diff --git a/retrieve.go b/retrieve.go
index e4647fc..c3fcf96 100644
--- a/retrieve.go
+++ b/retrieve.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"html"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
-"io"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -143,12 +143,15 @@ func check_post(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 
 	_, 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
 	}
 
 	for _, to := range postjson.To {
 		if to != "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" && to != "" {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(to, "/followers") == true {
+				// This check is very much a bad solution, may consider removing the entire for-loop
+				continue
+			}
 			go check_user(to)
 		}
 	}
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ func check_user(uri string) (UserJson, error) {
 		return userjson, err
 	}
 
-io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body)
+	io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body)
 
 	resp.Body.Close()