diff --git a/bookwyrm/templatetags/status_display.py b/bookwyrm/templatetags/status_display.py
index c0ab40689..5d1f86caf 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templatetags/status_display.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/templatetags/status_display.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """ template filters """
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 from django import template
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.humanize.templatetags.humanize import naturaltime, naturalday
 from django.template.loader import select_template
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ def get_published_date(date):
     if delta.years:
         return naturalday(date)
     if delta.days or delta.months:
-        return naturalday(date, "M j")
+        return naturalday(date, settings.MONTH_DAY_FORMAT)
     return naturaltime(date)