diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java
index 3e6a1d1e..7489435c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class FeedUtils {
 		}
 		String normalized = URLCanonicalizer.getCanonicalURL(url);
 		if (normalized == null) {
-			return url;
+			normalized = url;
 		}
 
 		// convert to lower case, the url probably won't work in some cases