diff --git a/RAAspotter.py b/RAAspotter.py
index 87fd461b5b34021d2ce10d2cf6140e318138053e..79f18454b9e69a898d1587100ad4153042761e20 100644
--- a/RAAspotter.py
+++ b/RAAspotter.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class RAAspotter:
   class RAA:
     url      = ""
-    date     = datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 1)
+    date     = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)
     date_str = ""
     name     = ""
     filename = ""
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class RAAspotter:
     self.tor_enabled      = False
     self.tor_max_requests = 0
     self.tor_requests     = 0
-    self.not_before       = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)
+    self.not_before       = datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 1)
     self.smtp_configured  = False
     self.mastodon         = None
     self.mastodon_prefix  = ''
diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index 7f213c17ac0a4117bc9673b123365023be069a9c..5816df421e1bd068f47d91252ad68f0f8a3d9f4f 100755
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ else:
 if os.getenv('NOT_BEFORE'):
   __NOT_BEFORE = datetime.datetime.strptime(os.getenv('NOT_BEFORE'), '%Y-%m-%d')
 else:
-  __NOT_BEFORE = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)
+  __NOT_BEFORE = datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 1)
 __MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN = os.getenv('MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN')
 __MASTODON_INSTANCE = os.getenv('MASTODON_INSTANCE')