diff --git a/threatingestor/sources/rss.py b/threatingestor/sources/rss.py
index 029f435..cbe6d44 100644
--- a/threatingestor/sources/rss.py
+++ b/threatingestor/sources/rss.py
@@ -54,16 +54,17 @@ def run(self, saved_state):
                 rss_exclude = re.sub(re.compile(fr"{self.exclude}", re.IGNORECASE), "", str(item.get('link')))
 
                 if rss_exclude:
-                    if self.feed_type == "afterioc":
-                        text = soup.get_text(separator=' ').split('Indicators of Compromise')[-1]
-                        artifacts += self.process_element(text, item.get('link'), include_nonobfuscated=True)
-                    elif self.feed_type == "clean":
-                        text = soup.get_text(separator=' ')
-                        artifacts += self.process_element(text, item.get('link'), include_nonobfuscated=True)
-                    else:
-                        # Default: self.feed_type == 'messy'.
-                        text = soup.get_text(separator=' ')
-                        artifacts += self.process_element(text, item.get('link'))
+                    if "http" in rss_exclude:
+                        if self.feed_type == "afterioc":
+                            text = soup.get_text(separator=' ').split('Indicators of Compromise')[-1]
+                            artifacts += self.process_element(text, item.get('link'), include_nonobfuscated=True)
+                        elif self.feed_type == "clean":
+                            text = soup.get_text(separator=' ')
+                            artifacts += self.process_element(text, item.get('link'), include_nonobfuscated=True)
+                        else:
+                            # Default: self.feed_type == 'messy'.
+                            text = soup.get_text(separator=' ')
+                            artifacts += self.process_element(text, item.get('link'))
 
             if self.include is not None:
                 rss_include = re.compile(r"{0}".format(self.include)).findall(str(self.include.split('|')))