diff --git a/comic_download/existential_comics.py b/comic_download/existential_comics.py
index 408c066..e51884f 100644
--- a/comic_download/existential_comics.py
+++ b/comic_download/existential_comics.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class ExistentialComicStrip(ComicStrip):
             self.captions.extend(philosophers.get_text().split("\n"))
         if final_caption:
             self.captions.append(final_caption)
-        self.date = datetime.date(2013, 11, 11) + datetime.timedelta(weeks=self.index - 2)
+        self.date = max(datetime.date(2013, 11, 11) + datetime.timedelta(weeks=self.index - 2), datetime.date(2013, 11, 12))
 
         if self.date >= datetime.date(2023, 11, 13):
             self.safe = (self.date - datetime.date(2023, 11, 13)).days