diff --git a/application/libraries/Aauth.php b/application/libraries/Aauth.php
index 3b5a660..37e214c 100644
--- a/application/libraries/Aauth.php
+++ b/application/libraries/Aauth.php
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ class Aauth {
 			'receiver_id' => $receiver_id,
 			'title' => $title,
 			'message' => $message,
-			'date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')
+			'date_sent' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')
 		);
 
 		return $query = $this->aauth_db->insert( $this->config_vars['pms'], $data );
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ class Aauth {
 		}
 
 		$query = $this->aauth_db->where('receiver_id', $receiver_id);
-		$query = $this->aauth_db->where('read', 0);
+		$query = $this->aauth_db->where('date_read', NULL);
 		$query = $this->aauth_db->get( $this->config_vars['pms'] );
 
 		return $query->num_rows();
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ class Aauth {
 	public function set_as_read_pm($pm_id){
 
 		$data = array(
-			'read' => 1,
+			'date_read' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')
 		);
 
 		$this->aauth_db->update( $this->config_vars['pms'], $data, "id = $pm_id");
diff --git a/sql/Aauth_v2.sql b/sql/Aauth_v2.sql
index 86f9520..c8a52de 100644
--- a/sql/Aauth_v2.sql
+++ b/sql/Aauth_v2.sql
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ CREATE TABLE `aauth_pms` (
   `receiver_id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL,
   `title` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `message` text,
-  `date` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
-  `read` tinyint(1) DEFAULT '0',
+  `date_sent` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
+  `date_read` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `full_index` (`id`,`sender_id`,`receiver_id`,`read`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;