}
 {{ $language := site.LanguageCode | default site.Language.Lang }}
+{{ $lastbuilddate := (partial "paige/changed.html" $page).Format $format }}
 {{ $limit := site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit }}
 {{ $link := ($page.AlternativeOutputFormats.Get "html").Permalink }}
 {{ $managingeditor := $page.Param "paige.feed.rss.managing_editor" }}
@@ -15,8 +16,6 @@
 {{ $title := "" }}
 {{ $webmaster := $page.Param "paige.feed.rss.web_master" }}
 
-{{ $lastbuilddate := (partial "paige/changed.html" $page).Format $format }}
-
 {{ $subpages = where $subpages "Params.paige.feed.hide_page" "ne" true }}
 
 {{ if ge $limit 0 }}