diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/autograder/score/LateDayCalculator.java b/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/autograder/score/LateDayCalculator.java
index fe340f8bf..041895106 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/autograder/score/LateDayCalculator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/autograder/score/LateDayCalculator.java
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ public LateDayCalculator() {
     }
 
     public int calculateLateDays(Phase phase, String netId) throws GradingException, DataAccessException {
+        ZonedDateTime handInDate = ScorerHelper.getHandInDateZoned(netId);
+        return calculateLateDays(phase, netId, handInDate);
+    }
+
+    public int calculateLateDays(Phase phase, String netId, ZonedDateTime handInDate) throws GradingException, DataAccessException {
         if (!ApplicationProperties.useCanvas()) return 0;
 
         int assignmentNum = PhaseUtils.getPhaseAssignmentNumber(phase);
@@ -53,7 +58,6 @@ public int calculateLateDays(Phase phase, String netId) throws GradingException,
             throw new GradingException("Failed to get due date for assignment " + assignmentNum + " for user " + netId, e);
         }
 
-        ZonedDateTime handInDate = ScorerHelper.getHandInDateZoned(netId);
         return Math.min(getNumDaysLate(handInDate, dueDate), MAX_LATE_DAYS_TO_PENALIZE);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/autograder/score/Scorer.java b/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/autograder/score/Scorer.java
index 6f9a2296b..0a2ff9e16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/autograder/score/Scorer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/autograder/score/Scorer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -130,18 +131,21 @@ private Submission successfullyProcessSubmission(Rubric rubric, Rubric lateAppli
      * Note that this operation will be performed carefully so that existing RubricItem's in Canvas
      * will not be overwritten by the operation.
      *
-     * @param rubric A {@link Rubric} containing values to set in Canvas.
-     *               Any items not set will be populated with their value from Canvas.
-     * @param phase The phase being graded
-     * @param netId Net ID of student being
+     * @param submission Submission object of approved submission
      * @param penaltyPct The approved GIT_COMMITS penalty percentage
      * @throws GradingException When preconditions are not met.
      * @throws DataAccessException When the database cannot be reached.
      */
-    public static void attemptSendToCanvas(Rubric rubric, Phase phase, String netId, int penaltyPct, String commitPenaltyMsg) throws GradingException, DataAccessException {
+    public static void attemptSendApprovedScoreToCanvas(Submission submission, int penaltyPct, String commitPenaltyMsg) throws GradingException, DataAccessException {
+        Phase phase = submission.phase();
+        String netId = submission.netId();
         int canvasUserId = getCanvasUserId(netId);
         int assignmentNum = PhaseUtils.getPhaseAssignmentNumber(phase);
 
+        //TODO: undo this change when developing more permanent solution
+        int daysLate = new LateDayCalculator().calculateLateDays(phase, netId, submission.timestamp().atZone(ZoneId.of("America/Denver")));
+        Rubric rubric = applyLatePenalty(submission.rubric(), daysLate);
+
         CanvasRubricAssessment newAssessment = constructCanvasRubricAssessment(rubric, phase);
 
         if (PhaseUtils.phaseHasCommitPenalty(phase)) {
@@ -286,7 +290,7 @@ private boolean passed(Rubric rubric) {
         return passoffTestItem.results().score() >= passoffTestItem.results().possiblePoints();
     }
 
-    private Rubric applyLatePenalty(Rubric rubric, int daysLate) {
+    private static Rubric applyLatePenalty(Rubric rubric, int daysLate) {
         EnumMap<Rubric.RubricType, Rubric.RubricItem> items = new EnumMap<>(Rubric.RubricType.class);
         float lateAdjustment = daysLate * PER_DAY_LATE_PENALTY;
         for(Map.Entry<Rubric.RubricType, Rubric.RubricItem> entry : rubric.items().entrySet()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/util/SubmissionUtils.java b/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/util/SubmissionUtils.java
index 2cb7b815d..93d0b7e5c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/util/SubmissionUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/util/SubmissionUtils.java
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ public static void approveSubmission(
         // Send score to Grade-book
         float approvedScore = Scorer.prepareModifiedScore(withheldSubmission.score(), penaltyPct);
         String gitCommitsComment = "Submission initially blocked due to low commits. Submission approved by admin " + approverNetId;
-        Scorer.attemptSendToCanvas(withheldSubmission.rubric(), withheldSubmission.phase(), withheldSubmission.netId(),
-                penaltyPct, gitCommitsComment);
+        Scorer.attemptSendApprovedScoreToCanvas(withheldSubmission, penaltyPct, gitCommitsComment);
 
         // Done
         LOGGER.info("Approved submission for %s on phase %s with score %f. Approval by %s. Affected %d submissions."