diff --git a/src/main/scala/ignition/core/jobs/CoreJobRunner.scala b/src/main/scala/ignition/core/jobs/CoreJobRunner.scala
index eb1c7014..42f71f2d 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/ignition/core/jobs/CoreJobRunner.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/ignition/core/jobs/CoreJobRunner.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package ignition.core.jobs
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
 import org.joda.time.{DateTime, DateTimeZone}
+import org.joda.time.format.{DateTimeFormat}
 import org.slf4j.{Logger, LoggerFactory}
 
 import scala.concurrent.Future
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ import scala.concurrent.Future
 object CoreJobRunner {
 
   val logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass)
+  val tagFormat = "yyyy_MM_dd'T'HH_mm_ss'UTC'"
+  val today: DateTime = DateTime.now().withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC)
+  val todayFormatted: String = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(tagFormat).print(today)
 
   case class RunnerContext(sparkContext: SparkContext,
                            sparkSession: SparkSession,
@@ -29,8 +33,8 @@ object CoreJobRunner {
   }
 
   case class RunnerConfig(setupName: String = "nosetup",
-                          date: DateTime = DateTime.now.withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC),
-                          tag: String = "notag",
+                          date: DateTime = today,
+                          tag: String = todayFormatted,
                           user: String = "nouser",
                           master: String = "local[*]",
                           executorMemory: String = "2G",