diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 44cb8ea..b235d7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "image-api"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 dependencies = [
  "actix",
  "actix-cors",
diff --git a/src/data/mod.rs b/src/data/mod.rs
index 010e7f5..70a3362 100644
--- a/src/data/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ pub struct MetadataResponse {
     pub modified: Option<i64>,
     pub size: u64,
     pub exif: Option<ExifMetadata>,
+    pub filename_date: Option<i64>, // Date extracted from filename
 }
 
 impl From<fs::Metadata> for MetadataResponse {
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ impl From<fs::Metadata> for MetadataResponse {
             }),
             size: metadata.len(),
             exif: None,
+            filename_date: None, // Will be set in endpoint handler
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dcd6a72..2d720e0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ async fn get_file_metadata(
         Ok(metadata) => {
             let mut response: MetadataResponse = metadata.into();
 
+            // Extract date from filename if possible
+            response.filename_date =
+                memories::extract_date_from_filename(&path.path).map(|dt| dt.timestamp());
+
             // Query EXIF data if available
             if let Ok(mut dao) = exif_dao.lock()
                 && let Ok(Some(exif)) = dao.get_exif(&span_context, &path.path)