diff --git a/discorss.py b/discorss.py
index 8513a97..bf431b9 100755
--- a/discorss.py
+++ b/discorss.py
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ from types import SimpleNamespace
 class Discorss:
     FEED_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 15
     HASH_HISTORY_LIMIT = 10
-    APP_VERSION = "0.3rc2"
-    IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = (".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif", ".webp")
+    APP_VERSION = "0.3rc1"
 
     def __init__(self, args=None):
         if args is None:
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ class Discorss:
         # Yes, I know you "can't parse HTML with regex", but
         # just watch me.
         self.html_filter = re.compile(r"\<\/?([A-Za-z0-9 \:\.\-\/\"\=])*\>")
-        self.img_src_filter = re.compile(r'<img[^>]+src=["\']([^"\']+)["\']', re.I)
         self.success_codes = [200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206]
         self.app_config = {}
 
@@ -144,37 +142,29 @@ class Discorss:
             last_check,
             self.now,
         )
-        embed = {
-            "title": str(latest_post["title"]),
-            "url": str(latest_post["link"]),
-            "color": 2123412,
-            "footer": {
-                "text": "DiscoRSS",
-                "icon_url": "https://frzn.dev/~amr/images/discorss.png",
-            },
-            "author": {
-                "name": str(hook["name"]),
-                "url": str(hook["siteurl"]),
-            },
-            "fields": [
+        webhook = {
+            "embeds": [
                 {
-                    "name": "Excerpt from post:",
-                    "value": self.get_description(latest_post),
+                    "title": str(latest_post["title"]),
+                    "url": str(latest_post["link"]),
+                    "color": 2123412,
+                    "footer": {
+                        "text": "DiscoRSS",
+                        "icon_url": "https://frzn.dev/~amr/images/discorss.png",
+                    },
+                    "author": {
+                        "name": str(hook["name"]),
+                        "url": str(hook["siteurl"]),
+                    },
+                    "fields": [
+                        {
+                            "name": "Excerpt from post:",
+                            "value": self.get_description(latest_post),
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    # "timestamp": str(self.now),
                 }
             ],
-            # "timestamp": str(self.now),
-        }
-        self.logger.debug(
-            "Checking for images in post %s from %s...",
-            latest_post["title"],
-            hook["name"],
-        )
-        image_url = self.get_image_url(latest_post)
-        if image_url is not None:
-            embed["thumbnail"] = {"url": image_url}
-
-        webhook = {
-            "embeds": [embed],
             "attachments": [],
         }
         custom_header = {
@@ -274,58 +264,6 @@ class Discorss:
             desc = desc + str(addons)
         return desc
 
-    # attempting to extract image previews from feeds which primarily feature
-    # images, like NASA's Picture of the Day feed
-    def get_image_url(self, feed):
-        image_candidates = []
-        # check the most common fields, this should catch the majority of image
-        # feeds' embedded urls
-        for media in feed.get("media_content", []):
-            if self.is_image_url(media.get("url"), media.get("type")):
-                image_candidates.append(media["url"])
-
-        for enclosure in feed.get("enclosures", []):
-            if self.is_image_url(enclosure.get("href"), enclosure.get("type")):
-                image_candidates.append(enclosure["href"])
-
-        for link in feed.get("links", []):
-            if self.is_image_url(link.get("href"), link.get("type")):
-                image_candidates.append(link["href"])
-
-        for media in feed.get("media_thumbnail", []):
-            if self.is_image_url(media.get("url"), media.get("type")):
-                image_candidates.append(media["url"])
-
-        for field in ["summary_detail", "content"]:
-            value = feed.get(field)
-            if isinstance(value, list):
-                values = [item.get("value", "") for item in value]
-            elif isinstance(value, dict):
-                values = [value.get("value", "")]
-            else:
-                values = []
-            for text in values:
-                match = self.img_src_filter.search(str(text))
-                if match and self.is_image_url(match.group(1)):
-                    image_candidates.append(match.group(1))
-        self.logger.debug("Found the following image candidates in %s...", feed["name"])
-        for i in image_candidates:
-            self.logger.debug("%s", i)
-        if len(image_candidates) > 0:
-            return image_candidates[0]
-        return None
-
-    # a silly little helper just to validate image links
-    # this isn't 100% foolproof but it should work for the
-    # vast majority of feeds out there, unless they use some
-    # really weird image type like image/bpg
-    def is_image_url(self, url, mime_type=None):
-        if not url:
-            return False
-        if mime_type and str(mime_type).lower().startswith("image/"):
-            return True
-        return str(url).lower().split("?", 1)[0].endswith(self.IMAGE_EXTENSIONS)
-
     # Some of this could go in __init__
     def setup(self):
         os.environ["TZ"] = "America/Toronto"
@@ -336,7 +274,7 @@ class Discorss:
         logging.basicConfig(
             filename=self.log_file_path,
             encoding="utf-8",
-            level=logging.ERROR,
+            level=logging.WARNING,
             datefmt="%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S",
             format="%(asctime)s [%(threadName)s] -> %(levelname)s: %(message)s",
         )