diff --git a/kuow_fetcher.py b/kuow_fetcher.py
index 670377b..9413d0b 100644
--- a/kuow_fetcher.py
+++ b/kuow_fetcher.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import yaml
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from lingua import IsoCode639_1, Language, LanguageDetectorBuilder
 from mastodon import Mastodon
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, select, or_
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, select
 from sqlalchemy.exc import NoResultFound
 from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase, Mapped, Session, mapped_column
 
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ with Session(engine) as session:
     for article in articles:
         article_link = article.find("a").attrs["href"]
         print("Checking {}".format(article_link))
+
+        lookup_statement = select(KuowStory).where(
+            KuowStory.article_link == article_link
+        )
+        lookup_result = session.scalars(lookup_statement)
         is_new_article = False
 
         article_lookup = requests.get(kuow_base_url + article_link)
@@ -100,23 +105,8 @@ with Session(engine) as session:
             except NameError:
                 print("Could not find or load the meta published time for this post")
                 last_updated_time = datetime.now()
-            try:
-                pageview_story_id = article_soup.find(
-                    "script", {"class": "pageview_story"}
-                )["data-id"]
-            except (NameError, TypeError):
-                print(
-                    "Could not find or load a Pageview story ID, skipping additional processing on this post"
-                )
-                continue
+
         try:
-            lookup_statement = select(KuowStory).where(
-                or_(
-                    KuowStory.article_link == article_link,
-                    KuowStory.pageview_story_id == pageview_story_id,
-                )
-            )
-            lookup_result = session.scalars(lookup_statement)
             article_record = lookup_result.one()
             # Only process existing articles if the last updated time doesn't match
             process_article = (
@@ -132,6 +122,9 @@ with Session(engine) as session:
             print("Processing {}".format(article_link))
 
             try:
+                article_record.pageview_story_id = article_soup.find(
+                    "script", {"class": "pageview_story"}
+                )["data-id"]
                 article_record.dfp_targeting_id = article_soup.find(
                     "script", {"class": "dfp_targeting", "data-key": "id"}
                 )["data-value"]
@@ -199,7 +192,6 @@ with Session(engine) as session:
             except Exception:
                 print("Could not load a description/post this article")
 
-            article_record.pageview_story_id = pageview_story_id
             article_record.article_link = article_link
             article_record.last_updated_time = last_updated_time