diff --git a/src/features/location_barnett_metrics.R b/src/features/location_barnett_metrics.R
index 7ce0b9e5..08f78c36 100644
--- a/src/features/location_barnett_metrics.R
+++ b/src/features/location_barnett_metrics.R
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ accuracy_limit <- snakemake@params[["accuracy_limit"]]
 timezone <- snakemake@params[["timezone"]]
 metrics_to_include <- intersect(unlist(snakemake@params["metrics"], use.names = F), 
                                 c("hometime","disttravelled","rog","maxdiam","maxhomedist","siglocsvisited","avgflightlen","stdflightlen","avgflightdur","stdflightdur","probpause","siglocentropy","minsmissing","circdnrtn","wkenddayrtn"))
+metrics_to_include <- c("local_date", metrics_to_include)
 
 # By deafult we use all raw locations: fused without resampling and not fused (gps, network)
 location <- read.csv(snakemake@input[["raw"]], stringsAsFactors = F) %>%
@@ -61,4 +62,4 @@ if (nrow(location) > 1){
     
 } else {
     write_empty_file(snakemake@output[[1]], metrics_to_include)    
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}