diff --git a/lib/Controller/EpisodeActionController.php b/lib/Controller/EpisodeActionController.php
index 8e139f1..bf638bd 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/EpisodeActionController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/EpisodeActionController.php
@@ -84,17 +84,4 @@ class EpisodeActionController extends Controller {
 	public function filterEpisodesFromRequestParams(array $data): array {
 		return array_filter($data, "is_numeric", ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY);
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param int|null $since
-	 *
-	 * @return DateTime
-	 */
-	private function createDateTimeFromTimestamp(?int $since): DateTime {
-		return ($since !== null)
-			? (new \DateTime)->setTimestamp($since)
-			: (new \DateTime('-1 week'));
-	}
-
-
 }
diff --git a/lib/Core/EpisodeAction/EpisodeActionReader.php b/lib/Core/EpisodeAction/EpisodeActionReader.php
index 2fb22db..40e6ce0 100644
--- a/lib/Core/EpisodeAction/EpisodeActionReader.php
+++ b/lib/Core/EpisodeAction/EpisodeActionReader.php
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ class EpisodeActionReader
 				$episodeAction["episode"],
 				$episodeAction["action"],
 				$episodeAction["timestamp"],
-				$episodeAction["started"],
-				$episodeAction["position"],
-				$episodeAction["total"],
+				$episodeAction["started"] ?? -1,
+				$episodeAction["position"] ?? -1,
+				$episodeAction["total"] ?? -1,
 				$episodeAction["guid"] ?? null,
+				null
 			);
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/Core/EpisodeAction/EpisodeActionSaver.php b/lib/Core/EpisodeAction/EpisodeActionSaver.php
index 482293f..1b2261b 100644
--- a/lib/Core/EpisodeAction/EpisodeActionSaver.php
+++ b/lib/Core/EpisodeAction/EpisodeActionSaver.php
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ class EpisodeActionSaver
 
 	private function convertTimestampToUnixEpoch(string $timestamp): string
 	{
-		return \DateTime::createFromFormat('D F d H:i:s T Y', $timestamp)
-			->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('UTC'))
+		return \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d\TH:i:s', $timestamp)
 			->format("U");
 	}