diff --git a/src/modules/discord-webhooks/formatter.ts b/src/modules/discord-webhooks/formatter.ts
index f1a1147..4b82d01 100644
--- a/src/modules/discord-webhooks/formatter.ts
+++ b/src/modules/discord-webhooks/formatter.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type { PatchesUpdate } from '../hytale-patches/tracker.js'
 import type { PresskitUpdate } from '../hytale-presskit/tracker.js'
 import type { ServerUpdate } from '../hytale-server/tracker.js'
 import type { DiscordEmbed } from './types.js'
-import { getBlogUrl, getThumbnailUrl } from '../hytale-blog/tracker.js'
 
 const EMBED_COLOR = 0x64A7D1
 const HYTALE_LOGO = 'https://files.femboy.page/hytale-logo.png'
@@ -109,20 +108,11 @@ function formatBytes(bytes: number): string {
 }
 
 export function formatBlogEmbed(post: BlogPost): DiscordEmbed {
-  const url = getBlogUrl(post)
-  const imageUrl = getThumbnailUrl(post)
-
-  const embed: DiscordEmbed = {
+  return {
     title: post.title,
-    description: `*by **${post.author}***\n\n[Read the full post](${url})`,
+    description: `[Read the full post](${post.link})`,
     color: EMBED_COLOR,
     footer: { text: 'Published' },
-    timestamp: post.publishedAt,
+    timestamp: post.pubDate,
   }
-
-  if (imageUrl) {
-    embed.image = { url: imageUrl }
-  }
-
-  return embed
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/hytale-blog/formatter.ts b/src/modules/hytale-blog/formatter.ts
index 76fe050..1511e8f 100644
--- a/src/modules/hytale-blog/formatter.ts
+++ b/src/modules/hytale-blog/formatter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { BlogPost } from './tracker.js'
 
-function formatDate(isoDate: string): string {
-  const date = new Date(isoDate)
+function formatDate(dateStr: string): string {
+  const date = new Date(dateStr)
   const months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
   const month = months[date.getUTCMonth()]
   const day = date.getUTCDate()
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ export function formatBlogUpdate(post: BlogPost): string {
   return `<b>📰 New Blog Post</b>
 
 <b>${escapeHtml(post.title)}</b>
-By ${escapeHtml(post.author)}
 
-<b>Published:</b> ${formatDate(post.publishedAt)}
-<b>Created:</b> ${formatDate(post.createdAt)}`
+<b>Published:</b> ${formatDate(post.pubDate)}`
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/hytale-blog/index.ts b/src/modules/hytale-blog/index.ts
index 7a95858..375779c 100644
--- a/src/modules/hytale-blog/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/hytale-blog/index.ts
@@ -1,99 +1,38 @@
-import type { Module, ModuleDependencies } from '../../core/module.js'
+import type { ModuleDependencies } from '../../core/module.js'
 import type { HytaleBlogConfig } from '../../types.js'
+import { createPollingModule } from '../../core/create-polling-module.js'
 import { formatBlogEmbed } from '../discord-webhooks/formatter.js'
 import { formatBlogUpdate } from './formatter.js'
-import { checkBlogUpdates, getBlogUrl, getThumbnailUrl } from './tracker.js'
+import { checkBlogUpdates } from './tracker.js'
 
 export function hytaleBlogFactory(
   moduleConfig: unknown,
   deps: ModuleDependencies,
-): Module {
+) {
   const config = moduleConfig as HytaleBlogConfig
 
-  class HytaleBlogModule implements Module {
-    readonly name = 'hytale-blog'
-    private dependencies: ModuleDependencies
-    private config: HytaleBlogConfig
-    private running = false
-    private intervalId: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null
+  return createPollingModule('hytale-blog', config, deps, async () => {
+    const newPosts = await checkBlogUpdates(deps.stateStore)
 
-    constructor(cfg: HytaleBlogConfig, deps: ModuleDependencies) {
-      this.config = cfg
-      this.dependencies = deps
-    }
+    for (const post of newPosts) {
+      const buttons = [[{ text: 'Read the full post', url: post.link }]]
 
-    isRunning(): boolean {
-      return this.running
-    }
+      await deps.telegram.sendMessage({
+        text: formatBlogUpdate(post),
+        chatIds: config.chatIds,
+        disableLinkPreview: false,
+        buttons,
+      })
 
-    async start(): Promise<void> {
-      if (this.running)
-        return
-
-      this.dependencies.logger(this.name, `Starting (poll interval: ${this.config.pollIntervalMinutes}min)`)
-
-      // Initial check
-      await this.check()
-
-      // Start polling
-      this.intervalId = setInterval(() => {
-        this.check().catch((err) => {
-          this.dependencies.logger(this.name, `Check failed: ${err}`)
-        })
-      }, this.config.pollIntervalMinutes * 60 * 1000)
-
-      this.running = true
-    }
-
-    async stop(): Promise<void> {
-      if (!this.running)
-        return
-
-      if (this.intervalId) {
-        clearInterval(this.intervalId)
-        this.intervalId = null
-      }
-      this.running = false
-    }
-
-    private async check(): Promise<void> {
-      const newPosts = await checkBlogUpdates(this.dependencies.stateStore)
-
-      for (const post of newPosts) {
-        const message = formatBlogUpdate(post)
-        const thumbnail = getThumbnailUrl(post)
-        const blogUrl = getBlogUrl(post)
-        const buttons = [[{ text: 'Read the full post', url: blogUrl }]]
-
-        if (thumbnail) {
-          await this.dependencies.telegram.sendPhoto({
-            photoUrl: thumbnail,
-            caption: message,
-            chatIds: this.config.chatIds,
-            buttons,
-          })
-        }
-        else {
-          await this.dependencies.telegram.sendMessage({
-            text: message,
-            chatIds: this.config.chatIds,
-            disableLinkPreview: false,
-            buttons,
-          })
-        }
-
-        if (this.dependencies.webhooks) {
-          await this.dependencies.webhooks.send('blog', formatBlogEmbed(post))
-        }
-
-        this.dependencies.logger(this.name, `New post: ${post.title}`)
+      if (deps.webhooks) {
+        await deps.webhooks.send('blog', formatBlogEmbed(post))
       }
 
-      if (newPosts.length === 0) {
-        this.dependencies.logger(this.name, 'No new posts')
-      }
+      deps.logger('hytale-blog', `new post: ${post.title}`)
     }
-  }
 
-  return new HytaleBlogModule(config, deps)
+    if (newPosts.length === 0) {
+      deps.logger('hytale-blog', 'no new posts')
+    }
+  })
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/hytale-blog/tracker.ts b/src/modules/hytale-blog/tracker.ts
index 804a42b..299f5e9 100644
--- a/src/modules/hytale-blog/tracker.ts
+++ b/src/modules/hytale-blog/tracker.ts
@@ -1,72 +1,80 @@
 import type { StateStore } from '../../core/state-store.js'
 
 export interface BlogPost {
-  _id: string
   title: string
-  author: string
-  slug: string
-  publishedAt: string
-  createdAt: string
-  coverImage?: {
-    variants: string[]
-    s3Key: string
-  }
-  bodyExcerpt: string
+  link: string
+  guid: string
+  description: string
+  pubDate: string
 }
 
 interface BlogState {
-  seenIds: string[]
+  seenGuids: string[]
   lastCheck: string
 }
 
-const ENDPOINT = 'https://hytale.com/api/blog/post/published'
+const RSS_URL = 'https://hytale.com/rss.xml'
 const STATE_KEY = 'hytale-blog'
-const MAX_SEEN_IDS = 100
+const MAX_SEEN = 100
 
-export async function checkBlogUpdates(stateStore: StateStore): Promise<BlogPost[]> {
-  const response = await fetch(`${ENDPOINT}?_=${Date.now()}`)
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`Blog endpoint returned ${response.status}`)
+function parseItems(xml: string): BlogPost[] {
+  const items: BlogPost[] = []
+  const itemRegex = /<item>([\s\S]*?)<\/item>/g
+
+  for (const match of xml.matchAll(itemRegex)) {
+    const block = match[1]
+    const tag = (name: string) =>
+      block.match(new RegExp(`<${name}>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\/${name}>`))?.[1]?.trim() ?? ''
+
+    items.push({
+      title: unescape(tag('title')),
+      link: tag('link'),
+      guid: tag('guid'),
+      description: unescape(tag('description')),
+      pubDate: tag('pubDate'),
+    })
   }
 
-  const posts = await response.json() as BlogPost[]
-  const state = stateStore.get<BlogState>(STATE_KEY)
-  const seenIds = new Set(state?.seenIds ?? [])
+  return items
+}
+
+function unescape(text: string): string {
+  return text
+    .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
+    .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
+    .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
+    .replace(/&apos;/g, '\'')
+    .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
+}
+
+export async function checkBlogUpdates(stateStore: StateStore): Promise<BlogPost[]> {
+  const response = await fetch(RSS_URL, {
+    headers: { 'user-agent': 'HytaleSays/1.0' },
+  })
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`rss feed returned ${response.status}`)
+  }
+
+  const xml = await response.text()
+  const posts = parseItems(xml)
+  const state = stateStore.get<BlogState>(STATE_KEY)
+  const seenGuids = new Set(state?.seenGuids ?? [])
 
-  // First run: mark all current posts as seen, don't notify
   if (!state) {
-    const allIds = posts.map(p => p._id).slice(0, MAX_SEEN_IDS)
-    stateStore.set(STATE_KEY, { seenIds: allIds, lastCheck: new Date().toISOString() })
+    const allGuids = posts.map(p => p.guid).slice(0, MAX_SEEN)
+    stateStore.set(STATE_KEY, { seenGuids: allGuids, lastCheck: new Date().toISOString() })
     return []
   }
 
-  // Find new posts
-  const newPosts = posts.filter(p => !seenIds.has(p._id))
+  const newPosts = posts.filter(p => !seenGuids.has(p.guid))
 
   if (newPosts.length > 0) {
-    // Add new IDs to seen list, keep bounded
-    const updatedIds = [...newPosts.map(p => p._id), ...state.seenIds].slice(0, MAX_SEEN_IDS)
-    stateStore.set(STATE_KEY, { seenIds: updatedIds, lastCheck: new Date().toISOString() })
+    const updatedGuids = [...newPosts.map(p => p.guid), ...state.seenGuids].slice(0, MAX_SEEN)
+    stateStore.set(STATE_KEY, { seenGuids: updatedGuids, lastCheck: new Date().toISOString() })
   }
   else {
-    // Just update check time
     stateStore.set(STATE_KEY, { ...state, lastCheck: new Date().toISOString() })
   }
 
   return newPosts
 }
-
-export function getBlogUrl(post: BlogPost): string {
-  const date = new Date(post.publishedAt)
-  const year = date.getUTCFullYear()
-  const month = date.getUTCMonth() + 1
-  return `https://hytale.com/news/${year}/${month}/${post.slug}`
-}
-
-export function getThumbnailUrl(post: BlogPost): string | undefined {
-  if (!post.coverImage?.variants?.length || !post.coverImage.s3Key) {
-    return undefined
-  }
-  const variant = post.coverImage.variants.at(-1)
-  return `https://cdn.hytale.com/variants/${variant}_${post.coverImage.s3Key}`
-}