diff --git a/src/zona/builder.py b/src/zona/builder.py
index 549abbd..703bc2d 100644
--- a/src/zona/builder.py
+++ b/src/zona/builder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import shutil
-from datetime import date
+from datetime import date, datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from feedgen.feed import FeedGenerator
@@ -101,11 +101,9 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
                 items.append(item)
         self.items = items
 
-    def generate_feed(self) -> bytes:
+    def generate_feed(self) -> str:
         post_list = self._get_post_list()
         config = self.config.feed
-        if config.link.endswith("/"):
-            config.link = config.link[:-2]
         fg = FeedGenerator()
         fg.id(config.link)
         fg.title(config.title)
@@ -114,11 +112,7 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
             "email": config.author.email,
         }
         fg.author(author)
-        fg.link(
-            href=f"{config.link}/{config.path}",
-            rel="self",
-            type="application/rss+xml",
-        )
+        fg.link(href=config.link, rel="self")
         fg.language(config.language)
         fg.description(config.description)
 
@@ -126,18 +120,14 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
             assert post.metadata
             fe = fg.add_entry()  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownVariableType]
             fe.id(f"{config.link}{util.normalize_url(post.url)}")  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
-            fe.link(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
-                href=f"{config.link}{util.normalize_url(post.url)}"
-            )
             fe.title(post.metadata.title)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
             fe.author(author)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
-            desc = post.metadata.description
-            fe.description(desc)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
+            fe.description(post.metadata.description)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
             date = post.metadata.date
-            fe.pubDate(date)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
-        out: bytes = fg.rss_str(pretty=True)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownVariableType]
-        assert isinstance(out, bytes)
-        return out
+            # ISSUE: lack of timezone causes an error, need to add TZ config option
+            dt = datetime.combine(date, datetime.min.time())
+            fe.pubDate(dt)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
+        return fg.rss_str(pretty=True)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownVariableType]
 
     def _get_post_list(self) -> list[Item]:
         assert self.items
@@ -228,4 +218,4 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
         logger.debug("Building...")
         self._build()
         self.fresh = False
-        print(self.generate_feed().decode())
+        # print(self.generate_feed())
diff --git a/src/zona/config.py b/src/zona/config.py
index 84844c7..712158d 100644
--- a/src/zona/config.py
+++ b/src/zona/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from datetime import datetime, tzinfo
+from datetime import tzinfo
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import yaml
 from dacite import Config as DaciteConfig
 from dacite import from_dict
 
+from zona import util
 from zona.log import get_logger
 
 logger = get_logger()
@@ -31,17 +32,9 @@ def find_config(start: Path | None = None) -> Path | None:
 SitemapConfig = dict[str, str]
 
 
-@dataclass
-class PostDefaultsConfig:
-    description: str = "A blog post"
-
-
 @dataclass
 class BlogConfig:
     dir: str = "blog"
-    defaults: PostDefaultsConfig = field(
-        default_factory=PostDefaultsConfig
-    )
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -93,7 +86,7 @@ class AuthorConfig:
 class FeedConfig:
     enabled: bool = True
     timezone: tzinfo = field(default_factory=lambda: ZoneInfo("UTC"))
-    path: str = "rss.xml"
+    path: str = "feed.xml"
     link: str = "https://example.com"
     title: str = "Zona Website"
     description: str = "My zona website."
diff --git a/src/zona/metadata.py b/src/zona/metadata.py
index 4551117..9f0ada6 100644
--- a/src/zona/metadata.py
+++ b/src/zona/metadata.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from zona.config import ZonaConfig
 class Metadata:
     title: str
     date: datetime
-    description: str
+    description: str | None
     show_title: bool = True
     show_date: bool = True
     show_nav: bool = True
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ def parse_metadata(
     defaults = {
         "title": zona.util.filename_to_title(path),
         "date": datetime.fromtimestamp(path.stat().st_ctime),
-        "description": config.blog.defaults.description,
     }
     meta = {**defaults, **raw_meta}
     meta["date"] = parse_date(meta.get("date"), config.feed.timezone)