diff --git a/response/slack/models/comms_channel.py b/response/slack/models/comms_channel.py
index ca11fb3a..c91c4558 100644
--- a/response/slack/models/comms_channel.py
+++ b/response/slack/models/comms_channel.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def create_comms_channel(self, incident):
         """
         Creates a comms channel in slack, and saves a reference to it in the DB
         """
-        time_string = datetime.now().strftime("%b-%-e-%H-%M-%S")
+        time_string = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
         name = f"inc-{time_string}".lower()
 
         try:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 04dddc39..e391f3fe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     "markdown2>=2.3.7",
     "python-slugify>=1.2.6",
     "slackclient>=1.3,<2",
-    "statuspageio>=0.0.1",
 ]
 
 # allow setup.py to be run from any path