diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/subscriptions.ts b/packages/api/src/services/subscriptions.ts
index 8aaea89b8..3a30469a8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/subscriptions.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/subscriptions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import axios from 'axios'
+import { DeleteResult } from 'typeorm'
 import { appDataSource } from '../data_source'
 import { NewsletterEmail } from '../entity/newsletter_email'
 import { Subscription } from '../entity/subscription'
@@ -189,7 +190,8 @@ export const createSubscription = async (
   newsletterEmail?: NewsletterEmail,
   status = SubscriptionStatus.Active,
   unsubscribeMailTo?: string,
-  subscriptionType = SubscriptionType.Newsletter
+  subscriptionType = SubscriptionType.Newsletter,
+  url?: string
 ): Promise<Subscription> => {
   return getRepository(Subscription).save({
     user: { id: userId },
@@ -199,5 +201,17 @@ export const createSubscription = async (
     unsubscribeMailTo,
     lastFetchedAt: new Date(),
     type: subscriptionType,
+    url,
   })
 }
+
+export const deleteSubscription = async (
+  id: string,
+  userId: string
+): Promise<DeleteResult> => {
+  return authTrx(
+    (tx) => tx.getRepository(Subscription).delete(id),
+    undefined,
+    userId
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
index 483921bc9..f7cc4c829 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ export const enqueueRssFeedFetch = async (
     feedUrl: rssFeedSubscription.url,
     lastFetchedAt: rssFeedSubscription.lastFetchedAt?.getTime() || 0, // unix timestamp in milliseconds
     lastFetchedChecksum: rssFeedSubscription.lastFetchedChecksum || null,
+    scheduledAt: new Date().getTime(), // unix timestamp in milliseconds
   }
 
   const headers = {
diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
index 7a9db963d..22ee107b1 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import chai, { expect } from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
+import Parser from 'rss-parser'
 import sinon from 'sinon'
 import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai'
 import { NewsletterEmail } from '../../src/entity/newsletter_email'
@@ -9,13 +10,13 @@ import {
   SubscriptionStatus,
   SubscriptionType,
 } from '../../src/generated/graphql'
-import {
-  createSubscription,
-  unsubscribe,
-  UNSUBSCRIBE_EMAIL_TEXT
-} from '../../src/services/subscriptions'
 import { getRepository } from '../../src/repository'
 import { createNewsletterEmail } from '../../src/services/newsletters'
+import {
+  createSubscription,
+  deleteSubscription,
+  UNSUBSCRIBE_EMAIL_TEXT,
+} from '../../src/services/subscriptions'
 import { deleteUser } from '../../src/services/user'
 import * as sendEmail from '../../src/utils/sendEmail'
 import { createTestUser } from '../db'
@@ -347,4 +348,91 @@ describe('Subscriptions API', () => {
       await getRepository(Subscription).remove(subscription)
     })
   })
+
+  describe('Subscribe API', () => {
+    const query = (
+      name: string | null,
+      url: string | null,
+      subscriptionType: SubscriptionType | null
+    ) => `
+      mutation {
+        subscribe(input: {
+          name: ${name ? `"${name}"` : null} 
+          url: ${url ? `"${url}"` : null}
+          subscriptionType: ${subscriptionType}
+        }) {
+          ... on SubscribeSuccess {
+            subscriptions {
+              id
+            }
+          }
+          ... on SubscribeError {
+            errorCodes
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `
+
+    context('when subscribing to a rss feed', () => {
+      const url = 'https://www.omnivore.app/rss'
+      const subscriptionType = SubscriptionType.Rss
+
+      before(async () => {
+        // fake rss parser
+        sinon.replace(Parser.prototype, 'parseURL', sinon.fake.resolves({
+          title: 'RSS Feed',
+          description: 'RSS Feed Description',
+        }))
+      })
+
+      after(() => {
+        sinon.restore()
+      })
+
+      context('when the user is subscribed to the feed', () => {
+        let existingSubscription: Subscription
+
+        before(async () => {
+          existingSubscription = await createSubscription(
+            user.id,
+            'RSS Feed',
+            undefined,
+            SubscriptionStatus.Active,
+            url,
+            subscriptionType,
+            url
+          )
+        })
+
+        after(async () => {
+          await deleteSubscription(existingSubscription.id, user.id)
+        })
+
+        it('returns an error', async () => {
+          const res = await graphqlRequest(
+            query(null, url, subscriptionType),
+            authToken
+          ).expect(200)
+          expect(res.body.data.subscribe.errorCodes).to.eql([
+            'ALREADY_SUBSCRIBED',
+          ])
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('creates a rss subscription', async () => {
+        const res = await graphqlRequest(
+          query(null, url, subscriptionType),
+          authToken
+        ).expect(200)
+        expect(res.body.data.subscribe.subscriptions).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+        expect(res.body.data.subscribe.subscriptions[0].id).to.be.a('string')
+
+        // clean up
+        await deleteSubscription(
+          res.body.data.subscribe.subscriptions[0].id,
+          user.id
+        )
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })