diff --git a/multisrc/overrides/mangabox/mangakakalot/src/Mangakakalot.kt b/multisrc/overrides/mangabox/mangakakalot/src/Mangakakalot.kt
index fa6693006..7a0a06856 100644
--- a/multisrc/overrides/mangabox/mangakakalot/src/Mangakakalot.kt
+++ b/multisrc/overrides/mangabox/mangakakalot/src/Mangakakalot.kt
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.extension.en.mangakakalot
 
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.multisrc.mangabox.MangaBox
 import okhttp3.Headers
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
+import java.util.Locale
 
-class Mangakakalot : MangaBox("Mangakakalot", "https://mangakakalot.com", "en") {
+class Mangakakalot : MangaBox("Mangakakalot", "https://mangakakalot.com", "en", SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd,yy", Locale.ENGLISH)) {
     override fun headersBuilder(): Headers.Builder = super.headersBuilder().set("Referer", "https://manganelo.com") // for covers
     override val simpleQueryPath = "search/story/"
     override fun searchMangaSelector() = "${super.searchMangaSelector()}, div.list-truyen-item-wrap"
diff --git a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/mangabox/MangaBoxGenerator.kt b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/mangabox/MangaBoxGenerator.kt
index 407226214..30f0a7b9e 100644
--- a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/mangabox/MangaBoxGenerator.kt
+++ b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/mangabox/MangaBoxGenerator.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class MangaBoxGenerator : ThemeSourceGenerator {
     override val baseVersionCode: Int = 2
 
     override val sources = listOf(
-        SingleLang("Mangakakalot", "https://mangakakalot.com", "en"),
+        SingleLang("Mangakakalot", "https://mangakakalot.com", "en", overrideVersionCode = 1),
         SingleLang("Manganelo", "https://manganelo.com", "en"),
         SingleLang("Mangabat", "https://m.mangabat.com", "en", overrideVersionCode = 4),
         SingleLang("Mangakakalots (unoriginal)", "https://mangakakalots.com", "en", className = "Mangakakalots", pkgName = "mangakakalots"),