diff --git a/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts b/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts
index fcbd3b9d8..a615fa675 100644
--- a/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts
@@ -462,10 +462,6 @@ const processSubscription = async (
       continue
     }
 
-    if (isContentFetchBlocked(feedUrl)) {
-      fetchContent = false
-    }
-
     const created = await createTask(
       userId,
       feedUrl,
@@ -559,6 +555,12 @@ export const rssHandler = Sentry.GCPFunction.wrapHttpFunction(
         return res.status(500).send('INVALID_RSS_FEED')
       }
 
+      let allowFetchContent = true
+      if (isContentFetchBlocked(feedUrl)) {
+        console.log('fetching content blocked for feed: ', feedUrl)
+        allowFetchContent = false
+      }
+
       console.log('Fetched feed', feed.title, new Date())
 
       await Promise.all(
@@ -571,7 +573,7 @@ export const rssHandler = Sentry.GCPFunction.wrapHttpFunction(
             lastFetchedTimestamps[i],
             scheduledTimestamps[i],
             lastFetchedChecksums[i],
-            fetchContents[i],
+            fetchContents[i] && allowFetchContent,
             folders[i],
             feed
           )