diff --git a/test/spec/controllers/challengesCtrlSpec.js b/test/spec/controllers/challengesCtrlSpec.js
index 49561238d9..b93d28ba85 100644
--- a/test/spec/controllers/challengesCtrlSpec.js
+++ b/test/spec/controllers/challengesCtrlSpec.js
@@ -216,13 +216,12 @@ describe('Challenges Controller', function() {
           value: 0,
         }
       ];
-      scope.clone(copyChallenge)
+      scope.clone(copyChallenge);
 
       expect( scope.newChallenge.name ).to.eql( copyChallenge.name );
       expect( scope.newChallenge.description ).to.eql( copyChallenge.description );
-      
       for( var property in copyChallenge.habits[0] ) {
-        if ( property == "_id" || property == "id" ) {
+        if ( property == "_id" || property == "id" || property == "dateCreated" ) {
           expect( scope.newChallenge.habits[0][property] ).to.not.eql( copyChallenge.habits[0][property] );
         } else {
           expect( scope.newChallenge.habits[0][property] ).to.eql( copyChallenge.habits[0][property] );
diff --git a/website/public/js/controllers/challengesCtrl.js b/website/public/js/controllers/challengesCtrl.js
index ba284a6146..a2b743d676 100644
--- a/website/public/js/controllers/challengesCtrl.js
+++ b/website/public/js/controllers/challengesCtrl.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ habitrpg.controller("ChallengesCtrl", ['$rootScope','$scope', 'Shared', 'User',
       function cloneTask(taskToClone, index, array) {
         var tmpTask = {};
         for( var property in taskToClone ) {
-          if ( property !== "_id" && property !== "id" ) {
+          if ( property !== "_id" && property !== "id" && property !== "dateCreated" ) {
             tmpTask[property] = taskToClone[property];
           }
         }