diff --git a/cal_tools/cal_tools/tools.py b/cal_tools/cal_tools/tools.py
index 81a37a732e4f0e60d9fade5f0136d4345ffc5624..e470cc55e0d3e6aee3ad9ae081e0dec7d84845b2 100644
--- a/cal_tools/cal_tools/tools.py
+++ b/cal_tools/cal_tools/tools.py
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ def get_from_db(device, constant, condition, empty_constant,
                                                          device))
                 
                 r = metadata.retrieve(this_interface, timeout=timeout,
+                                      when=creation_time.isoformat(),
                                       meta_only=meta_only,
                                       version_info=version_info)
                 if version_info: