diff --git a/bin/ljsend b/bin/ljsend
index 6bfa43a..c4d9186 100755
--- a/bin/ljsend
+++ b/bin/ljsend
@@ -28,20 +28,14 @@ Dir.open("#{outgoingdir}") do |d|
                 "Music" => :current_music,
                 "Userpic" => :picture,
                 "Security" => :security,
-                "Preformatted" => :preformatted
+                "Preformatted" => :preformatted,
+                "Backdate" => :backdated
             }.each do |header, option|
                 if posting[header] != "" then
                     opts[option] = posting[header]
                 end
             end
 
-            if opts.has_key? "Backdate" then
-                if opts["Backdate"] then
-                    opts["opt_backdated"] = true
-                end
-                opts.delete "Backdate"
-            end
-
             if posting["Date"] != "" then
                 unless posting["Date"].respond_to? :strftime
                     posting["Date"] = DateTime.parse(posting["Date"])
diff --git a/lib/livejournaller.rb b/lib/livejournaller.rb
index 41dca6f..ac4e998 100644
--- a/lib/livejournaller.rb
+++ b/lib/livejournaller.rb
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ def post subject, text, options = {}
             :preformatted => :opt_preformatted,
             :nocomments => :opt_nocomments,
             :picture => :picture_keyword,
-            :noemail => :opt_noemail
+            :noemail => :opt_noemail,
+            :backdated => :opt_backdated
         }.each do |option_name, lj_option_name|
             if options[option_name] then
                 callhash[:props][lj_option_name] = options[option_name]