diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c888a90..2f45d09 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -73,21 +73,76 @@ impl Resources {
         queue.pop_front()
     }
 
+    fn worker_fetch(&self, cal_id: &str, cal_opts: &CalendarOptions, etag: Option<String>, last_modified: Option<String>)
+        -> Result<(Option<String>, Option<String>, HashMap<String, Event>), Error>
+    {
+        let mut req = self.http_client.get(&cal_opts.url)
+            .header(USER_AGENT, "Ticker/0.0.0");
+        match etag {
+            Some(etag) => req = req.header(IF_NONE_MATCH, etag),
+            None => (),
+        }
+        match last_modified {
+            Some(last_modified) => req = req.header(IF_MODIFIED_SINCE, last_modified),
+            None => (),
+        }
+        let mut res = req.send()?;
+
+        if res.status() != 200 {
+            let msg = format!("HTTP {}", res.status());
+            return Err(Error::Message(msg));
+        }
+
+        let etag = res.headers().get(ETAG)
+            .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok())
+            .map(|s| s.to_owned());
+        let last_modified = res.headers().get(LAST_MODIFIED)
+            .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok())
+            .map(|s| s.to_owned());
+
+        let mut p = Parser::new();
+        let mut buf = [0; 1024];
+        let mut events = HashMap::new();
+        loop {
+            match res.read(&mut buf)? {
+                len if len > 0 => {
+                    let data = &buf[..len];
+                    p.feed(data, |obj| {
+                        let mut objs = vec![];
+                        extract_vevent_objs(&mut objs, obj);
+                        for obj in objs {
+                            if let Some(event) = obj_to_event(cal_id.to_owned(), &obj) {
+                                events.insert(event.id.clone(), event);
+                            } else {
+                                let dtstart: Option<&str> = obj.get("DTSTART");
+                                let summary: Option<&str> = obj.get("SUMMARY");
+                                println!("cannot convert {} {:?} {:?}",
+                                         obj.name, dtstart, summary);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+                _ => break,
+            }
+        }
+        Ok((etag, last_modified, events))
+    }
+
     fn worker_job(&self, db: &PgConnection) -> Result<bool, Error> {
-        let (id, cal_opts) = match self.next() {
+        let (cal_id, cal_opts) = match self.next() {
             Some(next) => next,
             None => return Ok(true),
         };
 
         let (etag, last_modified) = db.transaction::<_, Error, _>(|| {
             let cals = calendars
-                .filter(schema::calendars::dsl::id.eq(id.clone()))
+                .filter(schema::calendars::dsl::id.eq(cal_id.clone()))
                 .limit(1)
                 .load::<Calendar>(db)?;
             match cals.first() {
                 None => {
                     let cal = NewCalendar {
-                        id: id.clone(),
+                        id: cal_id.clone(),
                         url: cal_opts.url.clone(),
                         last_fetch: Some(Utc::now().naive_utc()),
                     };
@@ -98,7 +153,7 @@ impl Resources {
                 }
                 Some(cal) => {
                     diesel::update(calendars)
-                        .filter(schema::calendars::dsl::id.eq(id.clone()))
+                        .filter(schema::calendars::dsl::id.eq(cal_id.clone()))
                         .set(schema::calendars::dsl::last_fetch.eq(Utc::now().naive_utc()))
                         .execute(db)?;
                     let result =
@@ -113,74 +168,31 @@ impl Resources {
             }
         })?;
 
-        let mut req = self.http_client.get(&cal_opts.url)
-            .header(USER_AGENT, "Ticker/0.0.0");
-        match etag {
-            Some(etag) => req = req.header(IF_NONE_MATCH, etag),
-            None => (),
-        }
-        match last_modified {
-            Some(last_modified) => req = req.header(IF_MODIFIED_SINCE, last_modified),
-            None => (),
-        }
-        let mut res = req.send()?;
+        let (etag, last_modified, events) =
+            self.worker_fetch(&cal_id, &cal_opts, etag, last_modified)
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                let msg = format!("{:?}", e);
+                println!("[{}] {}", cal_id, msg);
+                let _ = diesel::update(calendars)
+                    .filter(schema::calendars::dsl::id.eq(cal_id.clone()))
+                    .set(schema::calendars::dsl::error_message.eq(msg))
+                    .execute(db);
+                e
+            })?;
 
-        println!("[{}] HTTP {}", id, res.status());
-        if res.status() != 200 {
-            let msg = format!("HTTP {}", res.status());
-            diesel::update(calendars)
-                .filter(schema::calendars::dsl::id.eq(id.clone()))
-                .set((schema::calendars::dsl::last_success.eq(Utc::now().naive_utc()),
-                      schema::calendars::dsl::error_message.eq(msg)))
-                .execute(db)?;
-            return Ok(false)
-        }
-
-        let etag = res.headers().get(ETAG)
-            .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok())
-            .map(|s| s.to_owned());
-        let last_modified = res.headers().get(LAST_MODIFIED)
-            .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok())
-            .map(|s| s.to_owned());
+        println!("[{}] {} events", cal_id, events.len());
 
         db.transaction::<_, Error, _>(|| {
             diesel::update(calendars)
-                .filter(schema::calendars::dsl::id.eq(id.clone()))
+                .filter(schema::calendars::dsl::id.eq(cal_id.clone()))
                 .set((schema::calendars::dsl::last_success.eq(Utc::now().naive_utc()),
                       schema::calendars::dsl::etag.eq(etag),
-                      schema::calendars::dsl::last_modified.eq(last_modified)))
+                      schema::calendars::dsl::last_modified.eq(last_modified),
+                      schema::calendars::dsl::error_message.eq(None as Option<String>)))
                 .execute(db)?;
 
-            let mut p = Parser::new();
-            let mut buf = [0; 1024];
-            let mut events = HashMap::new();
-            loop {
-                match res.read(&mut buf)? {
-                    len if len > 0 => {
-                        let data = &buf[..len];
-                        p.feed(data, |obj| {
-                            let mut objs = vec![];
-                            extract_vevent_objs(&mut objs, obj);
-                            for obj in objs {
-                                if let Some(event) = obj_to_event(id.clone(), &obj) {
-                                    events.insert(event.id.clone(), event);
-                                } else {
-                                    let dtstart: Option<&str> = obj.get("DTSTART");
-                                    let summary: Option<&str> = obj.get("SUMMARY");
-                                    println!("cannot convert {} {:?} {:?}",
-                                             obj.name, dtstart, summary);
-                                }
-                            }
-                        });
-                    }
-                    _ => break,
-                }
-            }
-            drop(res);
-
-            println!("[{}] {} events", id, events.len());
             diesel::delete(schema::events::dsl::events)
-                .filter(schema::events::dsl::calendar.eq(id))
+                .filter(schema::events::dsl::calendar.eq(cal_id))
                 .execute(db)?;
             for event in events.values() {
                 diesel::insert_into(schema::events::dsl::events)
@@ -188,7 +200,7 @@ impl Resources {
                     .execute(db)?;
             }
 
-            Ok(false)
+            Ok(())
         })?;
 
         Ok(false)
@@ -212,6 +224,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     Db(diesel::result::Error),
     Http(reqwest::Error),
     Io(std::io::Error),
+    Message(String),
 }
 
 impl From<diesel::ConnectionError> for Error {