diff --git a/scripts/configure.pl b/scripts/configure.pl
index 4ef2d131..973786b6 100755
--- a/scripts/configure.pl
+++ b/scripts/configure.pl
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 use warnings;
 use strict;
+use POSIX qw(strftime);
+
+
+sub nightly {
+    strftime "%Y%m%d", localtime;
+}
 
 
 our $CONFIG = do $ENV{GLUONDIR} . '/site/site.conf';