diff --git a/telegram_bot/bot.py b/telegram_bot/bot.py
index 2fcc146..b24599a 100644
--- a/telegram_bot/bot.py
+++ b/telegram_bot/bot.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import json
 
 import news.news_fetcher as news
 import shares.share_fetcher as share_fetcher
+import datetime as dt
 
 from telebot import types
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
@@ -247,7 +248,11 @@ def send_news(message):
     keywords = api_handler.get_user_keywords(user_id)
     keywords_search = ' OR '.join(keywords)
     print(keywords_search)
-    news_list = news.get_all_news_by_keyword(keywords_search)["articles"][:5]
+    now = dt.datetime.now().date()
+    from_date = now - dt.timedelta(days=7)
+    from_date_formatted = dt.datetime.strftime(from_date, '%Y-%m-%d')
+    print(from_date_formatted)
+    news_list = news.get_all_news_by_keyword(keywords_search, from_date_formatted)["articles"][:5]
 
     if news_list:
         for article in news_list:
diff --git a/telegram_bot/news/news_fetcher.py b/telegram_bot/news/news_fetcher.py
index f8764ba..f913257 100644
--- a/telegram_bot/news/news_fetcher.py
+++ b/telegram_bot/news/news_fetcher.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import sys
 import os
 import json
 import requests
+import datetime as dt
 
 from newsapi import NewsApiClient
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
@@ -25,15 +26,16 @@ sources = source_json["sources"]
 str_sources = ",".join([source["id"] for source in sources])
     
 
-def get_all_news_by_keyword(keyword, from_date="2022-01-01", to_date="2022-03-29"): # hard coded will change soon
+def get_all_news_by_keyword(keyword, from_date="2000-01-01"): # hard coded will change soon
     """get all news to keyword
     Args:
         keyword (String): keyword for search
+        from_date (String): min date for search
 
     Returns:
         JSON/dict: dict containing articles
     """
-    top_headlines = newsapi.get_everything(q=keyword, sources=str_sources, language='en')
+    top_headlines = newsapi.get_everything(q=keyword, sources=str_sources, language='en', from_param=from_date)
     return top_headlines
 
 def format_article(article):
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ def format_article(article):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
-    print("fetching top news by keyword business...")
+    print("this is a module and should not be run directly")
+    print("fetching top news by keyword bitcoin...")
     
     articles = get_all_news_by_keyword("bitcoin")
     formatted_article = format_article(articles["articles"][0])