diff --git a/src/twtxt.nim b/src/twtxt.nim
index 5f5d048..933fd9a 100644
--- a/src/twtxt.nim
+++ b/src/twtxt.nim
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ proc getTweetsFrom*(url: string, username: string): seq[Tweet] =
 
   return res
 
+proc updateTweetsByUser*(db: DBConn, username, url: string) {. gcsafe .} =
+  try:
+    let
+      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
+  except:
+    echo getCurrentExceptionMsg()
+
 proc updateTweetsOnce*() {. gcsafe .} =
   var db = open("./data/twtxt.db", nil, nil, nil)
 
@@ -65,15 +77,4 @@ proc updateTweetsOnce*() {. gcsafe .} =
   for user in users.items():
     echo "updating " & $user
 
-    try:
-      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
-    except:
-      echo getCurrentExceptionMsg()
+    db.updateTweetsByUser(user[1], user[2])
diff --git a/src/twtxtlist.nim b/src/twtxtlist.nim
index 86669c5..10d16fc 100644
--- a/src/twtxtlist.nim
+++ b/src/twtxtlist.nim
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ routes:
         username = $(request.formData.mget "username").body
         url = $(request.formData.mget "url").body
 
-      discard url.getTweetsFrom(username)
-
+      db.updateTweetsByUser(username, url)
       db.exec(sql"insert into users values (null, ?, ?)", username, url)
 
       redirect "/users/" & username & "/0"