diff --git a/src/twtxt.nim b/src/twtxt.nim
index 1e1b5b5..ce3588b 100644
--- a/src/twtxt.nim
+++ b/src/twtxt.nim
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ proc fromDBRow*(r: Row): Tweet =
 proc getTweetsFrom*(url: string, username: string): seq[Tweet] =
   var res = newSeq[Tweet]()
 
-  let body = url.getContent()
+  let body = url.getContent(timeout=20_000)
 
   for line in body.splitLines().items():
     if line.len > 0:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ proc getTweetsFrom*(url: string, username: string): seq[Tweet] =
 
   return res
 
-proc updateTweetsOnce*() =
+proc updateTweetsOnce*() {. gcsafe .} =
   var db = open("./data/twtxt.db", nil, nil, nil)
 
   var users = db.getAllRows sql"select * from users"
@@ -65,20 +65,14 @@ proc updateTweetsOnce*() =
   for user in users.items():
     echo "updating " & $user
 
-    let
-      username = user[1]
-      url = user[2]
-      tweets = getTweetsFrom(url, username)
-
-    for tweet in tweets.items():
-      try:
-        db.exec(sql"insert into tweets values(null, ?, ?, ?);", username, tweet.date.timeInfoToTime().toSeconds().int(), tweet.message)
-      except: discard
-
-when isMainModule:
-  while true:
     try:
-      updateTweetsOnce()
-    except: discard
+      let
+        username = user[1]
+        url = user[2]
+        tweets = getTweetsFrom(url, username)
 
-    sleep 300_000 # 5 minutes
+      for tweet in tweets.items():
+        try:
+          db.exec(sql"insert into tweets values(null, ?, ?, ?);", username, tweet.date.timeInfoToTime().toSeconds().int(), tweet.message)
+        except: discard
+    except: discard
diff --git a/src/twtxt.nims b/src/twtxt.nims
index 96c7687..acae44c 100644
--- a/src/twtxt.nims
+++ b/src/twtxt.nims
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 --define:ssl
 --threads:on
+--threadAnalysis:off 
diff --git a/src/twtxtlist.nim b/src/twtxtlist.nim
index 61cef0e..e7927f7 100644
--- a/src/twtxtlist.nim
+++ b/src/twtxtlist.nim
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ routes:
 
       db.exec(sql"insert into users values (null, ?, ?)", username, url)
 
-      updateTweetsOnce()
-
       redirect "/users/" & username & "/0"
     except: fail()
 
diff --git a/src/worker.nim b/src/worker.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b28532a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/worker.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import os, threadpool, twtxt
+
+when isMainModule:
+  while true:
+    try:
+      spawn updateTweetsOnce()
+    except: discard
+
+    sleep 300_000 # 5 minutes
diff --git a/src/worker.nims b/src/worker.nims
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31dc1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/worker.nims
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+--define:ssl
+--threads:on
+--threadAnalysis:off
diff --git a/twtxtlist.nimble b/twtxtlist.nimble
index 75e3ffb..586d00e 100644
--- a/twtxtlist.nimble
+++ b/twtxtlist.nimble
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author        = "Christine Dodrill"
 description   = "a list of twtxt hacker feeds"
 license       = "MIT"
 srcDir        = "src"
-bin           = @["twtxtlist", "twtxt"]
+bin           = @["twtxtlist", "worker"]
 
 # Dependencies
 
@@ -18,6 +18,4 @@ task db, "SQLite database prompt":
 
 task run, "Run app":
   exec "nimble build"
-  exec "./twtxt &"
   exec "./twtxtlist"
-  exec "killall twtxt"