diff --git a/config.org b/config.org
index 730b31d..f7d0b7c 100644
--- a/config.org
+++ b/config.org
@@ -1243,7 +1243,8 @@ Until now I did not think that I needed to keep a (personal) journal. But since
   :config (setq org-journal-dir "~/org/journal"
                 org-journal-file-type 'monthly
                 org-journal-find-file 'find-file
-                org-journal-file-format "%Y-%m-%d.org")
+                org-journal-file-format "%Y-%m-%d.org"
+                org-journal-date-format "%A, %Y-%m-%d")
   :bind (("C-c j j" . 'org-journal-new-entry)
          ("C-c j s" . 'org-journal-new-scheduled-entry)
          ("C-c j o" . 'org-journal-open-current-journal-file)