diff --git a/internal/rss/rss.go b/internal/rss/rss.go
index 20bd87a..e2ef36a 100644
--- a/internal/rss/rss.go
+++ b/internal/rss/rss.go
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ func feedToRSS(f config.Feed, feed *gofeed.Feed) RSS {
 
 		ni.Categories = it.Categories
 
-		ni.PubDate = *it.PublishedParsed
+		// PublishedParsed will be nil if parsing failed
+		if it.PublishedParsed != nil {
+			ni.PubDate = *it.PublishedParsed
+		}
+
 		ni.FeedName = f.Name
 
 		items = append(items, ni)
diff --git a/internal/rss/rss_test.go b/internal/rss/rss_test.go
index 8ba5063..a367c94 100644
--- a/internal/rss/rss_test.go
+++ b/internal/rss/rss_test.go
@@ -13,28 +13,29 @@ import (
 )
 
 const dropboxFixture = "../test/data/dropbox_fixture.rss"
+const badPubDateFixture = "../test/data/bad_pub_date.rss"
 
-func getFixtureAsFeed(t *testing.T) *gofeed.Feed {
-	f, err := os.ReadFile(dropboxFixture)
+func getFixtureAsFeed(path string) (*gofeed.Feed, error) {
+	f, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Logf("error getting fixture: %e", err)
-		t.Fail()
-		return nil
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	p := gofeed.NewParser()
 	feed, err := p.Parse(bytes.NewReader(f))
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Logf("error getting fixture: %e", err)
-		t.Fail()
-		return nil
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return feed
+	return feed, nil
 }
 
 func TestFeedToRss(t *testing.T) {
-	fd := getFixtureAsFeed(t)
+	fd, err := getFixtureAsFeed(dropboxFixture)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("error getting fixture: %e", err)
+		t.Fail()
+	}
 
 	r := feedToRSS(config.Feed{Name: "bigup"}, fd)
 
@@ -52,5 +53,15 @@ func TestFeedToRss(t *testing.T) {
 	test.Equal(t, "Dropbox Platform Team", r.Channel.Items[0].Author, "bad item author")
 	test.Equal(t, "bigup", r.Channel.Items[0].FeedName, "bad feedname")
 	test.Equal(t, 1666161000, r.Channel.Items[0].PubDate.Unix(), "bad feedname")
+}
+
+func TestFeedPubDateBadParse(t *testing.T) {
+	fd, err := getFixtureAsFeed(badPubDateFixture)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("error getting fixture: %e", err)
+		t.Fail()
+	}
 
+	r := feedToRSS(config.Feed{}, fd)
+	test.Equal(t, "0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC", r.Channel.Items[0].PubDate.String(), "dates don't match")
 }
diff --git a/internal/test/data/bad_pub_date.rss b/internal/test/data/bad_pub_date.rss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..938ca43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/data/bad_pub_date.rss
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0"
+	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
+	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
+	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
+	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
+	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
+	xmlns:mi="http://schemas.ingestion.microsoft.com/common/"
+        xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
+	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss"
+	xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#"
+
+>
+
+  <!-- RSS feed defaults -->
+	<channel>
+		<title>SinEmbargo MXCon Claudia "no va a haber retrocesos"; el relevo está asegurado, dice el Presidente</title>
+		<link>https://www.sinembargo.mx</link>
+		<description>Periodismo digital con rigor.</description>
+
+		<lastBuildDate>Dom, 16 Jun 2024 14:09:05 +0000</lastBuildDate>
+
+		<language>es</language>
+		<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
+		<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
+		<atom:link href="https://www.sinembargo.mx/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
+
+		<!-- Feed Logo (optional) -->
+		<image>
+			<url>https://www.sinembargo.mx/wp-content/themes/wp-bootstrap-starter-child/assets/img/sinembargo_icon.jpeg</url>
+			<title>
+				Periodismo digital con rigor.			</title>
+			<link>https://www.sinembargo.mx</link>
+		</image>
+
+		<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3</generator>
+<site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">31219980</site>
+		<!-- Start loop -->
+
+			<item>
+				<title>Con Claudia &#8220;no va a haber retrocesos&#8221;; el relevo está asegurado, dice el Presidente</title>
+				<link>https://www.sinembargo.mx/16-06-2024/4514535</link>
+				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sinembargo.mx/?p=4514535</guid>
+				<author>Redacción/SinEmbargo</author>
+				<image>
+					<url>https://i2.wp.com/www.sinembargo.mx/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/amlo-y-claudia-sheinbaum-en-durango.jpg?fit=1100%2C580&#038;quality=80&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1"/></url>
+				</image>
+
+				<pubDate>Dom, 16 Jun 2024 14:09:05 +0000 2024-06-16 14:09:05</pubDate>
+
+
+				<content:encoded>
+					<![CDATA[López Obrador destacó que Sheinbaum Pardo ganó las elecciones presidenciales del pasado 2 de junio &#8220;con amplio margen en todo el país&#8221;. &#8220;A nivel nacional, es la Presidenta con más votos en toda la historia de nuestro país. Hasta yo que tenía el primer lugar en votación, me ‘cepilló’. Yo obtuve 31 millones y ella [&#8230;]<br /><a href="https://www.sinembargo.mx/16-06-2024/4514535">Leer el texto completo en sinembargo.mx</a><br /><br />]]>
+				</content:encoded>
+			</item>
+			</channel>
+</rss>
+<!--
+Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: https://www.boldgrid.com/w3-total-cache/
+
+Almacenamiento en caché de páginas con memcached 
+Caché de base de datos 44/58 consultas en 4.842 segundos usando memcached
+
+Served from: www.sinembargo.mx @ 2024-06-16 15:00:08 by W3 Total Cache
+-->
diff --git a/internal/test/test.go b/internal/test/test.go
index c3a294c..e34220f 100644
--- a/internal/test/test.go
+++ b/internal/test/test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ func Equal[K comparable](t *testing.T, want, have K, msg string) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	if want != have {
-		t.Fatalf("%s\nWant: %v,\nHave: %v\n", msg, want, have)
+		t.Fatalf("\n%s\nWant: %v\nHave: %v\n", msg, want, have)
 	}
 }