diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
index ce3cb07..142b1c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 * implemented a more robust fetching algorithm, which should prevent accounts getting stuck with only a fraction of their posts fetched ([GH-13](https://github.com/codl/forget/issues/13))
 * fix: picture tags having an extra comma
 * fix: outdated joke in about page
+* fix: posts' status not getting refreshed (ie whether or not they were faved, or deleted externally)
 * internals: removed `x-` prefix from custom headers, as per [section 8.3.1 of RFC7231](https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc7231.html#considerations.for.new.header.fields)
 
 ## v1.4.1 (security update)
diff --git a/libforget/mastodon.py b/libforget/mastodon.py
index 2a9a4eb..6ecfc96 100644
--- a/libforget/mastodon.py
+++ b/libforget/mastodon.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from mastodon import Mastodon
 from mastodon.Mastodon import MastodonAPIError,\
                               MastodonNetworkError,\
+                              MastodonNotFoundError,\
                               MastodonRatelimitError,\
                               MastodonUnauthorizedError
 from model import MastodonApp, Account, OAuthToken, Post, MastodonInstance
@@ -164,16 +165,14 @@ def refresh_posts(posts):
             status = api.status(post.mastodon_id)
             new_post = db.session.merge(
                     post_from_api_object(status, post.mastodon_instance))
+            new_post.touch()
             new_posts.append(new_post)
+        except MastodonNotFoundError:
+            db.session.delete(post)
         except (MastodonAPIError,
                 MastodonNetworkError,
                 MastodonRatelimitError) as e:
-            if any([
-                    err in str(e)
-                    for err in ('Endpoint not found', 'Record not found')]):
-                db.session.delete(post)
-            else:
-                raise TemporaryError(e)
+            raise TemporaryError(e)
 
     return new_posts
 
diff --git a/libforget/twitter.py b/libforget/twitter.py
index 0bf8bae..078171b 100644
--- a/libforget/twitter.py
+++ b/libforget/twitter.py
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ def refresh_posts(posts):
             db.session.delete(post)
         else:
             post = db.session.merge(post_from_api_tweet_object(tweet))
+            post.touch()
             refreshed_posts.append(post)
 
     return refreshed_posts
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 577c67b..954d25d 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ def refresh_posts(posts):
 def refresh_account(account_id):
     account = Account.query.get(account_id)
 
+    print("Refreshing account {}".format(account))
+
     try:
         limit = 100
         if account.service == 'mastodon':