diff --git a/crates/db_schema/src/impls/post.rs b/crates/db_schema/src/impls/post.rs
index 4945281cc..3425a795d 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/src/impls/post.rs
+++ b/crates/db_schema/src/impls/post.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use crate::{
   },
 };
 use ::url::Url;
-use chrono::{TimeDelta, Utc};
+use chrono::Utc;
 use diesel::{dsl::insert_into, result::Error, ExpressionMethods, QueryDsl, TextExpressionMethods};
 use diesel_async::RunQueryDsl;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
@@ -105,12 +105,7 @@ impl Post {
       .filter(post::deleted.eq(false))
       .filter(post::removed.eq(false))
       .filter(
-        post::published.ge(
-          Utc::now().naive_utc()
-            - TimeDelta::try_days(SITEMAP_DAYS)
-              .ok_or("TimeDelta out of bounds")
-              .map_err(|e| Error::QueryBuilderError(e.into()))?,
-        ),
+        post::published.ge(Utc::now().naive_utc() - SITEMAP_DAYS.expect("TimeDelta out of bounds")),
       )
       .order(post::published.desc())
       .limit(SITEMAP_LIMIT)
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs b/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
index 038ab129a..9a89902e7 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
   SortType,
 };
 use anyhow::Context;
-use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use chrono::{DateTime, TimeDelta, Utc};
 use deadpool::Runtime;
 use diesel::{
   helper_types::AsExprOf,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ use url::Url;
 const FETCH_LIMIT_DEFAULT: i64 = 10;
 pub const FETCH_LIMIT_MAX: i64 = 50;
 pub const SITEMAP_LIMIT: i64 = 50000;
-pub const SITEMAP_DAYS: i64 = 31;
+pub const SITEMAP_DAYS: Option<TimeDelta> = TimeDelta::try_days(31);
 pub const RANK_DEFAULT: f64 = 0.0001;
 
 pub type ActualDbPool = Pool<AsyncPgConnection>;
diff --git a/crates/federate/src/worker.rs b/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
index 8ae186b47..ff2a68e3c 100644
--- a/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
+++ b/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ impl InstanceWorker {
     last_fetch: DateTime<Utc>,
   ) -> Result<(HashMap<CommunityId, HashSet<Url>>, DateTime<Utc>)> {
     let new_last_fetch =
-      Utc::now() - chrono::TimeDelta::try_seconds(10).context("TimeDelta out of bounds")?; // update to time before fetch to ensure overlap. subtract 10s to ensure overlap even if published date is not exact
+      Utc::now() - chrono::TimeDelta::try_seconds(10).expect("TimeDelta out of bounds"); // update to time before fetch to ensure overlap. subtract 10s to ensure overlap even if published date is not exact
     Ok((
       CommunityFollowerView::get_instance_followed_community_inboxes(pool, instance_id, last_fetch)
         .await?