diff --git a/lib/collections/collections.js b/lib/collections/collections.js
index 31642cfb..633bbb5b 100755
--- a/lib/collections/collections.js
+++ b/lib/collections/collections.js
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ var movies = new SimpleSchema (
     label: "IMDB ID",
     unique: true
   },
+  year: {
+    type: String,
+    label: "Release Year",
+    optional: true
+  },
   released: {
     type: Date,
     label: "Release date"
diff --git a/server/methods/search/requestMovie.js b/server/methods/search/requestMovie.js
index 9e1dd165..67ab287e 100644
--- a/server/methods/search/requestMovie.js
+++ b/server/methods/search/requestMovie.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Meteor.methods({
                     title: request.title,
                     id: request.id,
                     imdb: imdbid,
+                    year: request.year, 
                     released: request.release_date,
                     user: request.user,
                     downloaded: dlStatus,