diff --git a/src/crawl/bubble.rs b/src/crawl/bubble.rs
index 70883d0..6b9851f 100644
--- a/src/crawl/bubble.rs
+++ b/src/crawl/bubble.rs
@@ -3,20 +3,26 @@ use super::collector::CollectorHandle;
 #[async_recursion::async_recursion]
 pub async fn crawl_bubble(domain: &str, handle: CollectorHandle) -> Result<(), reqwest::Error> {
 	if handle.already_scanned(domain).await { return Ok(()) }
-	let info = match crate::nodeinfo::fetch(domain).await {
+	let (info, new) = match handle.get_node_info(domain).await {
 		Ok(i) => i,
 		Err(e) => {
 			tracing::error!("failed fetching nodeinfo for {}: {}", domain, e);
 			return Err(e);
 		}
 	};
-	tracing::info!("disovered {} : {}, {} users", domain, info.software.name, info.usage.users.active_month.unwrap_or(-1));
+	if new {
+		tracing::info!("disovered {} : {}, {} users", domain, info.software.name, info.usage.users.active_month.unwrap_or(-1));
+	} else {
+		tracing::debug!("passing known instance {} : {}, {} users", domain, info.software.name, info.usage.users.active_month.unwrap_or(-1));
+	}
 
 	let local_bubble = info.metadata
 		.get("localBubbleInstances")
 		.map(|x| x.as_array().cloned());
 
-	handle.add_instance(domain, info);
+	if new {
+		handle.add_instance(domain, info);
+	}
 
 	if let Some(Some(local_bubble)) = local_bubble {
 		let mut tasks = Vec::new();
diff --git a/src/crawl/collector.rs b/src/crawl/collector.rs
index 6670075..e3457bf 100644
--- a/src/crawl/collector.rs
+++ b/src/crawl/collector.rs
@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@ use chrono::Utc;
 use sea_orm::{DatabaseConnection, EntityTrait, ActiveValue::NotSet, QuerySelect};
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, RwLock};
 
-use crate::nodeinfo::model::NodeInfoOwned;
+use crate::nodeinfo::{model::NodeInfoOwned, self};
 use crate::entities::{node_info, domain};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct CollectorHandle {
-	known: Arc<RwLock<HashSet<String>>>,
+	known: Arc<HashSet<String>>,
+	already_scanned: Arc<RwLock<HashSet<String>>>,
 	tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<(String, NodeInfoOwned)>,
+	db: DatabaseConnection,
 }
 
 impl CollectorHandle {
-	pub async fn new(mut db: DatabaseConnection) -> Self {
+	pub async fn new(db: DatabaseConnection) -> Self {
 		let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
 		let existing_infos : HashSet<String> = domain::Entity::find()
 			.all(&db).await.expect("could not stream known domains")
@@ -24,14 +26,33 @@ impl CollectorHandle {
 			.collect();
 
 		let worker = CollectorWorker::new(rx);
-		let known = Arc::new(RwLock::new(existing_infos));
-		tokio::spawn(async move { worker.collect(&mut db).await });
-		CollectorHandle { known, tx }
+		let known = Arc::new(existing_infos);
+		let already_scanned = Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashSet::new()));
+		let mut _db = db.clone();
+		tokio::spawn(async move { worker.collect(&mut _db).await });
+		CollectorHandle { known, already_scanned, tx, db }
+	}
+
+	pub async fn get_node_info(&self, domain: &str) -> Result<(NodeInfoOwned, bool), reqwest::Error> {
+		if self.known.contains(domain) {
+			let data_raw = domain::Entity::find_by_id(domain)
+				.find_also_related(node_info::Entity)
+				.one(&self.db)
+				.await
+				.expect("error getting data from db")
+				.expect("it was there when i created the handle but now not anymore??")
+				.1
+				.expect("no node info associated to this domain, yet it should")
+				.data;
+			Ok((serde_json::from_str(&data_raw).expect("could not deserialize nodeinfo from db"), false))
+		} else {
+			Ok((nodeinfo::fetch(domain).await?, true))
+		}
 	}
 
 	pub async fn already_scanned(&self, domain: &str) -> bool {
-		if self.known.read().await.contains(domain) { return true; }
-		self.known.write().await.insert(domain.to_string());
+		if self.already_scanned.read().await.contains(domain) { return true; }
+		self.already_scanned.write().await.insert(domain.to_string());
 		false
 	}