diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index eb49d7c..39e898a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7
+0.7.1
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/garambo/retrosearch/news/scheduled/NewsScheduledTask.java b/src/main/java/it/garambo/retrosearch/news/scheduled/NewsScheduledTask.java
index 6f395ec..542ac0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/garambo/retrosearch/news/scheduled/NewsScheduledTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/garambo/retrosearch/news/scheduled/NewsScheduledTask.java
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ private void updateNews() throws Exception {
         .execute(
             () -> {
               for (Locale locale : locales) {
+                String language = locale.getLanguage().toLowerCase();
+                String country = locale.getCountry().toLowerCase();
                 try {
-                  List<Article> articles =
-                      apiClient.fetchNews(locale.getLanguage(), locale.getCountry()).articles();
+                  List<Article> articles = apiClient.fetchNews(language, country).articles();
                   newArticles.put(locale.getDisplayCountry(), articles);
                   log.info("Fetched news for {}", locale);
                   Thread.sleep(settings.getRateLimiter());
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 167c4a5..04262f7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ retrosearch.html.version=3.2
 retrosearch.news.enable=${NEWS_ACTIVE:false}
 retrosearch.news.api.key=${NEWS_API_KEY:}
 retrosearch.news.api.rate.limiter=${NEWS_API_RATE_LIMITER:3000}
-retrosearch.news.api.locales=${NEWS_API_LOCALES:en_US,en_UK,it_IT,de_DE}
+retrosearch.news.api.locales=${NEWS_API_LOCALES:en_US,en_GB,it_IT,de_DE}
 
 retrosearch.sports.football.enable=${FOOTBALL_API_ACTIVE:false}
 retrosearch.sports.football.api.key=${FOOTBALL_API_KEY:}