diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedRefreshWorker.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedRefreshWorker.java
index a2859e89..0b9c1500 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedRefreshWorker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedRefreshWorker.java
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.mutable.MutableBoolean;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import com.commafeed.backend.MetricsBean;
 import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter.NotModifiedException;
+import com.commafeed.backend.MetricsBean;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.Feed;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.FeedEntry;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.FeedPushInfo;
@@ -143,13 +142,6 @@ public class FeedRefreshWorker {
 			if (info == null) {
 				info = feedPushInfoService.findOrCreate(feed, hub, topic);
 			}
-			if (!StringUtils.equals(hub, info.getHub())
-					|| !StringUtils.equals(topic, info.getTopic())) {
-				info.setHub(hub);
-				info.setTopic(topic);
-				info.setFeed(feed);
-				info.setActive(false);
-			}
 			feed.setPushInfo(info);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java
index b0bdaa7a..911227d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter;
+import com.commafeed.backend.dao.FeedPushInfoDAO;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.Feed;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.FeedPushInfo;
 import com.commafeed.backend.services.ApplicationSettingsService;
@@ -30,6 +32,9 @@ public class SubscriptionHandler {
 	@Inject
 	ApplicationSettingsService applicationSettingsService;
 
+	@Inject
+	FeedPushInfoDAO feedPushInfoDAO;
+
 	public void subscribe(Feed feed) {
 		FeedPushInfo info = feed.getPushInfo();
 		String hub = info.getHub();
@@ -63,9 +68,20 @@ public class SubscriptionHandler {
 
 			int code = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
 			if (code != 204 && code != 202 && code != 200) {
-				throw new Exception("Unexpected response code: " + code + " "
-						+ response.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase() + " - "
-						+ EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity()));
+				String message = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
+				String pushpressError = " is value is not allowed.  You may only subscribe to";
+				if (code == 400
+						&& StringUtils.contains(message, pushpressError)) {
+					String[] tokens = message.split(" ");
+					info.setTopic(tokens[tokens.length - 1]);
+					feedPushInfoDAO.update(info);
+					log.debug("handled pushpress subfeed {} : {}", topic,
+							info.getTopic());
+				} else {
+					throw new Exception("Unexpected response code: " + code
+							+ " " + response.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase()
+							+ " - " + message);
+				}
 			}
 			log.debug("subscribed to {} for {}", hub, topic);
 		} catch (Exception e) {