diff --git a/lightning-backend/src/database-migration.ts b/lightning-backend/src/database-migration.ts
index bedc2f856..ebf149ac9 100644
--- a/lightning-backend/src/database-migration.ts
+++ b/lightning-backend/src/database-migration.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ class DatabaseMigration {
       created datetime DEFAULT NULL,
       status int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
       closing_transaction_id varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL,
+      closing_date datetime DEFAULT NULL,
       closing_reason int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
       node1_public_key varchar(66) NOT NULL,
       node1_base_fee_mtokens bigint(20) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
diff --git a/lightning-backend/src/tasks/node-sync.service.ts b/lightning-backend/src/tasks/node-sync.service.ts
index 3e6bfc96c..fcf3da093 100644
--- a/lightning-backend/src/tasks/node-sync.service.ts
+++ b/lightning-backend/src/tasks/node-sync.service.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ class NodeSyncService {
         const spendingTx = await bitcoinApi.$getOutspend(channel.transaction_id, channel.transaction_vout);
         if (spendingTx.spent === true && spendingTx.status?.confirmed === true) {
           logger.debug('Marking channel: ' + channel.id + ' as closed.');
-          await DB.query(`UPDATE channels SET status = 2 WHERE id = ?`, [channel.id]);
+          await DB.query(`UPDATE channels SET status = 2, closing_date = FROM_UNIXTIME(?) WHERE id = ?`,
+            [spendingTx.status.block_time, channel.id]);
           if (spendingTx.txid && !channel.closing_transaction_id) {
             await DB.query(`UPDATE channels SET closing_transaction_id = ? WHERE id = ?`, [spendingTx.txid, channel.id]);
           }