diff --git a/geospatial.py b/geospatial.py
index 36c8992..003370b 100644
--- a/geospatial.py
+++ b/geospatial.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from shapely import MultiPolygon, Polygon
+from shapely import MultiPolygon, Polygon, Geometry, to_wkb, from_wkb
+from sqlalchemy.types import TypeDecorator, LargeBinary
 
 
 def convert_outage_geometry(event) -> MultiPolygon:
@@ -9,3 +10,21 @@ def convert_outage_geometry(event) -> MultiPolygon:
     for ring in event["polygons"]["rings"]:
         polygon_list.append(Polygon(ring))
     return MultiPolygon(polygon_list)
+
+
+class DBGeometry(TypeDecorator):
+    impl = LargeBinary
+    cache_ok = True
+
+    def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
+        if isinstance(value, Geometry):
+            value = to_wkb(value)
+        return value
+
+    def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
+        if value is None:
+            return value
+        else:
+            if not isinstance(value, Geometry):
+                value = from_wkb(value)
+            return value
diff --git a/scl.py b/scl.py
index 72363ca..abe74a1 100644
--- a/scl.py
+++ b/scl.py
@@ -5,17 +5,16 @@ from typing import Optional
 import mastodon
 import requests
 import shapely
-import sqlalchemy.types as types
 import staticmap
 import yaml
 from mastodon import Mastodon
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
-from shapely import Geometry, MultiPolygon, Point, Polygon, from_wkb, to_wkb
+from shapely import Geometry
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, select
 from sqlalchemy.exc import NoResultFound
 from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase, Mapped, Session, mapped_column
 
-from geospatial import convert_outage_geometry
+from geospatial import DBGeometry, convert_outage_geometry
 
 post_datetime_format = "%b %e %l:%M %p"
 
@@ -118,16 +117,6 @@ def get_hashtag_string(event) -> str:
     return hashtag_string
 
 
-def convert_outage_geometry(event) -> MultiPolygon:
-    assert event["polygons"]["type"] == "polygon"
-    assert event["polygons"]["hasZ"] is False
-    assert event["polygons"]["hasM"] is False
-    polygon_list = []
-    for ring in event["polygons"]["rings"]:
-        polygon_list.append(Polygon(ring))
-    return MultiPolygon(polygon_list)
-
-
 def do_initial_post(
     event,
     event_class,
@@ -272,31 +261,21 @@ Cause: {}
         )
     )
 
-    post_result = mastodon_client.status_post(
-        status=post_text,
-        media_ids=map_media_post,
-        visibility="public",
-        language="en",
-    )
+    post_result = {"id": "0123"}
+    # post_result = mastodon_client.status_post(
+    #     status=post_text,
+    #     media_ids=map_media_post,
+    #     visibility="public",
+    #     language="en",
+    # )
     post_id = post_result["id"]
 
     return {"post_id": post_id, "map_media_post_id": map_media_post_id}
 
 
-class GeometryWkb(types.TypeDecorator):
-    impl = types.LargeBinary
-    cache_ok = True
-
-    def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
-        return to_wkb(value)
-
-    def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
-        return from_wkb(value)
-
-
 class Base(DeclarativeBase):
     type_annotation_map = {
-        Geometry: GeometryWkb,
+        Geometry: DBGeometry,
     }
 
 
@@ -317,10 +296,11 @@ class SclOutage(Base):
     max_num_people: Mapped[int] = mapped_column()
     neighborhood: Mapped[Optional[str]] = mapped_column()
     city: Mapped[Optional[str]] = mapped_column()
-    outage_geometries: Mapped[Geometry] = mapped_column()
+    outage_geometries: Mapped[Optional[Geometry]] = mapped_column()
+    geometries_modified: Mapped[Optional[bool]] = mapped_column()
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"SclOutage(scl_outage_id={self.scl_outage_id!r}, most_recent_post_id={self.most_recent_post_id!r}, initial_post_id={self.initial_post_id!r}, map_media_post_id={self.map_media_post_id!r}, last_updated_time={self.last_updated_time!r}, no_longer_in_response_time={self.no_longer_in_response_time!r}, start_time={self.start_time!r}, num_people={self.num_people!r}, max_num_people={self.max_num_people!r}, neighborhood={self.neighborhood!r}, city={self.city!r}, outage_geometries={self.outage_geometries!r})"
+        return f"SclOutage(scl_outage_id={self.scl_outage_id!r}, most_recent_post_id={self.most_recent_post_id!r}, initial_post_id={self.initial_post_id!r}, map_media_post_id={self.map_media_post_id!r}, last_updated_time={self.last_updated_time!r}, no_longer_in_response_time={self.no_longer_in_response_time!r}, start_time={self.start_time!r}, num_people={self.num_people!r}, max_num_people={self.max_num_people!r}, neighborhood={self.neighborhood!r}, city={self.city!r}, outage_geometries={self.outage_geometries!r}, geometries_modified={self.geometries_modified!r})"
 
 
 engine = create_engine("sqlite:///scl.db")
@@ -393,9 +373,9 @@ with Session(engine) as session:
                 existing_record.max_num_people = event["numPeople"]
             max_event_class = classify_event_size(existing_record.max_num_people)
             if existing_record.outage_geometries != outage_geometries:
-                print("updating geometries")
+                print("Geometries modified")
                 existing_record.outage_geometries = outage_geometries
-            
+                existing_record.geometries_modified = True
 
             if updated_properties:
                 updated_properties.sort()