diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list/item.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/list/item.pug
index a4bb240c4b..bfc53a8360 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list/item.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list/item.pug
@@ -38,4 +38,7 @@
 			tooltip-append-to-body="true"
 		)
 .col-xs-4
-	span.last-modified {{project.lastUpdated | formatDate}}
\ No newline at end of file
+	if settings.overleaf
+		span.last-modified(tooltip="{{project.lastUpdated | formatDate}}") {{project.lastUpdated | fromNowDate}}
+	else
+		span.last-modified {{project.lastUpdated | formatDate}}
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list/v1-item.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/list/v1-item.pug
index 68f7b2af63..b4a3ccb99d 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list/v1-item.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list/v1-item.pug
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 	span.owner {{ownerName()}}
 
 .col-xs-4
-	span.last-modified {{project.lastUpdated | formatDate}}
\ No newline at end of file
+	span.last-modified(tooltip="{{project.lastUpdated | formatDate}}") {{project.lastUpdated | fromNowDate}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/filters/formatDate.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/filters/formatDate.coffee
index 5b8c9e10c6..28c4ad23ba 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/filters/formatDate.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/filters/formatDate.coffee
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ define [
 	App.filter "relativeDate", () ->
 		(date) ->
 			moment(date).calendar()
+
+	App.filter "fromNowDate", () ->
+		(date) ->
+			moment(date).fromNow()