diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
index 7076e8524..74375441d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ export const subscribeResolver = authorized<
         url: input.url || undefined,
         name: input.name || undefined,
         user: { id: uid },
-        status: SubscriptionStatus.Active,
         type: input.subscriptionType || SubscriptionType.Rss, // default to rss
       })
     )
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0136.do.add_unique_to_subscription_url.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0136.do.add_unique_to_subscription_url.sql
index d8b83487d..2bfea4029 100755
--- a/packages/db/migrations/0136.do.add_unique_to_subscription_url.sql
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0136.do.add_unique_to_subscription_url.sql
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ BEGIN;
 
 -- Deleting duplicates first to avoid unique constraint violation
 WITH DuplicateCTE AS (
-    SELECT user_id, url, 
-           ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY user_id, url ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) AS RowNum
+    SELECT id, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY user_id, url ORDER BY status, last_fetched_at DESC NULLS LAST) AS row_number
     FROM omnivore.subscriptions
     WHERE type = 'RSS'
 )
 DELETE FROM omnivore.subscriptions
-    WHERE (user_id, url) IN (SELECT user_id, url FROM DuplicateCTE WHERE RowNum > 1);
+    WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM DuplicateCTE WHERE row_number > 1);
 
 ALTER TABLE omnivore.subscriptions ADD CONSTRAINT subscriptions_user_id_url_key UNIQUE (user_id, url);