diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 40e6508..75ee2ac 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 praw
 pika
 influxdb
+psaw
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/retropublish.py b/retropublish.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01dd2cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retropublish.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Script to retroactively publish reddit items from pushshift for a specific subreddit
+import traceback
+
+import psaw
+import sys
+
+from run import publish, logger
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+    print("Usage: ./retropublish.py post|comment subreddit")
+
+item_type = sys.argv[1]
+subreddit = sys.argv[2]
+
+p = psaw.PushshiftAPI()
+
+if item_type == "post":
+    gen = p.search_submissions(subreddit=subreddit, limit=100000000)
+else:
+    gen = p.search_comments(subreddit=subreddit, limit=1000000000)
+
+for item in gen:
+    try:
+        publish(item)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(str(e) + ": " + traceback.format_exc())
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 6dc7443..dc99cc9 100755
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ reddit._core._rate_limiter = GoodRateLimiter()
 logger = logging.getLogger("default")
 logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
+rabbit = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters(host="localhost"))
+reddit_channel = rabbit.channel()
+reddit_channel.exchange_declare(exchange="reddit", exchange_type="topic")
+
+
 REALTIME_DELAY = timedelta(seconds=60)
 MONITORING = True
 
@@ -48,14 +53,11 @@ def serialize(thing):
             "author": str(thing.author),
             "author_flair_text": thing.author_flair_text,
             "body": thing.body,
-            "body_html": thing.body_html,
+            "selftext_html": thing.body_html if hasattr(thing, "body_html") else None,
             "controversiality": thing.controversiality,
             "created": int(thing.created),
             "created_utc": int(thing.created_utc),
-            "downs": thing.downs,
-            "edited": thing.edited,
-            "gilded": thing.gilded,
-            "gildings": thing.gildings,
+            "downs": thing.downs if hasattr(thing, "downs") else 0,
             "id": thing.id,
             "link_id": thing.link_id,
             "name": thing.name,
@@ -69,19 +71,11 @@ def serialize(thing):
         }
     else:
         return {
-            "archived": thing.archived,
             "author": str(thing.author),
             "author_flair_text": thing.author_flair_text,
-            "category": thing.category,
-            "comment_limit": thing.comment_limit,
             "created": int(thing.created),
             "created_utc": int(thing.created_utc),
-            "discussion_type": thing.discussion_type,
             "domain": thing.domain,
-            "downs": thing.downs,
-            "edited": int(thing.edited),
-            "gilded": thing.gilded,
-            "gildings": thing.gildings,
             "id": thing.id,
             "is_crosspostable": thing.is_crosspostable,
             "is_meta": thing.is_meta,
@@ -90,37 +84,26 @@ def serialize(thing):
             "is_robot_indexable": thing.is_robot_indexable,
             "is_self": thing.is_self,
             "is_video": thing.is_video,
-            "likes": thing.likes,
-            "link_flair_text": thing.link_flair_text,
+            "link_flair_text": thing.link_flair_text if hasattr(thing, "link_flair_text") else None,
             "locked": thing.locked,
-            "media": thing.media,
-            "media_embed": thing.media_embed,
-            "media_only": thing.media_only,
-            "name": thing.name,
             "num_comments": thing.num_comments,
             "num_crossposts": thing.num_crossposts,
-            "num_reports": thing.num_reports,
             "over_18": thing.over_18,
             "parent_whitelist_status": thing.parent_whitelist_status,
             "permalink": thing.permalink,
             "pinned": thing.pinned,
-            "quarantine": thing.quarantine,
             "score": thing.score,
-            "secure_media": thing.secure_media,
-            "secure_media_embed": thing.secure_media_embed,
             "selftext": thing.selftext,
-            "selftext_html": thing.selftext_html,
+            "selftext_html": thing.selftext_html if hasattr(thing, "selftext_html") else None,
             "spoiler": thing.spoiler,
             "stickied": thing.stickied,
             "subreddit": str(thing.subreddit),
             "subreddit_id": thing.subreddit_id,
             "subreddit_subscribers": thing.subreddit_subscribers,
             "subreddit_type": thing.subreddit_type,
-            "thumbnail": thing.thumbnail,
-            "thumbnail_height": thing.thumbnail_height,
-            "thumbnail_width": thing.thumbnail_width,
             "title": thing.title,
-            "ups": thing.ups,
+            "ups": thing.ups if hasattr(thing, "ups") else 0,
+            "downs": thing.downs if hasattr(thing, "downs") else 0,
             "url": thing.url,
         }
 
@@ -216,10 +199,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     monitoring.init()
     pub_queue = Queue()
-    rabbit = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters(host=sys.argv[1]))
-    reddit_channel = rabbit.channel()
-    reddit_channel.exchange_declare(exchange="reddit", exchange_type="topic")
-
     while True:
         try:
             publish_thread = threading.Thread(target=publish_worker, args=(pub_queue,))