diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java
index 0bc40ba6..46617410 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ public class FeedFetcher {
 			String content = EntityUtils.toString(entity, "UTF-8");
 			String extractedUrl = extractFeedUrl(content);
 			if (extractedUrl != null) {
-				httpget = new HttpGet(feedUrl);
+				httpget = new HttpGet(extractedUrl);
 				response = httpclient.execute(httpget);
 				entity = response.getEntity();
 				content = EntityUtils.toString(entity, "UTF-8");
+				feedUrl = extractedUrl;
 			}
 			feed = parser.parse(feedUrl, content);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java
index fd5506ab..e155d993 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class FeedParser {
 
 		try {
 			SyndFeed rss = new SyndFeedInput().build(new StringReader(xml));
-			feed.setUrl(rss.getLink() != null ? rss.getLink() : feedUrl);
+			feed.setUrl(feedUrl);
 			feed.setTitle(rss.getTitle());
 			List<SyndEntry> items = rss.getEntries();
 			for (SyndEntry item : items) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/SubscriptionsREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/SubscriptionsREST.java
index 348eed13..f3fafe8b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/SubscriptionsREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/SubscriptionsREST.java
@@ -53,18 +53,11 @@ public class SubscriptionsREST extends AbstractREST {
 		Preconditions.checkNotNull(req.getTitle());
 		Preconditions.checkNotNull(req.getUrl());
 
-		Feed fetchedFeed = null;
-		try {
-			fetchedFeed = feedFetcher.fetch(req.getUrl());
-		} catch (FeedException e) {
-			return Response.status(Status.NOT_FOUND).entity(e.getMessage())
-					.build();
-		}
-
+		Feed fetchedFeed = fetchFeed(req.getUrl());
 		Feed feed = feedService.findByUrl(fetchedFeed.getUrl());
 		if (feed == null) {
 			feed = new Feed();
-			feed.setUrl(req.getUrl());
+			feed.setUrl(fetchedFeed.getUrl());
 			feedService.save(feed);
 		}