diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
index c8cafa8bb..47df0084d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import axios from 'axios'
 import crypto from 'crypto'
-import * as dotenv from 'dotenv' // see https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv#how-do-i-use-dotenv-with-import
 import * as jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import { parseHTML } from 'linkedom'
 import Parser, { Item } from 'rss-parser'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
-import createHttpTaskWithToken from '../../utils/createTask'
 import { env } from '../../env'
 import { redisDataSource } from '../../redis_data_source'
+import createHttpTaskWithToken from '../../utils/createTask'
 
 type FolderType = 'following' | 'inbox'
 
@@ -59,6 +58,18 @@ export type RssFeedItem = Item & {
   link: string
 }
 
+interface User {
+  id: string
+  folder: FolderType
+}
+
+interface FetchContentTask {
+  users: Map<string, User> // userId -> User
+  item: RssFeedItem
+}
+
+const fetchContentTasks = new Map<string, FetchContentTask>() // url -> FetchContentTask
+
 export const isOldItem = (item: RssFeedItem, lastFetchedAt: number) => {
   // existing items and items that were published before 24h
   const publishedAt = item.isoDate ? new Date(item.isoDate) : new Date()
@@ -274,6 +285,25 @@ const isItemRecentlySaved = async (userId: string, url: string) => {
   return false
 }
 
+const addFetchContentTask = (
+  userId: string,
+  folder: FolderType,
+  item: RssFeedItem
+) => {
+  const url = item.link
+  const task = fetchContentTasks.get(url)
+  if (!task) {
+    fetchContentTasks.set(url, {
+      users: new Map([[userId, { id: userId, folder }]]),
+      item,
+    })
+  } else {
+    task.users.set(userId, { id: userId, folder })
+  }
+
+  return true
+}
+
 const createTask = async (
   userId: string,
   feedUrl: string,
@@ -291,17 +321,16 @@ const createTask = async (
     return createItemWithPreviewContent(userId, feedUrl, item)
   }
 
-  return fetchContentAndCreateItem(userId, feedUrl, item, folder)
+  return addFetchContentTask(userId, folder, item)
 }
 
 const fetchContentAndCreateItem = async (
-  userId: string,
+  users: User[],
   feedUrl: string,
-  item: RssFeedItem,
-  folder: string
+  item: RssFeedItem
 ) => {
   const payload = {
-    userId,
+    users,
     source: 'rss-feeder',
     url: item.link.trim(),
     saveRequestId: '',
@@ -309,7 +338,6 @@ const fetchContentAndCreateItem = async (
     rssFeedUrl: feedUrl,
     savedAt: item.isoDate,
     publishedAt: item.isoDate,
-    folder,
   }
 
   try {
@@ -367,12 +395,6 @@ const createItemWithPreviewContent = async (
   }
 }
 
-dotenv.config()
-// Sentry.GCPFunction.init({
-//   dsn: process.env.SENTRY_DSN,
-//   tracesSampleRate: 0,
-// })
-
 const signToken = promisify(jwt.sign)
 const parser = new Parser({
   customFields: {
@@ -663,6 +685,15 @@ export const _refreshFeed = async (request: RefreshFeedRequest) => {
         feed
       )
     }
+
+    // create fetch content tasks
+    for (const task of fetchContentTasks.values()) {
+      await fetchContentAndCreateItem(
+        Array.from(task.users.values()),
+        feedUrl,
+        task.item
+      )
+    }
   } catch (e) {
     console.error('Error while saving RSS feeds', e)
   }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts
index e3a238636..6f7ef83ca 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ import { Readability } from '@omnivore/readability'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
+import { env } from '../env'
 
 const signToken = promisify(jwt.sign)
 
 const IMPORTER_METRICS_COLLECTOR_URL =
   process.env.IMPORTER_METRICS_COLLECTOR_URL
-const JWT_SECRET = process.env.JWT_SECRET
-const REST_BACKEND_ENDPOINT = process.env.REST_BACKEND_ENDPOINT
+const JWT_SECRET = env.server.jwtSecret
+const REST_BACKEND_ENDPOINT = process.env.INTERNAL_API_URL
 
-if (!IMPORTER_METRICS_COLLECTOR_URL || !JWT_SECRET || !REST_BACKEND_ENDPOINT) {
+if (!IMPORTER_METRICS_COLLECTOR_URL || !REST_BACKEND_ENDPOINT) {
   throw new Error('Missing environment variables')
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/content-fetch/src/job.ts b/packages/content-fetch/src/job.ts
index 7e7681a73..6fd67ec60 100644
--- a/packages/content-fetch/src/job.ts
+++ b/packages/content-fetch/src/job.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Queue } from 'bullmq'
+import { BulkJobOptions, Queue } from 'bullmq'
 import { redis } from './redis'
 
 const QUEUE_NAME = 'omnivore-backend-queue'
@@ -29,6 +29,25 @@ const getPriority = (job: savePageJob): number => {
   return 5
 }
 
+const getAttempts = (job: savePageJob): number => {
+  if (job.isRss || job.isImport) {
+    // we don't want to retry rss or import jobs
+    return 1
+  }
+
+  return 2
+}
+
+const getOpts = (job: savePageJob): BulkJobOptions => {
+  return {
+    // jobId: `${job.userId}-${job.url}`,
+    // removeOnComplete: true,
+    // removeOnFail: true,
+    attempts: getAttempts(job),
+    priority: getPriority(job),
+  }
+}
+
 const createQueue = (): Queue | undefined => {
   return new Queue(QUEUE_NAME, {
     connection: redis,
@@ -44,12 +63,7 @@ export const queueSavePageJob = async (savePageJobs: savePageJob[]) => {
   const jobs = savePageJobs.map((job) => ({
     name: JOB_NAME,
     data: job.data,
-    opts: {
-      jobId: `${job.userId}-${job.url}`,
-      removeOnComplete: true,
-      removeOnFail: true,
-      priority: getPriority(job),
-    },
+    opts: getOpts(job),
   }))
 
   return queue.addBulk(jobs)
diff --git a/packages/content-fetch/src/request_handler.ts b/packages/content-fetch/src/request_handler.ts
index 9319722f5..66acc1a37 100644
--- a/packages/content-fetch/src/request_handler.ts
+++ b/packages/content-fetch/src/request_handler.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ export const contentFetchRequestHandler: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
       url: finalUrl,
       userId: user.id,
       data: {
+        userId: user.id,
         url: finalUrl,
         title,
         content,