diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 789dd83..376bb46 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /target
 blogdor.db
 secrets
+.env
diff --git a/blogdor.service b/blogdor.service
index d26e44a..186dfdd 100644
--- a/blogdor.service
+++ b/blogdor.service
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 Type=exec
 User=blogdor
 Group=blogdor
-ExecStart=/var/lib/blogdor/blogdor -e /var/lib/blogdor/.env
+EnvironmentFile=/var/lib/blogdor/.env
+ExecStart=/var/lib/blogdor/blogdor
 TimeoutStopSec=5s
 LimitNOFILE=1048576
 LimitNPROC=512
diff --git a/sample-dot-env b/sample-dot-env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee903a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-dot-env
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+DATABASE_URL=sqlite://blogdor.db
+DATABASE_FILE=./blogdor.db
+ZULIP_TOKEN=a_token
+ZULIP_URL=http://localhost:8000
+BLOGDOR_TO_ZULIP_EMAIL=blogdor-incoming-bot@zulip-host
+ZULIP_TO_BLOGDOR_EMAIL=blogdor-outgoing-bot@zulip-host
+ZULIP_CHANNEL=35
+BLOGDOR_TOKEN=another_token
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 14fd0fd..422333f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -304,9 +304,10 @@ async fn check_feed(
                 feed_url: url.clone(),
                 title: post
                     .title
+                    .clone()
                     .map(|t| t.content)
                     .unwrap_or("Blogdor Says: NO POST TITLE".to_string()),
-                published: post.published.unwrap_or(now),
+                published: post.posted().unwrap_or(now),
                 received: now,
                 feed_description: feed.description.to_owned().map(|d| d.content),
                 body: post.content.and_then(|c| {