diff --git a/utils/indexInfo.service.ts b/utils/indexInfo.service.ts
index 0835e04f..1570a7e2 100644
--- a/utils/indexInfo.service.ts
+++ b/utils/indexInfo.service.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export class IndexInfoService {
     let url = properties.indexInfoAPI;
     return this.http.get((properties.useLongCache)? (properties.cacheUrl+encodeURIComponent(url)): url).pipe(map(res => res['orcid_update_date'])).pipe(catchError(err => {return of(null)}));
   }
+  getDBLoadLastDate(properties: EnvProperties): Observable<any> {
+    let url = properties.indexInfoAPI;
+    return this.http.get((properties.useLongCache)? (properties.cacheUrl+encodeURIComponent(url)): url).pipe(map(res => res['db_load_date'])).pipe(catchError(err => {return of(null)}));
+  }
 }