diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15cea2b..9413d93 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ python2 feedupdater.py
 ```
 
 To start the bot, run:
-
 ```
 python2 main.py
+```
+    or
+```
+python2 main.py 2>&1 > newsbot.log &
 ```
 
 If you want to run this as a systemd service, you can use the `rss2irc.service` file after adjusting the paths in there.
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 472d120..3f5b120 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 import irc.bot
 import irc.client
 import irc.connection
-import tinyurl
 import time
 import re
 import sys
 import feedparser
 import datetime
 import dateutil.parser
+import requests
 from colour import Colours
 from db import FeedDB
 from config import Config
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def on_join(self, connection, event):
             self.__first_start = True
 
     def welcome_msg(self):
-        msg = u"Hi, I'm the channel's " + self.get_bolded_text(self.__get_colored_text(self.color_feedname,"RSS")) + u" news publishing bot v2.0. Send " + self.__get_colored_text(self.color_num,"!help") + u" to receive a list of commands in private message (PM). If you find me annoying, you can to use " + self.__get_colored_text(self.color_num,"/IGNORE " + self.connection.get_nickname()) + u" to stop reading me."
+        msg = u"Hi, I'm the channel " + self.get_bolded_text(self.__get_colored_text(self.color_feedname,"RSS")) + u" news publishing bot v2.1. Send " + self.__get_colored_text(self.color_num,"!help") + u" to receive a command list in private message (PM). If you find me annoying, you can to use " + self.__get_colored_text(self.color_num,"/IGNORE " + self.connection.get_nickname()) + u" to stop reading me."
         time.sleep(1)
         return msg
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def post_news(self, feed_name, title, url, date):
         """Try shortening url"""
         if self.__config.shorturls:
             try:
-                post_url = tinyurl.create_one(url)
+                post_url = self.shorten(url)
                 if ("error" in post_url.lower()):
                     post_url = url
             except Exception as e:
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ def post_news(self, feed_name, title, url, date):
             print datetime.datetime.now(), e
             sys.stdout.flush()
 
+    def shorten(self, url):
+        try: # Trying to shorten URL
+            sresponse = requests.get('https://v.gd/create.php?format=json&url=' + url)
+            surl = sresponse.json()['shorturl']
+        except Exception as err:
+            print('A shortening error occurred.')
+            surl = url
+        return surl
+
     def __get_colored_text(self, color, text):
         if not self.__config.use_colors:
             return text
@@ -241,9 +250,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.__connected = False
 
     def __check_config(self):
-        necessary_options = ["HOST", "PORT", "PASSWORD", "SSL", "CHANNEL", "NICK", "admin_nicks", "use_colors",
-        "num_col", "date", "feedname", "shorturls", "dateformat", "feedlimit", "update_before_connecting",
-        "url", "feedorderdesc"]
+        necessary_options = ["HOST", "PORT", "PASSWORD", "SSL", "CHANNEL",
+        "use_colors", "num_col", "feedname", "newstitle", "url", "date", "shorturls", "dateformat", "feedlimit",
+        "postdelay", "feedorderdesc", "update_before_connecting", "filterkeywords"]
         missing_options = []
         for key in necessary_options:
             if not hasattr(self.__config, key):
diff --git a/config.py.sample b/config.py.sample
index 57c3fc5..4b8cd4f 100644
--- a/config.py.sample
+++ b/config.py.sample
@@ -5,21 +5,20 @@ class Config(object):
     lastpubmsg = 0
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.HOST = "irc.rizon.net"
+        self.HOST = 'irc.rizon.net'
         self.PORT = 9999
         self.PASSWORD = None
         self.SSL = True
-        self.NICK = "rss2irc"
-        self.NICKPASS = ""
-        self.CHANNEL = "#tests"
-        self.admin_nicks= ['']
+        self.NICK = 'rss2irc'
+        self.NICKPASS = ''
+        self.CHANNEL = '#tests'
 
-        """
+        '''
         00 - white          01 - black          02 - blue (navy)    03 - green
         04 - red            05 - brown          06 - purple         07 - orange
         08 - yellow         09 - light green    10 - teal           11 - cyan
         12 - light blue     13 - pink           14 - grey           15 - light grey
-        """
+        '''
 
         self.use_colors = True
         self.num_col = 'red'                        # Empty for dafault color
@@ -33,5 +32,6 @@ class Config(object):
         self.postdelay = 180                        # Post delay during conversation in seconds. 0 for off.
         self.feedorderdesc = False
         self.update_before_connecting = True        # Update all feeds before connecting to the IRC server
-        self.filterkeywords = {}                    # Lower-case keywords list to filter in title news. Use
-                                                    # {"one","two","three"} to activate or {} for deactivate.
+        self.filterkeywords = ()                    # Lower-case keywords list to filter in title news. Use
+                                                    # ('one','two','three') to activate or () for deactivate.
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index df2be02..2836f6a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ pytz==2016.4
 six==1.10.0
 git+https://github.com/palantir/sqlite3worker#egg=sqlite3worker
 tempora==1.4
-TinyUrl==0.1.0
+requests==2.25.1