diff --git a/data/embeds/ufora.py b/data/embeds/ufora.py
index c445e1b..2f2dbe3 100644
--- a/data/embeds/ufora.py
+++ b/data/embeds/ufora.py
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from discord import Embed, Colour
 from functions.stringFormatters import leadingZero as lz
 from functions.timeFormatters import intToWeekday
-from markdownify import markdownify as md
+from html import unescape
 import pytz
+import re
 
 
 class UforaNotification:
     def __init__(self, content: dict, course, notif_id, course_id):
         self._content: dict = content
         self._course = course
-        self._notif_id = notif_id
-        self._course_id = course_id
+        self._notif_id, self._course_id = notif_id, course_id
         self._view_url = self._create_url()
         self._title = self._clean_content(self._content["title"])
         self._description = self._get_description()
@@ -40,24 +40,54 @@ class UforaNotification:
     def _get_description(self):
         desc = self._clean_content(self._content["summary"])
 
-        if len(desc) > 4096:
-            return desc[:4093] + "..."
+        if len(desc) > 500:
+            return desc[:497] + "..."
 
         return desc
 
     def _clean_content(self, text: str):
-        return md(text)
+        # Dict with HTML & markdown tags to replace
+        html_table = {
+            # CHARACTERS:
+            "&": '&',
+            """: '"',
+            "apos;": "'",
+            ">": ">",
+            "&lt;": "<",
+            # MARKDOWN SUPPORT:
+            "<b>": "**",
+            "</b>": "**",
+            "<strong>": "**",
+            "</strong>": "**",
+            "<i>": "*",
+            "</i>": "*",
+            "<em>": "*",
+            "</em>": "*",
+            "<del>": "~~",
+            "</del>": "~~",
+            "<ins>": "__",
+            "</ins>": "__",
+            # Represent paragraphs with newlines
+            "</p>": "\n",
+            "<br>": "\n",
+            "<br/>": "\n",
+            "<br />": "\n"
+        }
+
+        # Unescape HTML
+        for key, value in html_table.items():
+            text = text.replace(key, value)
+
+        # Remove HTML tags
+        return unescape(re.sub(r"<[^>]*>", "", text))
 
     def _get_published(self):
-        # Datetime is unable to parse the timezone because it's useless
-        # We will hereby cut it out and pray the timezone will always be UTC+0
-        published = self._content["published"].rsplit(" ", 1)[0]
-        time_string = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S"
-        dt = datetime.strptime(published, time_string)\
+        time_string = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"
+        dt = datetime.strptime(self._content["published"], time_string)\
             .astimezone(pytz.timezone("Europe/Brussels"))
 
-        # Apply timezone offset in a hacky way
-        dt = dt + dt.utcoffset()
+        # Apply timezone offset
+        dt = dt + timedelta(hours=dt.utcoffset().seconds//3600)
 
         return "{} {}/{}/{} om {}:{}:{}".format(
             intToWeekday(dt.weekday()),
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 036bf7e..dc9dcba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ quart==0.15.1
 Quart-CORS==0.5.0
 attrs~=21.2.0
 dacite~=1.6.0
-pytest==6.2.4
-markdownify==0.9.2
\ No newline at end of file
+pytest==6.2.4
\ No newline at end of file