diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshAllFeeds.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshAllFeeds.ts
index c9b93f196..43f4f38a3 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshAllFeeds.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshAllFeeds.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { QUEUE_NAME } from '../../queue-processor'
 import { redisDataSource } from '../../redis_data_source'
 import { RssSubscriptionGroup } from '../../utils/createTask'
 import { stringToHash } from '../../utils/helpers'
+import { validateUrl } from '../../services/create_page_save_request'
 
 export const refreshAllFeeds = async (db: DataSource): Promise<boolean> => {
   const subscriptionGroups = (await db.createEntityManager().query(
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export const refreshAllFeeds = async (db: DataSource): Promise<boolean> => {
 }
 
 const updateSubscriptionGroup = async (group: RssSubscriptionGroup) => {
-  const feedURL = group.url
+  let feedURL = group.url
   const userList = JSON.stringify(group.userIds.sort())
   if (!feedURL) {
     console.error('no url for feed group', group)
@@ -52,6 +53,12 @@ const updateSubscriptionGroup = async (group: RssSubscriptionGroup) => {
     console.error('no userlist for feed group', group)
     return
   }
+
+  try {
+    feedURL = validateUrl(feedURL).toString()
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log('not refreshing invalid feed url: ', { feedURL })
+  }
   const jobid = `refresh-feed_${stringToHash(feedURL)}_${stringToHash(
     userList
   )}`
@@ -87,7 +94,13 @@ export const queueRSSRefreshAllFeedsJob = async () => {
   if (!queue) {
     return false
   }
-  return queue.add('refresh-all-feeds', {})
+  return queue.add(
+    'refresh-all-feeds',
+    {},
+    {
+      priority: 100,
+    }
+  )
 }
 
 type QueuePriority = 'low' | 'high'
@@ -105,6 +118,6 @@ export const queueRSSRefreshFeedJob = async (
     jobId: jobid,
     removeOnComplete: true,
     removeOnFail: true,
-    lifo: options.priority == 'high',
+    priority: options.priority == 'low' ? 10 : 50,
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
index 30c8156ce..ce98b3ceb 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/require-await */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises */
-import { Job, QueueEvents, Worker } from 'bullmq'
+import { Job, QueueEvents, Worker, Queue } from 'bullmq'
 import express, { Express } from 'express'
 import { SnakeNamingStrategy } from 'typeorm-naming-strategies'
 import { appDataSource } from './data_source'
@@ -61,11 +61,17 @@ const main = async () => {
     throw '[queue-processor] error redis is not initialized'
   }
 
+  const queue = new Queue(QUEUE_NAME)
+
   const worker = new Worker(
     QUEUE_NAME,
     async (job: Job) => {
       switch (job.name) {
         case 'refresh-all-feeds': {
+          const counts = await queue.getJobCounts('wait')
+          if (counts.wait > 1000) {
+            return
+          }
           return await refreshAllFeeds(appDataSource)
         }
         case 'refresh-feed': {
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ const main = async () => {
   })
 
   queueEvents.on('added', async (job) => {
-    console.log('added job: ', job.jobId)
+    console.log('added job: ', job.jobId, job.name)
   })
 
   queueEvents.on('removed', async (job) => {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 0763f4a74..72388667c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import {
   SearchItem,
 } from '../generated/graphql'
 import { createPubSubClient } from '../pubsub'
-import { redisDataSource } from '../redis_data_source'
 import { Claims, WithDataSourcesContext } from '../resolvers/types'
 import { validateUrl } from '../services/create_page_save_request'
 import { updateLibraryItem } from '../services/library_item'