diff --git a/mo/web/org_certs.py b/mo/web/org_certs.py
index 7c6dc6cdf4f29fef863abbfa0754c78ef0648127..18ab59c13704ffd8827374badab01f1287030c92 100644
--- a/mo/web/org_certs.py
+++ b/mo/web/org_certs.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def org_certificates(ct_id: int):
         cset = db.CertSet(
             contest_id=ct_id,
         )
-        dparams = DesignParams(issue_date=mo.now.strftime('%d. %B %Y'))
+        dparams = DesignParams(issue_date=mo.now.strftime('%e. %B %Y').strip())
     else:
         new_cset = False
         dparams = DesignParams.from_json(cset.design_params)