diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5af7166..848dd69 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ async fn process_single_thread(
 #[instrument(skip(db, reqwest))]
 /// Downloads and crawls and stores a webpage.
 /// It is acceptable to clone `db`, `reqwest`, and `s3` because they all use `Arc`s internally. - Noted by Oliver
-async fn process(mut site: Website, db: Surreal<Client>, reqwest: reqwest::Client) {
+async fn process(site: Website, db: Surreal<Client>, reqwest: reqwest::Client) {
     // METRICS
     debug!(url = &site.site.as_str(), "Process: {}", &site.site);
     BEING_PROCESSED.add(1, &[]);
@@ -251,9 +251,16 @@ async fn process(mut site: Website, db: Surreal<Client>, reqwest: reqwest::Clien
             }
         }
 
+        let update_in_db = async |mut site: Website| {
+            // update self in db
+            site.crawled = true;
+            site.status_code = code.as_u16();
+            Website::store_all(vec![site.clone()], &db).await;
+        };
 
         if skip_download {
             trace!("Skipping download...");
+            update_in_db(site).await;
         } else {
             // make sure that the file is good to go
             if let Some(file) = filesystem::init(&tmp_path).await {
@@ -326,11 +333,10 @@ async fn process(mut site: Website, db: Surreal<Client>, reqwest: reqwest::Clien
                 }
 
                 // update self in db
-                site.crawled = true;
-                site.status_code = code.as_u16();
-                Website::store_all(vec![site.clone()], &db).await;
+                update_in_db(site).await;
             }
         }
+
     } else {
         error!(url = site.site.as_str(), "Failed to get: {}", &site.site);
     }