diff --git a/uqcsbot/advent.py b/uqcsbot/advent.py
index f0e4385..da5759e 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/advent.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/advent.py
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ async def register_command(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, aoc_name: str
             )
             return
 
-        db_session.add(AOCRegistrations(aoc_userid=AOC_id, discord_userid=discord_id))
+        db_session.add(AOCRegistrations(aoc_userid=AOC_id, discord_userid=discord_id, year=2024)) # this is a quick fix unitl we drop the column in the database
         db_session.commit()
         db_session.close()
 
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ async def register_admin_command(
             )
             return
 
-        db_session.add(AOCRegistrations(aoc_userid=aoc_id, discord_userid=discord_id))
+        db_session.add(AOCRegistrations(aoc_userid=aoc_id, discord_userid=discord_id, year=2024)) # this is a quick fix unitl we drop the column in the database
         db_session.commit()
         db_session.close()
 
diff --git a/uqcsbot/models.py b/uqcsbot/models.py
index f117a9b..6211f7a 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/models.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/models.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class AOCRegistrations(Base):
         "discord_userid", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=False
     )
     aoc_userid: Mapped[int] = mapped_column("aoc_userid", Integer, nullable=False)
-
+    year: Mapped[int] = mapped_column("year", Integer, nullable=False) # Try to remove this column from the database at some point
 
 class MCWhitelist(Base):
     __tablename__ = "mc_whitelisted"