diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2d64d54..bf0f4b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "qnaplus",
-	"version": "1.1.0",
+	"version": "1.2.0",
 	"description": "",
 	"private": true,
 	"author": "battlesqui_d",
diff --git a/packages/store/src/database.ts b/packages/store/src/database.ts
index ab1f4bb..2043351 100644
--- a/packages/store/src/database.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/database.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ export const insertReplayEvents = async (
 		event: EventQueueType.Replay,
 		payload: { question },
 	}));
-	return trycatch(() => d.insert(schema.event_queue).values(events).onConflictDoNothing());
+	return trycatch(() =>
+		d.insert(schema.event_queue).values(events).onConflictDoNothing().returning(),
+	);
 };
 
 export const clearReplayEvents = async (d: PostgresJsDatabase<typeof schema> = db()) => {
diff --git a/packages/store/src/schema_types.ts b/packages/store/src/schema_types.ts
index 191705d..b47e5dc 100644
--- a/packages/store/src/schema_types.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/schema_types.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import type { Question } from "@qnaplus/scraper";
-import type { forum_state } from "./schema";
+import type { forum_state, metadata } from "./schema";
 
 export type ForumState = typeof forum_state.$inferSelect;
 
+export type Metadata = typeof metadata.$inferSelect;
+
 export type AnsweredPayload = {
 	question: Question;
 };
diff --git a/packages/store/src/storage.ts b/packages/store/src/storage.ts
index 5558641..4f61ba8 100644
--- a/packages/store/src/storage.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/storage.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
-import { PutObjectCommand, S3Client } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";
+import { GetObjectCommand, PutObjectCommand, S3Client } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";
 import { getenv } from "@qnaplus/dotenv";
 import { lazy, trycatch } from "@qnaplus/utils";
 import type { Logger } from "pino";
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const r2 = lazy(
 		}),
 );
 
-export const upload = async (key: string, buffer: Buffer, logger: Logger) => {
+export const uploadObject = async (key: string, buffer: Buffer, logger: Logger) => {
 	const command = new PutObjectCommand({
 		Key: key,
 		Bucket: BUCKET,
@@ -31,7 +31,32 @@ export const upload = async (key: string, buffer: Buffer, logger: Logger) => {
 	});
 	const [error] = await trycatch(() => r2().send(command));
 	if (error) {
-		logger.error({ error }, "An error occurred while uploading questions to bucket.");
+		logger.error({ error }, "An error occurred while uploading data to bucket.");
 		return;
 	}
 };
+
+export const getObject = async (key: string, logger: Logger): Promise<string | null> => {
+	const command = new GetObjectCommand({
+		Key: key,
+		Bucket: BUCKET,
+	});
+	const [responseError, response] = await trycatch(() => r2().send(command));
+	if (responseError) {
+		logger.error(
+			{ error: responseError },
+			"An error occurred while getting object from bucket.",
+		);
+		return null;
+	}
+	if (response.Body === undefined) {
+		logger.error("Body is not present on response.");
+		return null;
+	}
+	const [dataError, data] = await trycatch(() => response.Body!.transformToString());
+	if (dataError) {
+		logger.error({ error: dataError }, "An error occurred while reading the response body.");
+		return null;
+	}
+	return data;
+};
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/arrays.ts b/packages/utils/src/arrays.ts
index 1c862c6..d4fb586 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/arrays.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/arrays.ts
@@ -29,3 +29,23 @@ export const entries = <T extends object>(obj: T): Entries<T> => {
 	// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
 	return Object.entries(obj) as any;
 };
+
+export const mergeByKey = <
+	K extends string,
+	A extends Record<K, PropertyKey>,
+	B extends Record<K, PropertyKey>,
+>(
+	key: K,
+	a: A[],
+	b: B[],
+): (A | B | (A & B))[] => {
+	const map = new Map<PropertyKey, A | B | (A & B)>();
+	for (const item of a) {
+		map.set(item[key], item);
+	}
+	for (const item of b) {
+		const existing = map.get(item[key]);
+		map.set(item[key], existing ? { ...existing, ...item } : item);
+	}
+	return [...map.values()];
+};
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/variables.ts b/packages/utils/src/variables.ts
index 6526db1..d89d05c 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/variables.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/variables.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ export const lazy = <T>(init: LazyInitializer<T>) => {
 		return val;
 	};
 };
+
+export type Nullish = null | undefined;
+
+export const isNullish = (value: unknown): value is Nullish => {
+	return value === null || value === undefined;
+};
diff --git a/services/bot/src/broadcaster.ts b/services/bot/src/broadcaster.ts
index f2bd07b..8a25671 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/broadcaster.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/broadcaster.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ import {
 import { chunk, entries, groupby, trycatch } from "@qnaplus/utils";
 import { container } from "@sapphire/framework";
 import { Cron } from "croner";
-import { ChannelType, type EmbedBuilder, type NewsChannel, channelMention } from "discord.js";
+import {
+	ChannelType,
+	type EmbedBuilder,
+	MessageFlags,
+	type NewsChannel,
+	channelMention,
+} from "discord.js";
 import type { Logger } from "pino";
 import { buildEventEmbed } from "./formatting";
 import type { PinoLoggerAdapter } from "./utils/logger_adapter";
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ const getChannel = (program: string) => {
 
 const broadcast = async (channel: NewsChannel, embeds: EmbedBuilder[]) => {
 	const message = await channel.send({ embeds });
-	if (message.crosspostable) {
+	if (message.crosspostable && !message.flags.has(MessageFlags.Crossposted)) {
 		await message.crosspost();
 	}
 };
diff --git a/services/updater/src/index.ts b/services/updater/src/index.ts
index 1f423c5..3c39857 100644
--- a/services/updater/src/index.ts
+++ b/services/updater/src/index.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,28 @@ import { getenv, initializeEnv } from "@qnaplus/dotenv";
 import { getLoggerInstance } from "@qnaplus/logger";
 import type { FetchClient, FetchClientResponse } from "@qnaplus/scraper";
 import { CurlImpersonateScrapingClient } from "@qnaplus/scraper-strategies";
-import { testConnection } from "@qnaplus/store";
+import { getMetadata, testConnection } from "@qnaplus/store";
 import { Cron } from "croner";
 import type { Logger } from "pino";
 import { updateDatabase } from "./update_database";
 import { updateForumStatus } from "./update_forum_status";
 import { updateStorage } from "./update_storage";
+import { isNullish } from "@qnaplus/utils";
 
 const update = async (client: FetchClient<FetchClientResponse>, logger: Logger) => {
-	await updateDatabase(client, logger);
-	await updateStorage(logger);
-	await updateForumStatus(client, logger);
+	const [metadataError, meta] = await getMetadata();
+	if (metadataError || isNullish(meta)) {
+		logger?.error(
+			{ error: metadataError, meta },
+			"Error retrieving question metadata, exiting",
+		);
+		return;
+	}
+	const updates = await updateDatabase(client, meta, logger);
+	if (updates.length > 0) {
+		await updateStorage(updates, meta, logger);
+	}
+	await updateForumStatus(client, meta, logger);
 };
 
 const start = async (client: FetchClient<FetchClientResponse>, logger: Logger) => {
diff --git a/services/updater/src/update_database.ts b/services/updater/src/update_database.ts
index f57d58c..eff275a 100644
--- a/services/updater/src/update_database.ts
+++ b/services/updater/src/update_database.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import {
 	type FetchClient,
 	type FetchClientResponse,
 	fetchQuestionsIterative,
+	Question,
 } from "@qnaplus/scraper";
-import { getMetadata, updateQuestions } from "@qnaplus/store";
+import { Metadata, updateQuestions } from "@qnaplus/store";
 import type { Logger } from "pino";
 
 export interface DatabaseUpdateStatus {
@@ -12,26 +13,12 @@ export interface DatabaseUpdateStatus {
 
 export const updateDatabase = async (
 	client: FetchClient<FetchClientResponse>,
+	{ start }: Metadata,
 	_logger: Logger,
-): Promise<DatabaseUpdateStatus> => {
+): Promise<Question[]> => {
 	const logger = _logger?.child({ label: "update_database" });
-	const status: DatabaseUpdateStatus = {
-		updateStorage: false,
-	};
 	logger.info("Starting database update.");
-	const [metadataError, metadata] = await getMetadata();
-	if (metadataError) {
-		logger?.error({ error: metadataError }, "Error retrieving question metadata, exiting");
-		return status;
-	}
-	if (metadata === undefined) {
-		logger?.error("Unable to fetch metadata, exiting.");
-		return status;
-	}
-
-	const { start } = metadata;
 
-	logger?.info(`Starting update from Q&A ${start}`);
 	const { questions } = await fetchQuestionsIterative({
 		client,
 		logger,
@@ -39,7 +26,7 @@ export const updateDatabase = async (
 	});
 	if (questions.length === 0) {
 		logger.info("No new questions to insert, returning.");
-		return status;
+		return [];
 	}
 
 	const [updateError, updates] = await updateQuestions(questions);
@@ -48,10 +35,9 @@ export const updateDatabase = async (
 			{ error: updateError },
 			`Failed to upsert ${questions.length} questions, retrying on next run.`,
 		);
-		return status;
+		return [];
 	}
-	status.updateStorage = updates.length !== 0;
 	logger.info(`${updates.length} new updates detected.`);
 
-	return status;
+	return updates;
 };
diff --git a/services/updater/src/update_forum_status.ts b/services/updater/src/update_forum_status.ts
index 357a005..0853599 100644
--- a/services/updater/src/update_forum_status.ts
+++ b/services/updater/src/update_forum_status.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
 	checkIfReadOnly,
 	pingQna,
 } from "@qnaplus/scraper";
-import { getAllPrograms, getForumStates, getMetadata, updateForumStates } from "@qnaplus/store";
+import { getAllPrograms, getForumStates, Metadata, updateForumStates } from "@qnaplus/store";
 import type { Logger } from "pino";
 
 type ProgramState = {
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const getNextSeason = (season: Season) => {
 
 export const updateForumStatus = async (
 	client: FetchClient<FetchClientResponse>,
+	{ currentSeason: season }: Metadata,
 	logger_: Logger,
 ) => {
 	const logger = logger_.child({ label: "update_forum_status" });
@@ -35,14 +36,6 @@ export const updateForumStatus = async (
 		);
 		return;
 	}
-	const [metadataError, metadata] = await getMetadata();
-	if (metadataError || metadata === undefined) {
-		logger.error(
-			{ error: metadataError },
-			"An error occurred while retrieving metadata, exiting.",
-		);
-		return;
-	}
 	const [statesError, states] = await getForumStates();
 	if (statesError) {
 		logger.error(
@@ -56,7 +49,6 @@ export const updateForumStatus = async (
 		return map;
 	}, {});
 
-	const season = metadata.currentSeason;
 	const newStates: ProgramState[] = [];
 	for (const { program } of programs) {
 		// get the 'open' state for a given program
@@ -86,16 +78,16 @@ export const updateForumStatus = async (
 		newStates.push({ program, open });
 	}
 	if (newStates.length === 0) {
-		logger.warn("Unable to update program statings.");
+		logger.warn("Unable to update forum states.");
 		return;
 	}
 	const [updatedError] = await updateForumStates(newStates);
 	if (updatedError) {
 		logger.error(
 			{ error: updatedError },
-			"An error occurred while updating program states, exiting.",
+			"An error occurred while updating forum states, exiting.",
 		);
 		return;
 	}
-	logger.info("Completed programs update.");
+	logger.info("Completed forum states update.");
 };
diff --git a/services/updater/src/update_storage.ts b/services/updater/src/update_storage.ts
index 7bef9aa..5360848 100644
--- a/services/updater/src/update_storage.ts
+++ b/services/updater/src/update_storage.ts
@@ -1,56 +1,61 @@
 import { getenv } from "@qnaplus/dotenv";
 import { Question } from "@qnaplus/scraper";
-import { getAllQuestions, getAllSeasonQuestions, getMetadata, upload } from "@qnaplus/store";
-import { trycatch } from "@qnaplus/utils";
+import { getObject, Metadata, uploadObject } from "@qnaplus/store";
+import { mergeByKey, trycatch } from "@qnaplus/utils";
 import type { Logger } from "pino";
 
 const update = async (logger: Logger, data: Question[], key: string) => {
 	const json = JSON.stringify(data);
 	const buffer = Buffer.from(json, "utf-8");
-	const [uploadError] = await trycatch(() => upload(key, buffer, logger));
+	const [uploadError] = await trycatch(() => uploadObject(key, buffer, logger));
 	if (uploadError) {
 		logger?.error({ error: uploadError }, "Error while updating storage json");
 		return;
 	}
 };
 
-export const updateStorage = async (_logger: Logger) => {
-	const logger = _logger?.child({ label: "update_storage" });
+const get = async (key: string, logger: Logger): Promise<Question[] | null> => {
+	const obj = await getObject(key, logger);
+	if (obj === null) {
+		logger.warn(`Unable to retreive questions data at '${key}' from storage.`);
+		return null;
+	}
+	const [parseError, parsedData] = await trycatch((): Promise<Question[]> => JSON.parse(obj));
+	if (parseError) {
+		logger.error({ error: parseError }, "Unable to parse questions from storage.");
+		return null;
+	}
+	return parsedData;
+};
+
+export const updateStorage = async (
+	updates: Question[],
+	{ currentSeason }: Metadata,
+	_logger: Logger,
+) => {
+	const logger = _logger.child({ label: "update_storage" });
 	logger.info("Starting storage update.");
 
-	// push all questions
-	const [questionsError, questions] = await getAllQuestions();
-	if (questionsError) {
-		logger?.error(
-			{ error: questionsError },
-			"An error occurred while retreiving all questions from database.",
-		);
-		return;
-	}
-	await update(logger, questions, `questions-${getenv("NODE_ENV")}.json`);
+	const ALL_QUESTIONS_KEY = `questions-${getenv("NODE_ENV")}.json`;
+	const SEASON_QUESTIONS_KEY = `questions-${getenv("NODE_ENV")}-${currentSeason}.json`;
 
-	// push current season questions
-	const [seasonQuestionsError, seasonQuestions] = await getAllSeasonQuestions();
-	if (seasonQuestionsError) {
-		logger?.error(
-			{ error: seasonQuestionsError },
-			"An error occurred while retreiving season questions from database.",
-		);
+	const seasonQuestions = await get(SEASON_QUESTIONS_KEY, logger);
+	if (seasonQuestions === null) {
 		return;
 	}
-	const [metaError, meta] = await getMetadata();
-	if (metaError || meta === undefined) {
-		logger?.error(
-			{ error: metaError },
-			"An error occurred while retreiving metadata from database.",
-		);
+	const updatedSeasonQuestions = mergeByKey("id", updates, seasonQuestions).toSorted(
+		(a, b) => Number.parseInt(b.id) - Number.parseInt(a.id),
+	);
+	await update(logger, updatedSeasonQuestions, SEASON_QUESTIONS_KEY);
+
+	const questions = await get(ALL_QUESTIONS_KEY, logger);
+	if (questions === null) {
 		return;
 	}
-	await update(
-		logger,
-		seasonQuestions,
-		`questions-${getenv("NODE_ENV")}-${meta.currentSeason}.json`,
+	const updatedQuestions = mergeByKey("id", updatedSeasonQuestions, questions).toSorted(
+		(a, b) => Number.parseInt(b.id) - Number.parseInt(a.id),
 	);
+	await update(logger, updatedQuestions, ALL_QUESTIONS_KEY);
 
 	logger.info("Completed storage update.");
 };