diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index da9cb1f..28b2b20c 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ python-dotenv
 discord.py
 feedparser
 beautifulsoup4
+types-beautifulsoup4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0d72f01..f3d3012 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -36,5 +36,9 @@ sgmllib3k==1.0.0
     # via feedparser
 soupsieve==2.5
     # via beautifulsoup4
+types-beautifulsoup4==4.12.0.20240511
+    # via -r requirements.in
+types-html5lib==1.1.11.20240806
+    # via types-beautifulsoup4
 yarl==1.9.4
     # via aiohttp
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d3f12e2..a6569d5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ strict_equality = True
 
 scripts_are_modules = True
 warn_unused_configs = True
+
+[mypy-feedparser.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/src/bot.py b/src/bot.py
index 2f8e77d..3f2f860 100644
--- a/src/bot.py
+++ b/src/bot.py
@@ -6,16 +6,19 @@
 
 import discord
 from discord import app_commands
+from discord.ext import tasks
 
+from src.rss import check_posts
 from src.constants import (
     SPECIAL_ROLE,
     VERIFIED_ROLE,
     CHANNEL_PREFIX,
     VOLUNTEER_ROLE,
+    FEED_CHANNEL_NAME,
+    FEED_CHECK_INTERVAL,
     ANNOUNCE_CHANNEL_NAME,
     WELCOME_CATEGORY_NAME,
     PASSWORDS_CHANNEL_NAME,
-    FEED_CHECK_INTERVAL,
 )
 from src.commands.join import join
 from src.commands.team import (
@@ -27,10 +30,6 @@
     create_team_channel,
 )
 
-from discord.ext import tasks
-
-from src.rss import check_posts
-
 
 class BotClient(discord.Client):
     logger: logging.Logger
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@ class BotClient(discord.Client):
     welcome_category: discord.CategoryChannel
     announce_channel: discord.TextChannel
     passwords_channel: discord.TextChannel
+    feed_channel: discord.TextChannel
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.tree = app_commands.CommandTree(self)
         guild_id = os.getenv('DISCORD_GUILD_ID')
         if guild_id is None or not guild_id.isnumeric():
-            logger.error("Invalid guild ID")
+            self.logger.error("Invalid guild ID")
             exit(1)
         self.guild = discord.Object(id=int(guild_id))
         team = Team()
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ async def setup_hook(self) -> None:
         # This copies the global commands over to your guild.
         self.tree.copy_global_to(guild=self.guild)
         await self.tree.sync(guild=self.guild)
-
-    async def setup_hook(self) -> None:
         self.check_for_new_blog_posts.start()
 
     async def on_ready(self) -> None:
@@ -88,6 +86,7 @@ async def on_ready(self) -> None:
         welcome_category = discord.utils.get(guild.categories, name=WELCOME_CATEGORY_NAME)
         announce_channel = discord.utils.get(guild.text_channels, name=ANNOUNCE_CHANNEL_NAME)
         passwords_channel = discord.utils.get(guild.text_channels, name=PASSWORDS_CHANNEL_NAME)
+        feed_channel = discord.utils.get(guild.text_channels, name=FEED_CHANNEL_NAME)
 
         if (
             verified_role is None
@@ -96,6 +95,7 @@ async def on_ready(self) -> None:
             or welcome_category is None
             or announce_channel is None
             or passwords_channel is None
+            or feed_channel is None
         ):
             logging.error("Roles and channels are not set up")
             exit(1)
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ async def on_ready(self) -> None:
             self.welcome_category = welcome_category
             self.announce_channel = announce_channel
             self.passwords_channel = passwords_channel
+            self.feed_channel = feed_channel
 
     async def on_member_join(self, member: discord.Member) -> None:
         name = member.display_name
@@ -143,15 +144,14 @@ async def on_member_remove(self, member: discord.Member) -> None:
                 self.logger.info(f"Deleted channel '{channel.name}', because it has no users.")
 
     @tasks.loop(seconds=FEED_CHECK_INTERVAL)
-    async def check_for_new_blog_posts(self):
+    async def check_for_new_blog_posts(self) -> None:
         self.logger.info("Checking for new blog posts")
-        await check_posts(self.get_guild(int(os.getenv('DISCORD_GUILD_ID'))))
+        await check_posts(self.feed_channel)
 
     @check_for_new_blog_posts.before_loop
-    async def before_check_for_new_blog_posts(self):
+    async def before_check_for_new_blog_posts(self) -> None:
         await self.wait_until_ready()
 
-
     async def load_passwords(self) -> AsyncGenerator[Tuple[str, str], None]:
         """
         Returns a mapping from role name to the password for that role.
diff --git a/src/rss.py b/src/rss.py
index 2acb5a3..90e4e33 100644
--- a/src/rss.py
+++ b/src/rss.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from feedparser import FeedParserDict
 
-from src.constants import FEED_URL, FEED_CHANNEL_NAME
+from src.constants import FEED_URL
 
 
 def get_seen_posts() -> List[str]:
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ def add_seen_post(post_id: str) -> None:
         f.write(post_id + '\n')
 
 
-async def check_posts(guild: discord.Guild) -> None:
+async def check_posts(channel: discord.TextChannel) -> None:
     feed = feedparser.parse(FEED_URL)
-    channel = discord.utils.get(guild.channels, name=FEED_CHANNEL_NAME)
     post = feed.entries[0]
 
     if post.id + "\n" not in get_seen_posts():
@@ -34,12 +33,16 @@ async def check_posts(guild: discord.Guild) -> None:
 
 def create_embed(post: FeedParserDict) -> discord.Embed:
     soup = BeautifulSoup(post.content[0].value, 'html.parser')
+    text = ""
+
+    if soup.p:
+        text = soup.p.text
 
     embed = discord.Embed(
         title=post.title,
         type="article",
         url=post.link,
-        description=soup.p.text,
+        description=text,
     )
 
     if len(post.media_thumbnail) > 0: