diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index cfd5deda..d9121aa5 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -5,4 +5,15 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def site_sidebar?
     can?(:manage, Spotlight::Site.instance) || can?(:create, Spotlight::Exhibit)
   end
+
+  # site_title pulls from the db if configured through the UI.
+  #   otherwise use the val from the blacklight locale file.
+  #   We need this because application_name helper changes to include exhibit titles
+  def header_title
+    site_title || t("blacklight.application_name")
+  end
+
+  def current_year
+    Date.today.year
+  end
 end