diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
index 532c7de6f..dadd0908c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
@@ -88,12 +88,20 @@ export const isOldItem = (
   item: RssFeedItem,
   mostRecentItemTimestamp: number
 ) => {
-  // existing items and items that were published before 24h
-  const publishedAt = item.isoDate ? new Date(item.isoDate) : new Date()
-  return (
-    publishedAt <= new Date(mostRecentItemTimestamp) ||
-    publishedAt < new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
-  )
+  // always fetch items without isoDate
+  if (!item.isoDate) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const publishedAt = new Date(item.isoDate)
+
+  // don't fetch older than 24 hrs items for new feeds
+  if (!mostRecentItemTimestamp) {
+    return publishedAt < new Date(Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
+  }
+
+  // don't fetch existing items for old feeds
+  return publishedAt <= new Date(mostRecentItemTimestamp)
 }
 
 const feedFetchFailedRedisKey = (feedUrl: string) =>