--- a/src/mediaserver/cdplugins/tidal/tidalapi/__init__.py
+++ b/src/mediaserver/cdplugins/tidal/tidalapi/__init__.py
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@
     if 'releaseDate' in json_obj:
         try:
             # Keep this as a string else we fail to json-reserialize it later
+            kwargs['release_date'] = json_obj['releaseDate']
             #kwargs['release_date'] = datetime.datetime(*map(int, json_obj['releaseDate'].split('-')))
-            kwargs['release_date'] = json_obj['releaseDate']
         except ValueError:
             pass
     return Album(**kwargs)