diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c9c4f61..282d3ed 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "scraperwiki", git: "https://github.com/openaustralia/scraperwiki-ruby.git", branch: "morph_defaults"
 gem "mechanize"
-gem "activesupport" # For date calculations
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7a49ced..05a919e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -10,18 +10,11 @@ GIT
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (5.1.2)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
-      i18n (~> 0.7)
-      minitest (~> 5.1)
-      tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.0.5)
     domain_name (0.5.20170404)
       unf (>= 0.0.5, < 1.0.0)
     http-cookie (1.0.3)
       domain_name (~> 0.5)
     httpclient (2.8.3)
-    i18n (0.8.4)
     mechanize (2.7.5)
       domain_name (~> 0.5, >= 0.5.1)
       http-cookie (~> 1.0)
@@ -35,7 +28,6 @@ GEM
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
     mime-types-data (3.2016.0521)
     mini_portile2 (2.2.0)
-    minitest (5.10.2)
     net-http-digest_auth (1.4.1)
     net-http-persistent (2.9.4)
     nokogiri (1.8.0)
@@ -44,9 +36,6 @@ GEM
     sqlite3 (1.3.13)
     sqlite_magic (0.0.6)
       sqlite3
-    thread_safe (0.3.6)
-    tzinfo (1.2.3)
-      thread_safe (~> 0.1)
     unf (0.1.4)
       unf_ext
     unf_ext (0.0.7.4)
@@ -56,7 +45,6 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  activesupport
   mechanize
   scraperwiki!
 
diff --git a/scraper.rb b/scraper.rb
index a9a4b25..47e3820 100644
--- a/scraper.rb
+++ b/scraper.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ require 'mechanize'
 require 'pp'
 require 'time'
 require 'date'
-require 'active_support/all'
 
 # Use the column names from planningalerts.org.au:
 # https://www.planningalerts.org.au/how_to_write_a_scraper
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ agent.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
 d = Date.today
 
 12.times do
-  d_start = (d - 29.days).strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
+  d_start = (d - 29).strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
   d_end = d.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
   
   url = "#{BASEURL}Summary?weekListType=SRCH&recFrom=#{d_start}&recTo=#{d_end}&ward=ALL&appTyp=ALL&wardTxt=All%20Wards&appTypTxt=All%20Application%20Types&limit=500"
@@ -78,9 +77,9 @@ d = Date.today
   page = agent.get(url)
   apps = page.search("#planningApplication")
   puts apps.size, ''
-
+  
   apps.each { |app| parse(app) }
-  d -= 30.days
+  d -= 30
   sleep 5
 end