diff --git a/src/twtxt.nim b/src/twtxt.nim
index 1aea88a..5f5d048 100644
--- a/src/twtxt.nim
+++ b/src/twtxt.nim
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ proc getTweetsFrom*(url: string, username: string): seq[Tweet] =
 proc updateTweetsOnce*() {. gcsafe .} =
   var db = open("./data/twtxt.db", nil, nil, nil)
 
-  var users = db.getAllRows sql"select * from users where username != 'system'"
+  var users = db.getAllRows sql"select * from users where username != 'twtxtlist'"
 
   for user in users.items():
     echo "updating " & $user
@@ -75,4 +75,5 @@ proc updateTweetsOnce*() {. gcsafe .} =
         try:
           db.exec(sql"insert into tweets values(null, ?, ?, ?);", username, tweet.date.timeInfoToTime().toSeconds().int(), tweet.message)
         except: discard
-    except: discard
+    except:
+      echo getCurrentExceptionMsg()
diff --git a/src/worker.nim b/src/worker.nim
index 58c63c5..0ba62e8 100644
--- a/src/worker.nim
+++ b/src/worker.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ proc updateSystemUser() =
     echo "wtf it's nil?"
     return
 
-  let tweets = db.getAllRows(sql"select * from tweets where username='system'")
+  let tweets = db.getAllRows(sql"select * from tweets where username='twtxtlist'")
 
   for tweet in tweets.items:
     let tweetObj = tweet.fromDBRow()