diff --git a/recipes/firstpost.recipe b/recipes/firstpost.recipe
index ef42c90e89..f81a19cb44 100644
--- a/recipes/firstpost.recipe
+++ b/recipes/firstpost.recipe
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class firstpost(BasicNewsRecipe):
         # 'photos', 'entertainment', 'living', 'education', 'sports', 'firstcricket',
     ]
     if not google_feeds:
+        oldest_article = 1.2 # days
         for sec in sections:
             a = 'https://www.firstpost.com/rss/{}.xml'
             feeds.append((sec.capitalize(), a.format(sec)))