diff --git a/src/feed.py b/src/feed.py
index 69d0e82..e2cfb1f 100644
--- a/src/feed.py
+++ b/src/feed.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import json
 import copy
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
 import aiohttp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class RSSItem:
         description = entry.get('description', None)
 
         pub_date = entry.get('published_parsed', None)
-        pub_date = datetime(*pub_date[0:-2] if pub_date else None)
+        pub_date = datetime(*pub_date[0:6], tzinfo=timezone.utc)
 
         image_url = entry.get("media_content", [{}])[0].get("url")
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class Subscription(DjangoDataModel):
             "title": item.pop("article_title_mutators"),
             "description": item.pop("article_desc_mutators")
         }
-        item["published_threshold"] = datetime.strptime(item["published_threshold"], "%Y-%m-%d")
+        item["published_threshold"] = datetime.strptime(item["published_threshold"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z")
 
         return item