diff --git a/website/src/App.tsx b/website/src/App.tsx
index 94dfb0c..35fdf46 100644
--- a/website/src/App.tsx
+++ b/website/src/App.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import { Component } from "react";
 import {
+  capitalizeFirstLetter,
   defaultTextOptions,
   revertSpelling,
   standardizePashto,
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ import { searchAllInflections } from "./lib/search-all-inflections";
 import { addToWordlist } from "./lib/wordlist-database";
 import ScriptToPhonetics from "./screens/ScriptToPhonetics";
 
+const newWordsPeriod: "week" | "month" = "month";
+
 // to allow Moustrap key combos even when input fields are in focus
 Mousetrap.prototype.stopCallback = function () {
   return false;
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ class App extends Component<RouteComponentProps, State> {
         }
         if (this.props.location.pathname === "/new-entries") {
           this.setState({
-            results: dictionary.getNewWords("week"),
+            results: dictionary.getNewWords(newWordsPeriod),
             page: 1,
           });
         }
@@ -335,7 +338,7 @@ class App extends Component<RouteComponentProps, State> {
       }
       if (this.props.location.pathname === "/new-entries") {
         this.setState({
-          results: dictionary.getNewWords("week"),
+          results: dictionary.getNewWords(newWordsPeriod),
           page: 1,
         });
       }
@@ -647,7 +650,7 @@ class App extends Component<RouteComponentProps, State> {
                     to="/new-entries"
                     className="plain-link font-weight-light"
                   >
-                    <div className="my-4">New words this week</div>
+                    <div className="my-4">New words this {newWordsPeriod}</div>
                   </Link>
                   <div className="my-4 pt-3">
                     <Link
@@ -694,7 +697,9 @@ class App extends Component<RouteComponentProps, State> {
                 />
               </Route>
               <Route path="/new-entries">
-                <h4 className="mb-3">New Words This Month</h4>
+                <h4 className="mb-3">
+                  New Words This {capitalizeFirstLetter(newWordsPeriod)}
+                </h4>
                 {this.state.results.length ? (
                   <Results
                     state={this.state}
@@ -702,7 +707,7 @@ class App extends Component<RouteComponentProps, State> {
                     handleInflectionSearch={this.handleInflectionSearch}
                   />
                 ) : (
-                  <div>No new words added this month 😓</div>
+                  <div>No new words added this {newWordsPeriod}</div>
                 )}
               </Route>
               <Route path="/account">
diff --git a/website/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts b/website/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts
index a5931cb..8370f7a 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 import * as AT from "../types/account-types";
 
 export function objIsEqual(obj1: any, obj2: any): boolean {
-    if (!obj1 || !obj2) return false;
-    return JSON.stringify(obj1) === JSON.stringify(obj2);
+  if (!obj1 || !obj2) return false;
+  return JSON.stringify(obj1) === JSON.stringify(obj2);
 }
 
-export function userObjIsEqual(u1: AT.LingdocsUser | undefined, u2: AT.LingdocsUser | undefined): boolean {
-    if (!u1 || !u2) return false;
-    function removeFrills(u: AT.LingdocsUser) {
-        if (!("_rev" in u)) return u;
-        const { lastActive, _rev, ...rest } = u;
-        return rest;
-    }
-    return objIsEqual(removeFrills(u1), removeFrills(u2));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+export function userObjIsEqual(
+  u1: AT.LingdocsUser | undefined,
+  u2: AT.LingdocsUser | undefined
+): boolean {
+  if (!u1 || !u2) return false;
+  function removeFrills(u: AT.LingdocsUser) {
+    if (!("_rev" in u)) return u;
+    const { lastActive, _rev, ...rest } = u;
+    return rest;
+  }
+  return objIsEqual(removeFrills(u1), removeFrills(u2));
+}