diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 7f02488..7d2679e 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type RepoStatus struct {
 	changed bool // keeps track of changes that might have happened
 	changes string
 	tags    map[string]string
+	InitOk	bool // it takes a second or so to init these
 
 	window *gadgets.BasicWindow // the main window for this repo
 	Tags   *GitTagBox           // a box of all the git tags
diff --git a/tagWindow.go b/tagWindow.go
index e756b49..5f7c7f7 100644
--- a/tagWindow.go
+++ b/tagWindow.go
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func (t *Tag) Name() string {
 	return t.tag.String()
 }
 
-func (t *Tag) getDate() (time.Time, error) {
+func (t *Tag) GetDate() (time.Time, error) {
 	const gitLayout = "Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 2006 -0700"
 	tagTime, err := time.Parse(gitLayout, t.date.String())
 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func (rs *RepoStatus) NewestTag() *Tag {
 	allTags = append(allTags, junk...)
 	for _, t := range allTags {
 		mu.Lock()
-		if tagTime, err = t.getDate(); err != nil {
+		if tagTime, err = t.GetDate(); err != nil {
 			mu.Unlock()
 			continue
 		}