diff --git a/src/server/fever.go b/src/server/fever.go
index f4996de..16d239b 100644
--- a/src/server/fever.go
+++ b/src/server/fever.go
@@ -56,17 +56,14 @@ type FeverFavicon struct {
 func writeFeverJSON(c *router.Context, data map[string]any, lastRefreshed int64) {
 	data["api_version"] = 3
 	data["auth"] = 1
+	// TODO: remove duplicates
 	data["last_refreshed_on_time"] = lastRefreshed
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, data)
 }
 
-func getLastRefreshedOnTime(httpStates map[int64]storage.HTTPState) int64 {
-	if len(httpStates) == 0 {
-		return 0
-	}
-
+func getLastRefreshedOnTime(feedStates []storage.FeedState) int64 {
 	var lastRefreshed int64
-	for _, state := range httpStates {
+	for _, state := range feedStates {
 		if state.LastRefreshed.Unix() > lastRefreshed {
 			lastRefreshed = state.LastRefreshed.Unix()
 		}
@@ -123,10 +120,11 @@ func (s *Server) handleFever(c *router.Context) {
 	case formHasValue(c.Req.Form, "mark"):
 		s.feverMarkHandler(c)
 	default:
+		states, _ := s.db.ListFeedStates()
 		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
 			"api_version":            3,
 			"auth":                   1,
-			"last_refreshed_on_time": getLastRefreshedOnTime(s.db.ListHTTPStates()),
+			"last_refreshed_on_time": getLastRefreshedOnTime(states),
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -168,20 +166,25 @@ func (s *Server) feverGroupsHandler(c *router.Context) {
 	for i, folder := range folders {
 		groups[i] = &FeverGroup{ID: folder.Id, Title: folder.Title}
 	}
+	states, _ := s.db.ListFeedStates()
 	writeFeverJSON(c, map[string]any{
 		"groups":       groups,
 		"feeds_groups": feedGroups(s.db),
-	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(s.db.ListHTTPStates()))
+	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(states))
 }
 
 func (s *Server) feverFeedsHandler(c *router.Context) {
 	feeds := s.db.ListFeeds()
-	httpStates := s.db.ListHTTPStates()
+	states, _ := s.db.ListFeedStates()
+	statesMap := make(map[int64]storage.FeedState)
+	for _, state := range states {
+		statesMap[state.FeedID] = state
+	}
 
 	feverFeeds := make([]*FeverFeed, len(feeds))
 	for i, feed := range feeds {
 		var lastUpdated int64
-		if state, ok := httpStates[feed.Id]; ok {
+		if state, ok := statesMap[feed.Id]; ok {
 			lastUpdated = state.LastRefreshed.Unix()
 		}
 		feverFeeds[i] = &FeverFeed{
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ func (s *Server) feverFeedsHandler(c *router.Context) {
 	writeFeverJSON(c, map[string]any{
 		"feeds":        feverFeeds,
 		"feeds_groups": feedGroups(s.db),
-	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(httpStates))
+	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(states))
 }
 
 func (s *Server) feverFaviconsHandler(c *router.Context) {
@@ -216,9 +219,10 @@ func (s *Server) feverFaviconsHandler(c *router.Context) {
 		favicons[i] = &FeverFavicon{ID: feed.Id, Data: data}
 	}
 
+	states, _ := s.db.ListFeedStates()
 	writeFeverJSON(c, map[string]any{
 		"favicons": favicons,
-	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(s.db.ListHTTPStates()))
+	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(states))
 }
 
 // for memory pressure reasons, we only return a limited number of items
@@ -280,16 +284,18 @@ func (s *Server) feverItemsHandler(c *router.Context) {
 
 	totalItems := s.db.CountItems()
 
+	states, _ := s.db.ListFeedStates()
 	writeFeverJSON(c, map[string]any{
 		"items":       feverItems,
 		"total_items": totalItems,
-	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(s.db.ListHTTPStates()))
+	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(states))
 }
 
 func (s *Server) feverLinksHandler(c *router.Context) {
+	states, _ := s.db.ListFeedStates()
 	writeFeverJSON(c, map[string]any{
 		"links": make([]any, 0),
-	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(s.db.ListHTTPStates()))
+	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(states))
 }
 
 func (s *Server) feverUnreadItemIDsHandler(c *router.Context) {
@@ -309,9 +315,10 @@ func (s *Server) feverUnreadItemIDsHandler(c *router.Context) {
 		}
 		itemFilter.After = &items[len(items)-1].Id
 	}
+	states, _ := s.db.ListFeedStates()
 	writeFeverJSON(c, map[string]any{
 		"unread_item_ids": joinInts(itemIds),
-	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(s.db.ListHTTPStates()))
+	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(states))
 }
 
 func (s *Server) feverSavedItemIDsHandler(c *router.Context) {
@@ -331,9 +338,10 @@ func (s *Server) feverSavedItemIDsHandler(c *router.Context) {
 		}
 		itemFilter.After = &items[len(items)-1].Id
 	}
+	states, _ := s.db.ListFeedStates()
 	writeFeverJSON(c, map[string]any{
 		"saved_item_ids": joinInts(itemIds),
-	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(s.db.ListHTTPStates()))
+	}, getLastRefreshedOnTime(states))
 }
 
 func (s *Server) feverMarkHandler(c *router.Context) {
@@ -378,7 +386,7 @@ func (s *Server) feverMarkHandler(c *router.Context) {
 		markFilter := storage.MarkFilter{}
 		if id > 0 {
 			markFilter.FolderID = &id
-		} 
+		}
 		x, _ := strconv.ParseInt(c.Req.Form.Get("before"), 10, 64)
 		if x > 0 {
 			before := time.Unix(x, 0).UTC()
diff --git a/src/server/routes.go b/src/server/routes.go
index 603d3c0..2e74503 100644
--- a/src/server/routes.go
+++ b/src/server/routes.go
@@ -162,7 +162,15 @@ func (s *Server) handleFeedRefresh(c *router.Context) {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) handleFeedErrors(c *router.Context) {
-	errors := s.db.GetFeedErrors()
+	errors := make(map[int64]string)
+	states, err := s.db.ListFeedStates()
+	if err == nil {
+		for _, state := range states {
+			if state.LastError != "" {
+				errors[state.FeedID] = state.LastError
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, errors)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/storage/feed.go b/src/storage/feed.go
index daeef65..6d4d6a1 100644
--- a/src/storage/feed.go
+++ b/src/storage/feed.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (s *Storage) CreateFeed(params CreateFeedParams) *Feed {
 		title = params.FeedLink
 	}
 	row := s.db.QueryRow(`
-		insert into feeds (title, description, link, feed_link, folder_id) 
+		insert into feeds (title, description, link, feed_link, folder_id)
 		values (:title, :description, :link, :feed_link, :folder_id)
 		on conflict (feed_link) do update set folder_id = :folder_id
         returning id`,
@@ -185,42 +185,3 @@ func (s *Storage) GetFeed(id int64) *Feed {
 	}
 	return &f
 }
-
-func (s *Storage) ResetFeedErrors() {
-	if _, err := s.db.Exec(`delete from feed_errors`); err != nil {
-		log.Print(err)
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *Storage) SetFeedError(feedID int64, lastError error) {
-	_, err := s.db.Exec(`
-		insert into feed_errors (feed_id, error)
-		values (:feed_id, :error)
-		on conflict (feed_id) do update set error = excluded.error`,
-		sql.Named("feed_id", feedID),
-		sql.Named("error", lastError.Error()),
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print(err)
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *Storage) GetFeedErrors() map[int64]string {
-	errors := make(map[int64]string)
-
-	rows, err := s.db.Query(`select feed_id, error from feed_errors`)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print(err)
-		return errors
-	}
-
-	for rows.Next() {
-		var id int64
-		var error string
-		if err = rows.Scan(&id, &error); err != nil {
-			log.Print(err)
-		}
-		errors[id] = error
-	}
-	return errors
-}
diff --git a/src/storage/feedstate.go b/src/storage/feedstate.go
index 7a342c1..5caa36b 100644
--- a/src/storage/feedstate.go
+++ b/src/storage/feedstate.go
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@ import (
 type FeedState struct {
 	FeedID           int64
 	LastRefreshed    time.Time
-	LastError        *string
+	LastError        string
 	HTTPLastModified string
 	HTTPEtag         string
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) ListFeedStates() ([]FeedState, error) {
 	rows, err := s.db.Query(`
-		select feed_id, last_refreshed, last_modified, etag, last_error
+		select
+			feed_id
+			, last_refreshed
+			, last_error
+			, http_lmod
+			, http_etag
 		from feed_states
 	`)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -29,9 +34,9 @@ func (s *Storage) ListFeedStates() ([]FeedState, error) {
 		err := rows.Scan(
 			&state.FeedID,
 			&state.LastRefreshed,
+			&state.LastError,
 			&state.HTTPLastModified,
 			&state.HTTPEtag,
-			&state.LastError,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -44,14 +49,19 @@ func (s *Storage) ListFeedStates() ([]FeedState, error) {
 func (s *Storage) GetFeedState(feedID int64) (*FeedState, error) {
 	var state FeedState
 	err := s.db.QueryRow(`
-		select feed_id, last_refreshed, last_modified, etag, last_error
+		select
+			feed_id
+			, last_refreshed
+			, last_error
+			, http_lmod
+			, http_etag
 		from feed_states where feed_id = :id
 	`, sql.Named("id", feedID)).Scan(
 		&state.FeedID,
 		&state.LastRefreshed,
+		&state.LastError,
 		&state.HTTPLastModified,
 		&state.HTTPEtag,
-		&state.LastError,
 	)
 	if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -79,28 +89,28 @@ func (s *Storage) UpdateFeedState(feedID int64, params UpdateFeedStateParams) (b
 		insert into feed_states (
 			feed_id
 			, last_refreshed
-			, last_modified
-			, etag
 			, last_error
+			, http_lmod
+			, http_etag
 		)
 		values (
 			:id
-			, coalesce(:refreshed, 0)
-			, coalesce(:last_modified, '')
-			, coalesce(:etag, '')
+			, coalesce(:last_refreshed, 0)
 			, coalesce(:last_error, '')
+			, coalesce(:http_lmod, '')
+			, coalesce(:http_etag, '')
 		)
 		on conflict (feed_id) do update set
-			last_refreshed = coalesce(:refreshed, last_refreshed),
-			last_modified  = coalesce(:last_modified, last_modified),
-			etag           = coalesce(:etag, etag),
-			last_error     = coalesce(:last_error, last_error)
+			last_refreshed = coalesce(:last_refreshed, last_refreshed),
+			last_error     = coalesce(:last_error, last_modified),
+			http_lmod      = coalesce(:http_lmod, http_lmod),
+			http_etag      = coalesce(:http_etag, http_etag)
 	`,
 		sql.Named("id", feedID),
-		sql.Named("refreshed", params.LastRefreshed),
-		sql.Named("last_modified", params.HTTPLastModified),
-		sql.Named("etag", params.HTTPEtag),
+		sql.Named("last_refreshed", params.LastRefreshed),
 		sql.Named("last_error", params.LastError),
+		sql.Named("http_lmod", params.HTTPLastModified),
+		sql.Named("http_etag", params.HTTPEtag),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
diff --git a/src/storage/feedstate_test.go b/src/storage/feedstate_test.go
index 841255a..dea2c60 100644
--- a/src/storage/feedstate_test.go
+++ b/src/storage/feedstate_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestUpdateFeedState_Full(t *testing.T) {
 	if !state.LastRefreshed.Equal(now) {
 		t.Errorf("expected %v, got %v", now, state.LastRefreshed)
 	}
-	if state.LastError == nil || *state.LastError != errMsg {
+	if state.LastError != errMsg {
 		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %v", errMsg, state.LastError)
 	}
 	if state.HTTPLastModified != lmod {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestUpdateFeedState_Partial(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if state.LastError == nil || *state.LastError != newErr {
+	if state.LastError != newErr {
 		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %v", newErr, state.LastError)
 	}
 	if state.HTTPEtag != etag {
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ func TestUpdateFeedState_ClearError(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if state.LastError == nil || *state.LastError != "" {
-		t.Errorf("expected empty string error, got %v", state.LastError)
+	if state.LastError != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected empty error string, got %v", state.LastError)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -111,9 +111,8 @@ func TestListFeedStates(t *testing.T) {
 	f2 := s.CreateFeed(CreateFeedParams{Title: "F2", FeedLink: "L2"})
 
 	errMsg := "fail"
-	etag := "e"
 	s.UpdateFeedState(f1.Id, UpdateFeedStateParams{LastError: &errMsg})
-	s.UpdateFeedState(f2.Id, UpdateFeedStateParams{HTTPEtag: &etag})
+	s.UpdateFeedState(f2.Id, UpdateFeedStateParams{HTTPEtag: ptr("e")})
 
 	states, err := s.ListFeedStates()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -124,3 +123,7 @@ func TestListFeedStates(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected 2 states, got %d", len(states))
 	}
 }
+
+func ptr[T any](v T) *T {
+	return &v
+}
diff --git a/src/storage/http.go b/src/storage/http.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6997b49..0000000
--- a/src/storage/http.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-package storage
-
-import (
-	"database/sql"
-	"log"
-	"time"
-)
-
-type HTTPState struct {
-	FeedID        int64
-	LastRefreshed time.Time
-
-	LastModified string
-	Etag         string
-}
-
-func (s *Storage) ListHTTPStates() map[int64]HTTPState {
-	result := make(map[int64]HTTPState)
-	rows, err := s.db.Query(`select feed_id, last_refreshed, last_modified, etag from http_states`)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print(err)
-		return result
-	}
-	for rows.Next() {
-		var state HTTPState
-		err = rows.Scan(
-			&state.FeedID,
-			&state.LastRefreshed,
-			&state.LastModified,
-			&state.Etag,
-		)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Print(err)
-			return result
-		}
-		result[state.FeedID] = state
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
-func (s *Storage) GetHTTPState(feedID int64) *HTTPState {
-	row := s.db.QueryRow(`
-		select feed_id, last_refreshed, last_modified, etag
-		from http_states where feed_id = :feed_id
-	`, sql.Named("feed_id", feedID))
-
-	if row == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	var state HTTPState
-	row.Scan(
-		&state.FeedID,
-		&state.LastRefreshed,
-		&state.LastModified,
-		&state.Etag,
-	)
-	return &state
-}
-
-func (s *Storage) SetHTTPState(feedID int64, lastModified, etag string) {
-	_, err := s.db.Exec(`
-		insert into http_states (feed_id, last_modified, etag, last_refreshed)
-		values (:feed_id, :last_modified, :etag, datetime())
-		on conflict (feed_id) do update set last_modified = :last_modified, etag = :etag, last_refreshed = datetime()`,
-		sql.Named("feed_id", feedID),
-		sql.Named("last_modified", lastModified),
-		sql.Named("etag", etag),
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print(err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/storage/migration.go b/src/storage/migration.go
index 82d231e..e3e3910 100644
--- a/src/storage/migration.go
+++ b/src/storage/migration.go
@@ -350,20 +350,27 @@ func m12_remove_feed_sizes(tx *sql.Tx) error {
 func m13_consolidate_feed_states(tx *sql.Tx) error {
 	sql := `
 		create table feed_states (
-			feed_id        references feeds(id) on delete cascade unique,
-			last_refreshed datetime not null default 0,
-			last_modified  string not null default '',
-			etag           string not null default '',
-			last_error     string not null default ''
+			feed_id          references feeds(id) on delete cascade unique
+			, last_refreshed datetime not null default 0
+			, last_error     string not null default ''
+
+			, http_lmod      string not null default ''
+			, http_etag      string not null default ''
 		);
 
-		insert into feed_states (feed_id, last_refreshed, last_modified, etag, last_error)
+		insert into feed_states (
+			feed_id
+			, last_refreshed
+			, last_error
+			, http_lmod
+			, http_etag
+		)
 		select
 			f.id,
 			coalesce(h.last_refreshed, 0),
+			coalesce(e.error, '')
 			coalesce(h.last_modified, ''),
 			coalesce(h.etag, ''),
-			coalesce(e.error, '')
 		from feeds f
 		left join http_states h on f.id = h.feed_id
 		left join feed_errors e on f.id = e.feed_id
diff --git a/src/worker/crawler.go b/src/worker/crawler.go
index 699f1f8..c14e2da 100644
--- a/src/worker/crawler.go
+++ b/src/worker/crawler.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nkanaev/yarr/src/content/scraper"
 	"github.com/nkanaev/yarr/src/parser"
@@ -162,9 +163,9 @@ func ConvertItems(items []parser.Item, feed storage.Feed) []storage.Item {
 func listItems(f storage.Feed, db *storage.Storage) ([]storage.Item, error) {
 	lmod := ""
 	etag := ""
-	if state := db.GetHTTPState(f.Id); state != nil {
-		lmod = state.LastModified
-		etag = state.Etag
+	if state, _ := db.GetFeedState(f.Id); state != nil {
+		lmod = state.HTTPLastModified
+		etag = state.HTTPEtag
 	}
 
 	res, err := client.getConditional(f.FeedLink, lmod, etag)
@@ -190,8 +191,13 @@ func listItems(f storage.Feed, db *storage.Storage) ([]storage.Item, error) {
 
 	lmod = res.Header.Get("Last-Modified")
 	etag = res.Header.Get("Etag")
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
 	if lmod != "" || etag != "" {
-		db.SetHTTPState(f.Id, lmod, etag)
+		db.UpdateFeedState(f.Id, storage.UpdateFeedStateParams{
+			HTTPLastModified: &lmod,
+			HTTPEtag:         &etag,
+			LastRefreshed:    &now,
+		})
 	}
 	return ConvertItems(feed.Items, f), nil
 }
diff --git a/src/worker/worker.go b/src/worker/worker.go
index 8fc8954..284e456 100644
--- a/src/worker/worker.go
+++ b/src/worker/worker.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (w *Worker) RefreshFeeds() {
 }
 
 func (w *Worker) refresher(feeds []storage.Feed) {
-	w.db.ResetFeedErrors()
+	// w.db.ResetFeedErrors()
 
 	srcqueue := make(chan storage.Feed, len(feeds))
 	dstqueue := make(chan []storage.Item)
@@ -136,9 +136,13 @@ func (w *Worker) refresher(feeds []storage.Feed) {
 
 func (w *Worker) worker(srcqueue <-chan storage.Feed, dstqueue chan<- []storage.Item) {
 	for feed := range srcqueue {
+		empty := ""
+		w.db.UpdateFeedState(feed.Id, storage.UpdateFeedStateParams{LastError: &empty})
+
 		items, err := listItems(feed, w.db)
 		if err != nil {
-			w.db.SetFeedError(feed.Id, err)
+			errMsg := err.Error()
+			w.db.UpdateFeedState(feed.Id, storage.UpdateFeedStateParams{LastError: &errMsg})
 		}
 		dstqueue <- items
 	}