diff --git a/src/bin/load_hashes.rs b/src/bin/load_hashes.rs
index 8611bbe..5663c6c 100644
--- a/src/bin/load_hashes.rs
+++ b/src/bin/load_hashes.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,37 @@ async fn hash_url(
     Ok((hash, num))
 }
 
+async fn load_next_posts(
+    db: Pool<PostgresConnectionManager<tokio_postgres::NoTls>>,
+) -> Vec<NeededPost> {
+    db.get()
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .query(
+            "SELECT
+                    id,
+                    data->>'file_url' file_url
+                FROM
+                    post
+                WHERE
+                    hash IS NULL AND
+                    hash_error IS NULL AND
+                    data->>'file_ext' IN ('jpg', 'png') AND
+                    data->>'file_url' <> '/images/deleted-preview.png'
+                ORDER BY id DESC
+                LIMIT 384",
+            &[],
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("Unable to get posts")
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|row| NeededPost {
+            id: row.get("id"),
+            full_url: row.get("file_url"),
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     let dsn = std::env::var("POSTGRES_DSN").expect("missing postgres dsn");
@@ -55,42 +86,23 @@ async fn main() {
         .expect("Unable to build http client");
     let client = std::sync::Arc::new(client);
 
+    let mut needed_posts = load_next_posts(pool.clone()).await;
+
     loop {
-        println!("getting next 384 posts");
+        println!("running loop");
+
+        if needed_posts.is_empty() {
+            println!("no posts, waiting a minute");
+            tokio::time::delay_for(std::time::Duration::from_secs(60)).await;
+            continue;
+        }
 
         let db = pool.clone();
-
-        let needed_posts: Vec<_> = db
-            .get()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .query(
-                "SELECT
-                    id,
-                    data->>'file_url' file_url
-                FROM
-                    post
-                WHERE
-                    hash IS NULL AND
-                    hash_error IS NULL AND
-                    data->>'file_ext' IN ('jpg', 'png') AND
-                    data->>'file_url' <> '/images/deleted-preview.png'
-                ORDER BY id DESC
-                LIMIT 384",
-                &[],
-            )
-            .await
-            .expect("Unable to get posts")
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|row| NeededPost {
-                id: row.get("id"),
-                full_url: row.get("file_url"),
-            })
-            .collect();
+        let posts_fut = tokio::spawn(async move { load_next_posts(db).await });
 
         for chunk in needed_posts.chunks(8) {
             let futs = chunk.iter().map(|post| {
-                let db = db.clone();
+                let db = pool.clone();
                 let client = client.clone();
                 let id = post.id;
 
@@ -116,7 +128,7 @@ async fn main() {
                                     &[&id, &desc],
                                 )
                                 .await
-                                .expect("Unable to update hash in database");
+                                .expect("Unable to update hash error in database");
                         }
                     };
                 })
@@ -124,5 +136,7 @@ async fn main() {
 
             futures::future::join_all(futs).await;
         }
+
+        needed_posts = posts_fut.await.unwrap();
     }
 }