diff --git a/app/Jobs/InstancePipeline/FetchNodeinfoPipeline.php b/app/Jobs/InstancePipeline/FetchNodeinfoPipeline.php
index b8c79d67f..943281bb4 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/InstancePipeline/FetchNodeinfoPipeline.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/InstancePipeline/FetchNodeinfoPipeline.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Jobs\InstancePipeline;
 
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldBeUnique;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldBeUniqueUntilProcessing;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
@@ -12,45 +13,71 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 use App\Instance;
 use App\Profile;
 use App\Services\NodeinfoService;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 
-class FetchNodeinfoPipeline implements ShouldQueue
+class FetchNodeinfoPipeline implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeUniqueUntilProcessing
 {
-	use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
-	protected $instance;
+    protected $instance;
 
-	/**
-	 * Create a new job instance.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function __construct(Instance $instance)
-	{
-		$this->instance = $instance;
-	}
+    /**
+     * Create a new job instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(Instance $instance)
+    {
+        $this->instance = $instance;
+    }
 
-	/**
-	 * Execute the job.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function handle()
-	{
-		$instance = $this->instance;
+    /**
+     * The number of seconds after which the job's unique lock will be released.
+     *
+     * @var int
+     */
+    public $uniqueFor = 14400;
 
-		$ni = NodeinfoService::get($instance->domain);
-		if($ni) {
-			if(isset($ni['software']) && is_array($ni['software']) && isset($ni['software']['name'])) {
-				$software = $ni['software']['name'];
-				$instance->software = strtolower(strip_tags($software));
-				$instance->last_crawled_at = now();
-				$instance->user_count = Profile::whereDomain($instance->domain)->count();
-				$instance->save();
-			}
-		} else {
-			$instance->user_count = Profile::whereDomain($instance->domain)->count();
-			$instance->last_crawled_at = now();
-			$instance->save();
-		}
-	}
+    /**
+     * Get the unique ID for the job.
+     */
+    public function uniqueId(): string
+    {
+        return $this->instance->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the job.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $instance = $this->instance;
+
+        if( $instance->nodeinfo_last_fetched &&
+            $instance->nodeinfo_last_fetched->gt(now()->subHours(12)) ||
+            $instance->delivery_timeout &&
+            $instance->delivery_next_after->gt(now())
+        ) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $ni = NodeinfoService::get($instance->domain);
+        $instance->last_crawled_at = now();
+        if($ni) {
+            if(isset($ni['software']) && is_array($ni['software']) && isset($ni['software']['name'])) {
+                $software = $ni['software']['name'];
+                $instance->software = strtolower(strip_tags($software));
+                $instance->user_count = Profile::whereDomain($instance->domain)->count();
+                $instance->nodeinfo_last_fetched = now();
+                $instance->save();
+            }
+        } else {
+            $instance->delivery_timeout = 1;
+            $instance->delivery_next_after = now()->addHours(14);
+            $instance->save();
+        }
+    }
 }