diff --git a/telegram_bot/bot.py b/telegram_bot/bot.py
index 7449da9..bc8558a 100644
--- a/telegram_bot/bot.py
+++ b/telegram_bot/bot.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class User: # Currently saving users in this class to test functionality -> late
         self.chat_id = int(p_chat_id)
         self.user_name = str(p_user_name)
 
-print(os.getenv('BOT_API_KEY'))
 bot = telebot.TeleBot(os.getenv('BOT_API_KEY'))
 
 @bot.message_handler(commands=['start']) # /start -> saving as new user and sending welcome
@@ -89,10 +88,16 @@ def send_update(message):
 
 @bot.message_handler(commands=['news']) # /news -> send news by keyword
 def send_news(message):
+    keyword = "business"
     user_id = int(message.from_user.id)
     #Get Information for user with this id
-    articles = news_fetcher.get_top_news_by_keyword("bitcoin") #tbd: get keyword from db
-    formatted_article = news_fetcher.format_article(articles["articles"][0])
+
+    articles = news_fetcher.get_top_news_by_keyword(keyword) #tbd: get keyword from db
+    try:
+        formatted_article = news_fetcher.format_article(articles["articles"][0])
+    except IndexError:
+        bot.send_message(chat_id=user_id, text=f"no news currently available for keyword: {keyword}")
+        return
     bot.send_message(chat_id=user_id, text=formatted_article)
 
 
diff --git a/telegram_bot/news_fetcher.py b/telegram_bot/news_fetcher.py
index dbebe34..65af5b5 100644
--- a/telegram_bot/news_fetcher.py
+++ b/telegram_bot/news_fetcher.py
@@ -31,20 +31,18 @@ sources = newsapi.get_sources()
 
 def get_top_news_by_keyword(keyword):
     top_headlines = newsapi.get_top_headlines(q=keyword, sources='bbc-news,the-verge,cnn', language='en')
-    out_file = open("top_headline.json", "w")
-    json.dump(top_headlines, out_file)
     return top_headlines
 
 def format_article(article):
     sourcename = article["source"]["name"]
     headline = article["title"]
     url = article["url"]
-    formatted_article = f"<i>{sourcename}</i>\n{headline}\n\n<a href=\"{url}\">text</a>"
+    formatted_article = f"_{sourcename}_\n*{headline}*\n\n{url}"
 
     return formatted_article
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    
+
     print("fetching top news by keyword business...")
     
     articles = get_top_news_by_keyword("business")