diff --git a/fedilogue.go b/fedilogue.go
index 03a6997..be6b796 100644
--- a/fedilogue.go
+++ b/fedilogue.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 var runninginstances map[string]RunningInstance
 var ri_mutex = &sync.Mutex{}
 var pool *pgxpool.Pool
-var requestconnchan chan ConnRequest
 
 func startpprof() {
 	log.Print("Starting http/pprof on :7777")
@@ -25,17 +24,12 @@ func startpprof() {
 func main() {
 	// Initial Setup
 	runninginstances = make(map[string]RunningInstance)
-	requestconnchan = make(chan ConnRequest)
 
 	getSettings()
 	go startpprof()
 
 	pool = getDbPool()
 
-	for i := 0; i < settings.Database.Workers; i++ {
-		go requestConn()
-	}
-
 	p = bluemonday.NewPolicy()
 	spaceReg = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
 
diff --git a/retrieve.go b/retrieve.go
index ae4810b..79ccfd1 100644
--- a/retrieve.go
+++ b/retrieve.go
@@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ type ConnRequest struct {
 	b chan bool
 }
 
-func requestConn() {
-	conn, _:= pool.Acquire(context.Background())
-	defer conn.Release()
-	for connRequest := range requestconnchan {
-		connRequest.conn <-conn
-		_ = <-connRequest.b
-	}
-}
-
 func GetHTTPSession(endpoint string) (RunningInstance) {
 	ri_mutex.Lock()
 	o, exist := runninginstances[endpoint]
@@ -95,19 +86,10 @@ func GetHTTPSession(endpoint string) (RunningInstance) {
 }
 
 func check_post(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
-	connrequest := ConnRequest{}
-	connrequest.conn = make(chan *pgxpool.Conn)
-	connrequest.b = make(chan bool)
-	requestconnchan <- connrequest
-
-	myconn := <-connrequest.conn
-
 	var postjson PostJson
 
-	selectRet := myconn.QueryRow(context.Background(), "SELECT id, inReplyTo, published, summary, content, normalized, attributedto, posthash, received_at FROM posts WHERE id = $1", uri)
+	selectRet := pool.QueryRow(context.Background(), "SELECT id, inReplyTo, published, summary, content, normalized, attributedto, posthash, received_at FROM posts WHERE id = $1", uri)
 	err := selectRet.Scan(&postjson.ID, &postjson.InReplyTo, &postjson.Published, &postjson.Summary, &postjson.Content, &postjson.normalized, &postjson.AttributedTo, &postjson.posthash, &postjson.receivedAt)
-	close(connrequest.b)
-
 	if err == nil {
 		return postjson, nil
 	}
@@ -115,7 +97,6 @@ func check_post(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 	if endslash == -1 {
 		return postjson, nil
 	}
-	log.Print("Was: " + uri, " ", endslash)
 	postjson.instance = uri[8:endslash+8]
 
 
@@ -138,8 +119,9 @@ func check_post(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 	}
 
 	if postjson.InReplyTo != "" && postjson.InReplyTo != uri {
-		log.Print("GOING INTO NEW POST: " + postjson.InReplyTo + " " + uri)
-		go check_post(postjson.InReplyTo)
+		if postjson.InReplyTo != uri {
+			go check_post(postjson.InReplyTo)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// If AttributedTo is blank, this is likely an authentication failure
@@ -148,20 +130,16 @@ func check_post(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 	if postjson.AttributedTo == "" {
 		return postjson, nil
 	}
-	check_user(postjson.AttributedTo) // This must be done BEFORE the `INSERT INTO posts` below
+
+	_, err = check_user(postjson.AttributedTo) // This must be done BEFORE the `INSERT INTO posts` below
+	if err != nil {
+		return postjson, err
+	}
 
 	postjson.normalized = html.UnescapeString(strings.ToLower(p.Sanitize(postjson.Content)))
 	spaceReg.ReplaceAllString(postjson.normalized, " ")
 
-	connrequest = ConnRequest{}
-	connrequest.conn = make(chan *pgxpool.Conn)
-	connrequest.b = make(chan bool)
-	requestconnchan <- connrequest
-
-	myconn = <-connrequest.conn
-
-	_, err = myconn.Exec(context.Background(), "INSERT INTO posts (id, inreplyto, published, summary, content, normalized, attributedto, posthash, instance) VALUES($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9)", postjson.ID, postjson.InReplyTo, postjson.Published, postjson.Summary, postjson.Content, postjson.normalized, postjson.AttributedTo, postjson.posthash, postjson.instance)
-	close(connrequest.b)
+	_, err = pool.Exec(context.Background(), "INSERT INTO posts (id, inreplyto, published, summary, content, normalized, attributedto, posthash, instance) VALUES($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9)", postjson.ID, postjson.InReplyTo, postjson.Published, postjson.Summary, postjson.Content, postjson.normalized, postjson.AttributedTo, postjson.posthash, postjson.instance)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Print("INSERT posts error of " + uri + ": ", err)
 		return postjson, err
@@ -177,25 +155,17 @@ func check_post(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 }
 
 func check_user(uri string) (UserJson, error) {
-	connrequest := ConnRequest{}
-	connrequest.conn = make(chan *pgxpool.Conn)
-	connrequest.b = make(chan bool)
-	requestconnchan <- connrequest
-
-	myconn := <-connrequest.conn
-
 	var userjson UserJson
 
-	selectRet := myconn.QueryRow(context.Background(), "SELECT id, actor_type, inbox, outbox, followers, following, url, preferredUsername, name, summary, icon, image, publicKey, instance FROM accounts WHERE id = $1", uri)
+	selectRet := pool.QueryRow(context.Background(), "SELECT id, actor_type, inbox, outbox, followers, following, url, preferredUsername, name, summary, icon, image, publicKey, instance FROM accounts WHERE id = $1", uri)
 	err := selectRet.Scan(&userjson.ID, &userjson.Type, &userjson.Inbox, &userjson.Outbox, &userjson.Followers, &userjson.Following, &userjson.Url, &userjson.PreferredUsername, &userjson.Name, &userjson.Summary, &userjson.Icon.Url, &userjson.Image.Url, &userjson.PublicKey.PublicKeyPem, &userjson.instance)
-	close(connrequest.b)
-
 	if err == nil {
 		return userjson, nil
 	}
-	log.Print("The URI: " + uri)
 	endslash := strings.Index(uri[8:], "/")
-	log.Print("on " + uri + " ", endslash)
+	if endslash == -1 {
+		return userjson, nil
+	}
 	userjson.instance = uri[8:endslash+8]
 
 	o := GetHTTPSession(userjson.instance)
@@ -214,14 +184,7 @@ func check_user(uri string) (UserJson, error) {
 		return userjson, err
 	}
 
-	connrequest = ConnRequest{}
-	connrequest.conn = make(chan *pgxpool.Conn)
-	connrequest.b = make(chan bool)
-	requestconnchan <- connrequest
-
-	myconn = <-connrequest.conn
-	_, err = myconn.Exec(context.Background(), "INSERT INTO accounts (id, actor_type, inbox, outbox, followers, following, url, preferredUsername, name, summary, icon, image, publicKey, instance) VALUES($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, $12, $13, $14)", userjson.ID, userjson.Type, userjson.Inbox, userjson.Outbox, userjson.Followers, userjson.Following, userjson.Url, userjson.PreferredUsername, userjson.Name, userjson.Summary, userjson.Icon.Url, userjson.Image.Url, userjson.PublicKey.PublicKeyPem, userjson.instance)
-	close(connrequest.b)
+	_, err = pool.Exec(context.Background(), "INSERT INTO accounts (id, actor_type, inbox, outbox, followers, following, url, preferredUsername, name, summary, icon, image, publicKey, instance) VALUES($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, $12, $13, $14)", userjson.ID, userjson.Type, userjson.Inbox, userjson.Outbox, userjson.Followers, userjson.Following, userjson.Url, userjson.PreferredUsername, userjson.Name, userjson.Summary, userjson.Icon.Url, userjson.Image.Url, userjson.PublicKey.PublicKeyPem, userjson.instance)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Print("INSERT accounts error: ", err)
 		return userjson, err