diff --git a/apps/vinyl/src/assets.py b/apps/vinyl/src/assets.py
index b76e5ee..dbc2d0c 100644
--- a/apps/vinyl/src/assets.py
+++ b/apps/vinyl/src/assets.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SOURCES = ["plato", "sounds"]
 logger = structlog.get_logger()
 
 daily_partitions_def = dg.DailyPartitionsDefinition(
-    start_date="2024-09-01", end_offset=1, timezone=os.environ["TZ"]
+    start_date="2024-09-01", end_offset=1, timezone=os.environ.get("TZ", "UTC")
 )
 multi_partitions_def = dg.MultiPartitionsDefinition(
     {
@@ -235,13 +235,32 @@ def good_deals(
     yield dg.Output(Deal.DataFrame(filtered_df))
 
     lines = []
+    lines.append(
+        """
+    <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f4f4f4; padding: 20px;">
+      <h2 style="color: #333;">🎶 New Music Releases</h2>
+    """
+    )
+
+    # Each item
     for data in filtered_df.head(10).iter_rows(named=True):
         row = SimpleNamespace(**data)
-        lines.append(f'<a href="https://www.platomania.nl{row.url}"><h1>NEW</h1></a>')
-        lines.append("<ul>")
-        lines.append(f"<li>[artist] {row.artist}</li>")
-        lines.append(f"<li>[title] {row.title}</li>")
-        lines.append(f"<li>[price] {row.price}</li>")
-        lines.append(f"<li>[release] {row.release}</li>")
-        lines.append("</ul>")
+        lines.append(
+            f"""
+      <div style="background-color: #fff; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);">
+        <a href="https://www.platomania.nl{row.url}" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a73e8;">
+          <h3 style="margin: 0 0 10px;">🆕 {row.artist} - {row.title}</h3>
+        </a>
+        <ul style="list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin: 0;">
+          <li><strong>Artist:</strong> {row.artist}</li>
+          <li><strong>Title:</strong> {row.title}</li>
+          <li><strong>Price:</strong> €{row.price}</li>
+          <li><strong>Release Date:</strong> {row.release}</li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    """
+        )
+
+    # Email footer
+    lines.append("</div>")
     email_service.send_email("\n".join(lines))
diff --git a/apps/vinyl/src/definitions.py b/apps/vinyl/src/definitions.py
index 09380e0..ba00d5e 100644
--- a/apps/vinyl/src/definitions.py
+++ b/apps/vinyl/src/definitions.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
 import assets
 from dagster_polars import PolarsParquetIOManager
 from icecream import install
@@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ definitions = dg.Definitions(
         for asset in dg.load_assets_from_modules([assets])
     ],
     resources={
-        "polars_parquet_io_manager": PolarsParquetIOManager(base_dir="/storage/vinyl"),
+        "polars_parquet_io_manager": PolarsParquetIOManager(
+            base_dir=os.environ.get("STORAGE_DIR", "/storage") + "/vinyl"
+        ),
         "email_service": EmailService(
             smtp_server=dg.EnvVar("SMTP_SERVER"),
             smtp_port=dg.EnvVar.int("SMTP_PORT"),
diff --git a/apps/vinyl/src/test.py b/apps/vinyl/src/test.py
index dd03580..8065ea7 100644
--- a/apps/vinyl/src/test.py
+++ b/apps/vinyl/src/test.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Any
 
 from assets import cleaned_deals, deals, good_deals, new_deals, works
-from definitions import definitions
+from dotenv import find_dotenv, load_dotenv
 from jobs import check_partitions_job
 
 import dagster as dg
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ def test_deals(resources: dict[str, Any], source="sounds", date: str = None):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    load_dotenv(find_dotenv())
+    from definitions import definitions
+
     run = 6
     resources = definitions.resources
     source = "plato"