diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3b24b2..73822bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 .fake
 src/**/bin
 src/**/obj
-src/**/appsettings.*.json
\ No newline at end of file
+src/**/appsettings.*.json
+src/.vs
diff --git a/src/JobsJobsJobs/Server/Data/CitizenExtensions.cs b/src/JobsJobsJobs/Server/Data/CitizenExtensions.cs
index 01a5eca..b2e4cd2 100644
--- a/src/JobsJobsJobs/Server/Data/CitizenExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/JobsJobsJobs/Server/Data/CitizenExtensions.cs
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ namespace JobsJobsJobs.Server.Data
         /// <returns>A populated citizen</returns>
         private static Citizen ToCitizen(NpgsqlDataReader rdr) =>
             new Citizen(CitizenId.Parse(rdr.GetString("id")), rdr.GetString("na_user"), rdr.GetString("display_name"),
-                rdr.GetString("profile_url"), new Milliseconds(rdr.GetInt64("joined_on")),
-                new Milliseconds(rdr.GetInt64("last_seen_on")));
+                rdr.GetString("profile_url"), rdr.GetMilliseconds("joined_on"), rdr.GetMilliseconds("last_seen_on"));
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Retrieve a citizen by their No Agenda Social user name
diff --git a/src/JobsJobsJobs/Server/Data/NpgsqlDataReaderExtensions.cs b/src/JobsJobsJobs/Server/Data/NpgsqlDataReaderExtensions.cs
index 6663fcc..f5bbda4 100644
--- a/src/JobsJobsJobs/Server/Data/NpgsqlDataReaderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/JobsJobsJobs/Server/Data/NpgsqlDataReaderExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Npgsql;
+using JobsJobsJobs.Shared;
+using Npgsql;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -24,5 +25,13 @@ namespace JobsJobsJobs.Server.Data
         /// <param name="name">The name of the field to be retrieved as a 64-bit integer</param>
         /// <returns>The specified field as a 64-bit integer</returns>
         public static long GetInt64(this NpgsqlDataReader rdr, string name) => rdr.GetInt64(rdr.GetOrdinal(name));
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get milliseconds by its name
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The name of the field to be retrieved as milliseconds</param>
+        /// <returns>The specified field as milliseconds</returns>
+        public static Milliseconds GetMilliseconds(this NpgsqlDataReader rdr, string name) =>
+            new Milliseconds(rdr.GetInt64(name));
     }
 }