--- a/src/mediaserver/cdplugins/qobuz/session.py
+++ b/src/mediaserver/cdplugins/qobuz/session.py
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@
         
     if 'releaseDate' in json_obj:
         try:
-            kwargs['release_date'] = datetime.datetime(*map(int, json_obj['releaseDate'].split('-')))
+            # 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('-')))
         except ValueError:
             pass
     return Album(**kwargs)