diff --git a/retrieve.go b/retrieve.go
index e5607ea..a7b810f 100644
--- a/retrieve.go
+++ b/retrieve.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
+	//"errors"
 	"html"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -69,20 +69,22 @@ type PostJson struct {
 	instance string
 }
 
-func check_activity(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
+func check_activity(uri string) {
 	var activityjson PostJson
 
 	// Ignore banned
 	for _, banned := range settings.Banned {
 		if strings.Index(uri, "https://"+banned+"/") == 0 {
-			return activityjson, errors.New("Banned instance")
+			//return activityjson, errors.New("Banned instance")
+			return
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Ignore invalid URIs
 	endslash := strings.Index(uri[8:], "/")
 	if endslash == -1 {
-		return activityjson, errors.New("Invalid URI " + uri)
+		//return activityjson, errors.New("Invalid URI " + uri)
+		return
 	}
 	activityjson.instance = uri[8 : endslash+8]
 
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ func check_activity(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 	o.recentactivities.mu.Lock()
 	if o.recentactivities.Add(uri) == true {
 		o.recentactivities.mu.Unlock()
-		return activityjson, errors.New("Recently requested within local cache")
+		//return activityjson, errors.New("Recently requested within local cache")
+		return
 	}
 
 	o.recentactivities.mu.Unlock()
@@ -103,7 +106,8 @@ func check_activity(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 	err := selectRet.Scan(&activityjson.id, &jsonmap)
 	if err == nil {
 		/////////// BETTER RETURN VALUES!!!!!
-		return activityjson, nil
+		//return activityjson, nil
+		return
 	}
 
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", uri, nil)
@@ -112,18 +116,21 @@ func check_activity(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 
 	resp, err := DoTries(&o, req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return activityjson, errors.New("Connection error to " + uri)
+		//return activityjson, errors.New("Connection error to " + uri)
+		return
 	}
 
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return activityjson, errors.New("Read error on " + uri)
+		//return activityjson, errors.New("Read error on " + uri)
+		return
 	}
 	resp.Body.Close()
 	jsondocument = string(body)
 	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &activityjson)
 	if err != nil {
-		return activityjson, err
+		return
+		//return activityjson, err
 	}
 
 	if activityjson.InReplyTo != "" && activityjson.InReplyTo != uri {
@@ -135,13 +142,11 @@ func check_activity(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 	// If AttributedTo is blank, this is likely an authentication failure
 	// For now, skip it...
 	if activityjson.AttributedTo == "" {
-		return activityjson, errors.New("Invalid AttributedTo value on " + uri)
+		//return activityjson, errors.New("Invalid AttributedTo value on " + uri)
+		return
 	}
 
-	_, err = check_actor(activityjson.AttributedTo) // This must be done BEFORE the `INSERT INTO activities'` below
-	if err != nil {
-		return activityjson, err
-	}
+	go check_actor(activityjson.AttributedTo) // This must be done BEFORE the `INSERT INTO activities'` below
 
 	activityjson.normalized = removeHTMLReg.ReplaceAllString(activityjson.Content, " ")
 	activityjson.normalized = html.UnescapeString(strings.ToLower(p.Sanitize(activityjson.normalized)))
@@ -151,7 +156,8 @@ func check_activity(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 	_, err = pool.Exec(context.Background(), "INSERT INTO activities (document, normalized, instance) VALUES($1, $2, $3)", jsondocument, activityjson.normalized, activityjson.instance)
 	if err != nil {
 		logWarn.Printf("Error inserting %s into `activities`: %s", uri, err)
-		return activityjson, err
+		//return activityjson, err
+		return
 	}
 
 	for _, to := range activityjson.To {
@@ -164,19 +170,21 @@ func check_activity(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return activityjson, nil
+	//return activityjson, nil
 }
 
-func check_actor(uri string) (ActorJson, error) {
+func check_actor(uri string) {
 	var actorjson ActorJson
 	endslash := strings.Index(uri[8:], "/")
 	if endslash == -1 {
-		return actorjson, errors.New("Invalid user: " + uri)
+//		return actorjson, errors.New("Invalid user: " + uri)
+		return
 	}
 	actorjson.instance = uri[8 : endslash+8]
 	for _, banned := range settings.Banned {
 		if strings.Index(uri, "https://"+banned+"/") == 0 {
-			return actorjson, errors.New("Banned instance")
+//			return actorjson, errors.New("Banned instance")
+			return
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -185,7 +193,8 @@ func check_actor(uri string) (ActorJson, error) {
 	o.recentactors.mu.Lock()
 	if o.recentactors.Add(uri) == true {
 		o.recentactors.mu.Unlock()
-		return actorjson, errors.New("Recently requested actor within local cache")
+		return
+//		return actorjson, errors.New("Recently requested actor within local cache")
 	}
 	o.recentactors.mu.Unlock()
 
@@ -194,7 +203,8 @@ func check_actor(uri string) (ActorJson, error) {
 	err := selectRet.Scan(&actorjson.id, &jsonmap, &actorjson.instance)
 	if err == nil {
 		///////// BETTER RETURN VALUES ////////
-		return actorjson, nil
+//		return actorjson, nil
+		return
 	}
 
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", uri, nil)
@@ -208,7 +218,8 @@ func check_actor(uri string) (ActorJson, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			if tries > 10 {
 				logErr.Print("Unable to connect to "+uri+" attempt 10/10, giving up.")
-				return actorjson, err
+//				return actorjson, err
+				return
 			}
 			logWarn.Print("Unable to connect to "+uri+", attempt ",tries+1,"+/10 sleeping for 30 seconds.")
 			time.Sleep(time.Second * 30)
@@ -220,7 +231,8 @@ func check_actor(uri string) (ActorJson, error) {
 
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return actorjson, errors.New("Read error on " + uri)
+//		return actorjson, errors.New("Read error on " + uri)
+		return
 	}
 	resp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -228,14 +240,16 @@ func check_actor(uri string) (ActorJson, error) {
 
 	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &actorjson)
 	if err != nil {
-		return actorjson, err
+//		return actorjson, err
+		return
 	}
 
 	_, err = pool.Exec(context.Background(), "INSERT INTO actors (document, instance) VALUES($1, $2)", jsondocument, actorjson.instance)
 	if err != nil {
 		logWarn.Printf("Error inserting %s into `actors`: %s", uri, err)
-		return actorjson, err
+//		return actorjson, err
+		return
 	}
 
-	return actorjson, nil
+//	return actorjson, nil
 }