diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/rss_feed.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/rss_feed.ts
index e5a96af71..e19436bee 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/rss_feed.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/rss_feed.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises */
-import { stringify } from 'csv-stringify/.'
 import express from 'express'
-import { DateTime } from 'luxon'
 import { readPushSubscription } from '../../datalayer/pubsub'
 import { Subscription } from '../../entity/subscription'
 import { getRepository } from '../../entity/utils'
 import { SubscriptionStatus, SubscriptionType } from '../../generated/graphql'
-import { createGCSFile } from '../../utils/uploads'
+import { enqueueRssFeedFetch } from '../../utils/createTask'
 
 export function rssFeedRouter() {
   const router = express.Router()
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ export function rssFeedRouter() {
       return res.status(200).send('Expired')
     }
 
-    let writeStream: NodeJS.WritableStream | undefined
     try {
       // get all active rss feed subscriptions
       const subscriptions = await getRepository(Subscription).find({
@@ -34,33 +31,22 @@ export function rssFeedRouter() {
         relations: ['user'],
       })
 
-      // write the list of subscriptions to a csv file and upload it to gcs
-      // path style: rss/<date>.csv
-      const dateStr = DateTime.now().toISODate()
-      const fullPath = `rss/${dateStr}.csv`
-      // open a write_stream to the file
-      const file = createGCSFile(fullPath)
-      writeStream = file.createWriteStream({
-        contentType: 'text/csv',
-      })
-      // stringify the data and pipe it to the write_stream
-      const stringifier = stringify({
-        header: false,
-        columns: ['subscriptionId', 'userId', 'feedUrl'],
-      })
-      stringifier.pipe(writeStream)
+      // create a cloud taks to fetch rss feed item for each subscription
+      await Promise.all(
+        subscriptions.map((subscription) => {
+          try {
+            return enqueueRssFeedFetch(subscription)
+          } catch (error) {
+            console.log('error creating rss feed fetch task', error)
+          }
+        })
+      )
 
-      subscriptions.forEach((sub) => {
-        stringifier.write([sub.id, sub.user.id, sub.url])
-      })
+      res.send('OK')
     } catch (error) {
       console.log('error fetching rss feeds', error)
-      return res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error')
-    } finally {
-      writeStream?.end()
+      res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error')
     }
-
-    res.send('OK')
   })
 
   return router
diff --git a/packages/rss-handler/package.json b/packages/rss-handler/package.json
index 82b87db8c..e24080ae1 100644
--- a/packages/rss-handler/package.json
+++ b/packages/rss-handler/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/functions-framework": "3.1.2",
-    "@google-cloud/tasks": "^3.0.5",
     "@sentry/serverless": "^6.16.1",
     "axios": "^1.4.0",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts b/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts
index 933a9703b..c4e36fbb0 100644
--- a/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/rss-handler/src/index.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ interface RssFeedRequest {
   subscriptionId: string
   userId: string
   feedUrl: string
+  lastFetchedAt: Date
 }
 
 function isRssFeedRequest(body: any): body is RssFeedRequest {
-  return 'subscriptionId' in body && 'userId' in body && 'feedUrl' in body
+  return (
+    'subscriptionId' in body &&
+    'userId' in body &&
+    'feedUrl' in body &&
+    'lastFetchedAt' in body
+  )
 }
 
 const sendSavePageMutation = async (userId: string, input: unknown) => {
@@ -148,19 +154,24 @@ export const rssHandler = Sentry.GCPFunction.wrapHttpFunction(
         return res.status(400).send('INVALID_REQUEST_BODY')
       }
 
-      const { userId, feedUrl, subscriptionId } = req.body
+      const { userId, feedUrl, subscriptionId, lastFetchedAt } = req.body
       // fetch feed
       const feed = await parser.parseURL(feedUrl)
-      const lastFetchedAt = new Date()
-      console.log('Fetched feed', feed.title, lastFetchedAt)
+      const newFetchedAt = new Date()
+      console.log('Fetched feed', feed.title, newFetchedAt)
 
       // save each item in the feed
       for (const item of feed.items) {
-        if (!item.link || !item.title || !item.content) {
+        if (!item.link || !item.title || !item.content || !item.isoDate) {
           console.log('Invalid feed item', item)
           continue
         }
 
+        if (new Date(item.isoDate) <= lastFetchedAt) {
+          console.log('Skipping old feed item', item.title)
+          continue
+        }
+
         const input = {
           source: 'rss-feeder',
           url: item.link,
@@ -184,7 +195,7 @@ export const rssHandler = Sentry.GCPFunction.wrapHttpFunction(
       const updatedSubscription = await sendUpdateSubscriptionMutation(
         userId,
         subscriptionId,
-        lastFetchedAt
+        newFetchedAt
       )
       console.log('Updated subscription', updatedSubscription)
 
diff --git a/packages/rss-handler/src/task.ts b/packages/rss-handler/src/task.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 94b3352cc..000000000
--- a/packages/rss-handler/src/task.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions */
-import { CloudTasksClient, protos } from '@google-cloud/tasks'
-
-const cloudTask = new CloudTasksClient()
-
-export const emailUserUrl = () => {
-  const envar = process.env.INTERNAL_SVC_ENDPOINT
-  if (envar) {
-    return envar + 'api/user/email'
-  }
-  throw 'INTERNAL_SVC_ENDPOINT not set'
-}
-
-export const CONTENT_FETCH_URL = process.env.CONTENT_FETCH_GCF_URL
-
-export const createCloudTask = async (
-  taskHandlerUrl: string | undefined,
-  payload: unknown,
-  requestHeaders?: Record<string, string>,
-  queue = 'omnivore-import-queue'
-) => {
-  const location = process.env.GCP_LOCATION
-  const project = process.env.GCP_PROJECT_ID
-
-  if (!project || !location || !queue || !taskHandlerUrl) {
-    throw `Environment not configured: ${project}, ${location}, ${queue}, ${taskHandlerUrl}`
-  }
-
-  const serviceAccountEmail = `${project}@appspot.gserviceaccount.com`
-
-  const parent = cloudTask.queuePath(project, location, queue)
-  const convertedPayload = JSON.stringify(payload)
-  const body = Buffer.from(convertedPayload).toString('base64')
-  const task: protos.google.cloud.tasks.v2.ITask = {
-    httpRequest: {
-      httpMethod: 'POST',
-      url: taskHandlerUrl,
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-        ...requestHeaders,
-      },
-      body,
-      ...(serviceAccountEmail
-        ? {
-            oidcToken: {
-              serviceAccountEmail,
-            },
-          }
-        : null),
-    },
-  }
-
-  return cloudTask.createTask({ parent, task }).then((result) => {
-    return result[0].name ?? undefined
-  })
-}