diff --git a/lib/twitter.py b/lib/twitter.py
index 78b24ec..48921c1 100644
--- a/lib/twitter.py
+++ b/lib/twitter.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def receive_verifier(oauth_token, oauth_verifier, consumer_key=None, consumer_se
     acct = db.session.merge(acct)
 
     acct.remote_display_name = remote_acct['name']
+    acct.remote_screen_name = remote_acct['screen_name']
     acct.remote_avatar_url = remote_acct['profile_image_url_https']
     new_token.account = acct
     db.session.commit()
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, 'C') # jeez i hate that i have to do this
 def fetch_acc(account, cursor, consumer_key=None, consumer_secret=None):
     t = get_twitter_for_acc(account, consumer_key=consumer_key, consumer_secret=consumer_secret)
 
+    user = t.account.verify_credentials()
+
+    account.remote_display_name = user['name']
+    account.remote_screen_name = user['screen_name']
+    account.remote_avatar_url = user['profile_image_url_https']
+
     kwargs = { 'user_id': account.remote_id, 'count': 200, 'trim_user': True }
     kwargs.update(cursor or {})
 
@@ -67,14 +74,14 @@ def fetch_acc(account, cursor, consumer_key=None, consumer_secret=None):
 
     tweets = t.statuses.user_timeline(**kwargs)
 
-    print("processing %s tweets" % (len(tweets),))
+    print("processing {} tweets for {acc}".format(len(tweets), acc=account))
 
     if len(tweets) > 0:
 
         kwargs['max_id'] = +inf
 
         for tweet in tweets:
-            print(tweet['text'])
+            print("TWEET ", tweet['text'])
             post = Post(remote_id=tweet['id_str'])
             post = db.session.merge(post)
             post.created_at = datetime.strptime(tweet['created_at'], '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y')
@@ -85,8 +92,6 @@ def fetch_acc(account, cursor, consumer_key=None, consumer_secret=None):
     else:
         kwargs = None
 
-
-    account.last_fetch = db.func.now()
     db.session.commit()
 
     return kwargs
diff --git a/migrations/versions/1727266feaff_.py b/migrations/versions/1727266feaff_.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2debe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/1727266feaff_.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""empty message
+
+Revision ID: 1727266feaff
+Revises: 1003f9df0ae0
+Create Date: 2017-07-29 11:09:02.743619
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '1727266feaff'
+down_revision = '1003f9df0ae0'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.add_column('accounts', sa.Column('remote_screen_name', sa.String(), nullable=True))
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.drop_column('accounts', 'remote_screen_name')
diff --git a/model.py b/model.py
index 20f5b60..c762ca9 100644
--- a/model.py
+++ b/model.py
@@ -24,12 +24,16 @@ class Account(db.Model, TimestampMixin):
     # policy_ignore_favourites = db.Column(db.Boolean, server_default='TRUE')
 
     remote_display_name = db.Column(db.String)
+    remote_screen_name = db.Column(db.String)
     remote_avatar_url = db.Column(db.String)
 
     last_fetch = db.Column(db.DateTime, server_default='epoch')
 
     # backref: tokens
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<Account({self.remote_id}, {self.remote_screen_name}, {self.remote_display_name})>"
+
 class OAuthToken(db.Model, TimestampMixin):
     __tablename__ = 'oauth_tokens'
 
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 079c462..349ec0f 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -18,9 +18,18 @@ def remove_old_sessions():
 
 @app.task(autoretry_for=(TwitterError, URLError))
 def fetch_acc(remote_id, cursor=None):
-    cursor = lib.twitter.fetch_acc(Account.query.get(remote_id), cursor, **flaskapp.config.get_namespace("TWITTER_"))
-    if cursor:
-        fetch_acc.si(remote_id, cursor).apply_async()
+    acc = Account.query.get(remote_id)
+    print(f'fetching {acc}')
+    try:
+        cursor = lib.twitter.fetch_acc(acc, cursor, **flaskapp.config.get_namespace("TWITTER_"))
+        if cursor:
+            fetch_acc.si(remote_id, cursor).apply_async()
+    finally:
+        db.session.rollback()
+        acc.last_fetch = db.func.now()
+        db.session.commit()
+
+
 
 @app.task
 def queue_fetch_for_most_stale_accounts(min_staleness=timedelta(minutes=5), limit=20):
@@ -29,7 +38,6 @@ def queue_fetch_for_most_stale_accounts(min_staleness=timedelta(minutes=5), limi
             .order_by(db.asc(Account.last_fetch))\
             .limit(limit)
     for acc in accs:
-        print("queueing fetch for %s" % (acc.remote_display_name))
         fetch_acc.s(acc.remote_id).delay()
         acc.last_fetch = db.func.now()
     db.session.commit()