diff --git a/discorss.py b/discorss.py
index be76e69..4fe079b 100755
--- a/discorss.py
+++ b/discorss.py
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ import time
 import os
 import re
 
-config_dir = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
+config_dir = os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
+home_dir = Path.home()
 if config_dir is None:
-    config_file_path = r"~/.config/discorss/discorss.conf"
-    config_dir = r"~/.config/discorss"
+    config_file_path = str(home_dir) + "/.config/discorss/discorss.conf"
+    config_dir = str(home_dir) + "/.config/discorss"
 else:
     config_file_path = config_dir + r"/discorss/discorss.conf"
 log_file_path = r"/var/log/discorss"
@@ -30,30 +31,26 @@ log_file_path = r"/var/log/discorss"
 log_file_name = r"/app.log"
 # Yes, I know you "can't parse HTML with regex", but
 # just watch me.
-html_filter = re.compile(r"\<\/?([A-Za-z \"\=])*\>")
+html_filter = re.compile(r"\<\/?([A-Za-z \:\.\/\"\=])*\>")
 success_codes = ["200", "201", "202", "203", "204", "205", "206"]
 
 
 # This function gets and formats the brief excerpt that goes in the embed
 # Different feeds put summaries in different fields, so we pick the best
-# one and limit it to 150 characters.
+# one and limit it to 250 characters.
 # TODO: make the character limit smarter, as to split at a natural point
 def get_description(feed):
     try:
         temporary_string = str(feed.entries[0]["summary_detail"]["value"])
         temporary_string = html_filter.sub("", temporary_string)
         desc = (
-            temporary_string[:150]
-            if len(temporary_string) > 150
-            else temporary_string
+            temporary_string[:250] if len(temporary_string) > 250 else temporary_string
         )
     except KeyError:
         temporary_string = str(feed.entries[0]["description"])
         temporary_string = html_filter.sub("", temporary_string)
         desc = (
-            temporary_string[:150]
-            if len(temporary_string) > 150
-            else temporary_string
+            temporary_string[:250] if len(temporary_string) > 250 else temporary_string
         )
     return desc
 
@@ -62,13 +59,22 @@ def main():
     os.environ["TZ"] = "America/Toronto"
     time.tzset()
     # Check for log and config files/paths, create empty directories if needed
+    # TODO: make this cleaner
     try:
         Path(log_file_path).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     except FileExistsError:
-        print("The logfile path {} already exists and is not a directory!".format(log_file_path))
+        print(
+            "The logfile path {} already exists and is not a directory!".format(
+                log_file_path
+            )
+        )
     if not Path(config_file_path).exists():
-        print("No config file at {}! Snarf.\n{} was created for you.".format(config_file_path, config_dir))
-        Path(config_file_path).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        print(
+            "No config file at {}! Snarf.\n{} was created for you.".format(
+                config_file_path, config_dir
+            )
+        )
+        Path(config_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         return
     with open(config_file_path, "r") as config_file:
         app_config = json.load(config_file)
@@ -76,15 +82,16 @@ def main():
     try:
         last_check = app_config["lastupdate"]
     except KeyError:
-        last_check = (
-            now - 21600
-        )  # first run, no lastupdate, check up to 6 hours ago
+        last_check = now - 21600  # first run, no lastupdate, check up to 6 hours ago
     for i, hook in enumerate(app_config["feeds"]):
         # Get the feed
-        feed = feedparser.parse(hook["url"])
-        published_time = time.mktime(feed.entries[0]["published_parsed"])
-        published_time = published_time + hook["offset"]
         print("Parsing feed {}...".format(hook["name"]))
+        feed = feedparser.parse(hook["url"])
+        try:
+            published_time = time.mktime(feed.entries[0]["published_parsed"])
+            published_time = published_time + hook["offset"]
+        except KeyError:
+            published_time = now - 10  # Not sure what a sensible default here is
         # Hash the title of the latest post and use that to determine if it's been posted
         new_hash = hashlib.sha3_512(
             bytes(feed.entries[0]["title"], "utf-8")
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ def main():
             "attachments": [],
         }
         custom_header = {
-            "user-agent": "DiscoRSS (https://git.frzn.dev/amr/discorss, 0.2rc1)",
+            "user-agent": "DiscoRSS (https://git.frzn.dev/amr/discorss, 0.2rc2)",
             "content-type": "application/json",
         }
         webhook_string = json.dumps(webhook)