diff --git a/post_process.py b/post_process.py
index ca6305b..c23ad93 100644
--- a/post_process.py
+++ b/post_process.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ INTERNAL_RE = re.compile(r"^https?://(reddit.com|redd.it|old.reddit.com|www.redd
 
 
 def post_process(thing):
-    thing["v"] = 1.0
+    thing["v"] = 1.1
 
     thing["urls"] = []
 
diff --git a/retropublish.py b/retropublish.py
index 01dd2cb..433d133 100644
--- a/retropublish.py
+++ b/retropublish.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Script to retroactively publish reddit items from pushshift for a specific subreddit
+import time
 import traceback
 
 import psaw
@@ -22,5 +23,6 @@ else:
 for item in gen:
     try:
         publish(item)
+        time.sleep(0.2)
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(str(e) + ": " + traceback.format_exc())
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index c6028c4..1c2f091 100755
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from queue import Queue
 
 import pika
 import praw
-import psaw
 from praw.endpoints import API_PATH
 from praw.models import Comment
 
@@ -31,13 +30,18 @@ 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")
 
+def connect():
+    global reddit_channel
+    rabbit = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters(host="localhost"))
+    reddit_channel = rabbit.channel()
+    reddit_channel.exchange_declare(exchange="reddit", exchange_type="topic")
+
+
+connect()
 
 REALTIME_DELAY = timedelta(seconds=60)
-MONITORING = True
+MONITORING = False
 
 formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)-5s %(message)s')
 file_handler = FileHandler("reddit_feed.log")
@@ -51,7 +55,8 @@ logger.addHandler(StreamHandler(sys.stdout))
 def serialize(thing):
     if isinstance(thing, Comment) or type(thing).__name__ == "comment":
         return {
-            "author": str(thing.author),
+            "_id": int(thing.id, 36),
+            "author": str(thing.author) if thing.author is not None else None,
             "author_flair_text": thing.author_flair_text,
             "body": thing.body,
             "selftext_html": thing.body_html if hasattr(thing, "body_html") else None,
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ def serialize(thing):
         }
     else:
         return {
+            "_id": int(thing.id, 36),
             "author": str(thing.author),
             "author_flair_text": thing.author_flair_text,
             "created": int(thing.created),
@@ -85,7 +91,6 @@ def serialize(thing):
             "score": thing.score,
             "selftext": thing.selftext if hasattr(thing, "selftext") else None,
             "selftext_html": thing.selftext_html if hasattr(thing, "selftext_html") else None,
-            "stickied": thing.stickied,
             "subreddit": str(thing.subreddit),
             "subreddit_id": thing.subreddit_id,
             "title": thing.title,
@@ -110,12 +115,15 @@ def publish(thing):
 def publish_worker(q: Queue):
     logger.info("Started publish thread")
     while True:
+        thing = q.get()
         try:
-            thing = q.get()
-            publish(thing)
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(str(e) + ": " + traceback.format_exc())
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    publish(thing)
+                    break
+                except Exception as e:
+                    connect()
+                    logger.error(str(e) + ": " + traceback.format_exc())
         finally:
             q.task_done()
 
@@ -146,6 +154,9 @@ def stream_thing(prefix, publish_queue, mon_queue=None, start_id=None):
 
         params = {"id": ",".join(chunk)}
         results = reddit.get(API_PATH["info"], params=params)
+        if not results:
+            logger.warning("No results!")
+            continue
         post_time = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(results[0].created_utc)
         now = datetime.utcnow()
         distance = now - post_time
@@ -184,7 +195,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     logger.info("Starting app @%s" % sys.argv[1])
 
-    monitoring.init()
+    if MONITORING:
+        monitoring.init()
     pub_queue = Queue()
     while True:
         try: