diff --git a/plume-models/src/medias.rs b/plume-models/src/medias.rs
index 26e1c6b9..369df668 100644
--- a/plume-models/src/medias.rs
+++ b/plume-models/src/medias.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use plume_common::{
     utils::MediaProcessor,
 };
 use std::{
-    fs,
+    fs::{self, DirBuilder},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 use tracing::warn;
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ impl Media {
     pub fn from_activity(conn: &DbConn, image: &Image) -> Result<Media> {
         let remote_url = image.object_props.url_string().ok()?;
         let path = determine_mirror_file_path(&remote_url);
+        let parent = path.parent()?;
+        if !parent.is_dir() {
+            DirBuilder::new().recursive(true).create(parent)?;
+        }
 
         let mut dest = fs::File::create(path.clone()).ok()?;
         if let Some(proxy) = CONFIG.proxy() {
diff --git a/plume-models/src/posts.rs b/plume-models/src/posts.rs
index 27eadcdb..8f1df2fe 100644
--- a/plume-models/src/posts.rs
+++ b/plume-models/src/posts.rs
@@ -637,37 +637,33 @@ impl FromId<DbConn> for Post {
                 }
             });
 
-        let post = Self::from_db(conn, &article.object_props.id_string()?).or_else(|_| {
-            let cover = article
-                .object_props
-                .icon_object::<Image>()
-                .ok()
-                .and_then(|img| Media::from_activity(conn, &img).ok().map(|m| m.id));
-
-            let title = article.object_props.name_string()?;
-            Self::insert(
-                conn,
-                NewPost {
-                    blog_id: blog?.id,
-                    slug: title.to_kebab_case(),
-                    title,
-                    content: SafeString::new(&article.object_props.content_string()?),
-                    published: true,
-                    license,
-                    // FIXME: This is wrong: with this logic, we may use the display URL as the AP ID. We need two different fields
-                    ap_url: article
-                        .object_props
-                        .url_string()
-                        .or_else(|_| article.object_props.id_string())?,
-                    creation_date: Some(article.object_props.published_utctime()?.naive_utc()),
-                    subtitle: article.object_props.summary_string()?,
-                    source: article.ap_object_props.source_object::<Source>()?.content,
-                    cover_id: cover,
-                },
-            )
-        })?;
-
-        // TODO: Update cover image if post's cover changes
+        let cover = article
+            .object_props
+            .icon_object::<Image>()
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|img| Media::from_activity(conn, &img).ok().map(|m| m.id));
+
+        let title = article.object_props.name_string()?;
+        let post = Post::insert(
+            conn,
+            NewPost {
+                blog_id: blog?.id,
+                slug: title.to_kebab_case(),
+                title,
+                content: SafeString::new(&article.object_props.content_string()?),
+                published: true,
+                license,
+                // FIXME: This is wrong: with this logic, we may use the display URL as the AP ID. We need two different fields
+                ap_url: article
+                    .object_props
+                    .url_string()
+                    .or_else(|_| article.object_props.id_string())?,
+                creation_date: Some(article.object_props.published_utctime()?.naive_utc()),
+                subtitle: article.object_props.summary_string()?,
+                source: article.ap_object_props.source_object::<Source>()?.content,
+                cover_id: cover,
+            },
+        )?;
 
         for author in authors {
             PostAuthor::insert(