diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java
index 263ee5e7..b8eaf8fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ public class SubscriptionHandler {
 	FeedDAO feedDAO;
 
 	public void subscribe(Feed feed) {
+
+		try {
+			// make sure the feed has been updated in the database so that the
+			// callback works
+			Thread.sleep(30000);
+		} catch (InterruptedException e1) {
+			// do nothing
+		}
+
 		String hub = feed.getPushHub();
 		String topic = feed.getPushTopic();
 		String publicUrl = FeedUtils