diff --git a/tootbot.py b/tootbot.py
index 70c6084..ca31e41 100755
--- a/tootbot.py
+++ b/tootbot.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ for p in reversed(t.entries):
     # process only unprocessed tweets less than n days old
     if datetime.now() - posttime > timedelta(days=days):
         shouldpost = False
-        print("skip: Post too old")
+        print("skip: Tweet older than %s days" % days)
     # kill tweets with fb links with fire!
     if "https://www.facebook.com" in p.title or "https://m.facebook.com" in p.title:
         shouldpost = False
@@ -180,9 +180,16 @@ for p in reversed(s.entries):
     )
     last = db.fetchone()
 
-    # process only unprocessed post less than n days old
-    posttime = datetime(p.published_parsed.tm_year, p.published_parsed.tm_mon, p.published_parsed.tm_mday, p.published_parsed.tm_hour, p.published_parsed.tm_min, p.published_parsed.tm_sec)
-    if last is None and (datetime.now() - posttime < timedelta(days=days)):
+
+    if last is not None:
+        shouldpost = False
+        print("skip: already posted")
+    # process only unprocessed tweets less than n days old
+    if datetime.now() - posttime > timedelta(days=days):
+        shouldpost = False
+        print("skip: Posting older than %s days" % days)
+
+    if shouldpost:
         # Create application if it does not exist
         mastodon_api = register_app(mastuser, mastpasswd, mastinstance, mastodon_api)