diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 145d3b4..aaffc92 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ inputs:
     description: >
       Your unique userid on adventofcode.com, obtain it from **YOUR** private leaderboard url (its the number at the end of the url).
     required: true
+  year:
+    description: >
+      The year for which the stats should be retrived. 
+      If not speified, the current year (from system time) is used.
+    required: false
   leaderboard:
     description: >
       The url of your leaderboard json file. 
diff --git a/aoc-badges.py b/aoc-badges.py
index f31c99b..1bd2d58 100644
--- a/aoc-badges.py
+++ b/aoc-badges.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from datetime import date, timedelta
 
 # environment variables
+year = os.getenv('INPUT_YEAR')
 leaderboard = os.getenv('INPUT_LEADERBOARD')
 session = os.getenv('INPUT_SESSION')
 readme = os.getenv('INPUT_FILE')
@@ -13,8 +14,10 @@
 day_regex = os.getenv('INPUT_DAYREGEX')
 stars_regex = os.getenv('INPUT_STARSREGEX')
 days_completed_regex = os.getenv('INPUT_DAYSCOMPLETEDREGEX')
+if year is None or not leaderboard :
+  year = date.today().year
 if leaderboard is None or not leaderboard :
-  leaderboard = 'https://adventofcode.com/2020/leaderboard/private/view/' + id + ".json"
+  leaderboard = 'https://adventofcode.com/%s/leaderboard/private/view/%s.json' % (year, id)
 
 # fetch stars
 cookie = { 'session' : session }