diff --git a/approvals/approvals.go b/approvals/approvals.go
index f3d24170..8a49bcb3 100644
--- a/approvals/approvals.go
+++ b/approvals/approvals.go
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ func (m *DefaultManager) Create(r *types.Approval) error {
 		return ErrApprovalAlreadyExists
 	}
 
+	r.CreatedAt = time.Now()
+	r.UpdatedAt = time.Now()
+
 	bts, err := m.serializer.Encode(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/bot/bot.go b/bot/bot.go
index 1502e6af..6ae96e53 100644
--- a/bot/bot.go
+++ b/bot/bot.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package bot
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nlopes/slack"
 
 	"github.com/rusenask/keel/approvals"
-	"github.com/rusenask/keel/bot/formatter"
 	"github.com/rusenask/keel/provider/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/rusenask/keel/types"
 
@@ -331,5 +329,3 @@ func (b *Bot) trimBot(msg string) string {
 func formatAsSnippet(response string) string {
 	return "```" + response + "```"
 }
-
-