diff --git a/code/modules/lore_codex/news_data/main.dm b/code/modules/lore_codex/news_data/main.dm
index eb1ec4a607..16270733cf 100644
--- a/code/modules/lore_codex/news_data/main.dm
+++ b/code/modules/lore_codex/news_data/main.dm
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@
 		/datum/lore/codex/page/about_news,
 		)
 
-	var/newsindex = "103" //Update with number of latest article
+	var/newsindex
+
+/datum/lore/codex/category/main_news/New()
+	..()
+	newsindex = LAZYLEN(children)
 
 /datum/lore/codex/page/about_news
 	name = "About the Publisher"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
index 0ba8b4d147..512df98a92 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 	if(GLOB.news_data.station_newspaper && !client.seen_news && client.is_preference_enabled(/datum/client_preference/show_lore_news))
 		show_latest_news(GLOB.news_data.station_newspaper)
-		client.prefs.lastnews = GLOB.news_data.newsindex
+		client.prefs.lastlorenews = GLOB.news_data.newsindex
 		SScharacter_setup.queue_preferences_save(client.prefs)
 
 	panel = new(src, "Welcome","Welcome", 500, 480, src)