diff --git a/brozzler/hq.py b/brozzler/hq.py
index a07a940..8943160 100644
--- a/brozzler/hq.py
+++ b/brozzler/hq.py
@@ -124,6 +124,15 @@ class BrozzlerHQDb:
         cursor.execute("update brozzler_sites set status=? where id=?", (status, site.id,))
         self._conn.commit()
 
+    def get_status(self, site):
+        cursor = self._conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("select status from brozzler_sites where id=?", (site.id,))
+        row = cursor.fetchone()
+        if row:
+            return row[0]
+        else:
+            raise KeyError("site not in brozzler_sites id={}".format(site.id,))
+
 class BrozzlerHQ:
     logger = logging.getLogger(__module__ + "." + __qualname__)
 
@@ -132,6 +141,7 @@ class BrozzlerHQ:
         self._conn = kombu.Connection(amqp_url)
         self._new_sites_q = self._conn.SimpleQueue("brozzler.sites.new")
         self._unclaimed_sites_q = self._conn.SimpleQueue("brozzler.sites.unclaimed")
+        self._disclaimed_sites_q = self._conn.SimpleQueue("brozzler.sites.disclaimed")
         if db != None:
             self._db = db
         else:
@@ -143,10 +153,27 @@ class BrozzlerHQ:
                 self._new_site()
                 self._consume_completed_page()
                 self._feed_pages()
+                self._disclaimed_site()
                 time.sleep(0.5)
         finally:
             self._conn.close()
 
+    def _disclaimed_site(self):
+        try:
+            msg = self._disclaimed_sites_q.get(block=False)
+            site = brozzler.Site(**msg.payload)
+            msg.ack()
+            self.logger.info("received disclaimed site {}".format(site))
+
+            status = self._db.get_status(site)
+            if status != "FINISHED":
+                self.logger.info("feeding disclaimed site {} back to {}".format(site, self._unclaimed_sites_q.queue.name))
+                self._unclaimed_sites_q.put(site.to_dict())
+            else:
+                self.logger.info("disclaimed site is FINISHED {}".format(site))
+        except kombu.simple.Empty:
+            pass
+
     def _new_site(self):
         try:
             msg = self._new_sites_q.get(block=False)
diff --git a/brozzler/site.py b/brozzler/site.py
index feea078..c38f878 100644
--- a/brozzler/site.py
+++ b/brozzler/site.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import surt
 import json
 import logging
-import urllib.robotparser
 import requests
 import reppy.cache
 
diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index 6cd7e73..f6cf4a0 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -57,18 +57,17 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
     def _completed_page(self, site, page):
         with kombu.Connection(self._amqp_url) as conn:
             q = conn.SimpleQueue("brozzler.sites.{}.completed_pages".format(site.id))
-            self.logger.info("putting {} on queue {}".format(page, q.queue.name))
+            self.logger.info("feeding {} to {}".format(page, q.queue.name))
             q.put(page.to_dict())
 
     def _disclaim_site(self, site, page=None):
-        # XXX maybe should put on "disclaimed" queue and hq should put back on "unclaimed"
         with kombu.Connection(self._amqp_url) as conn:
-            q = conn.SimpleQueue("brozzler.sites.unclaimed".format(site.id))
-            self.logger.info("putting {} on queue {}".format(site, q.queue.name))
+            q = conn.SimpleQueue("brozzler.sites.disclaimed".format(site.id))
+            self.logger.info("feeding {} to {}".format(site, q.queue.name))
             q.put(site.to_dict())
             if page:
                 q = conn.SimpleQueue("brozzler.sites.{}.pages".format(site.id))
-                self.logger.info("putting unfinished page {} on queue {}".format(page, q.queue.name))
+                self.logger.info("feeding unfinished page {} to {}".format(page, q.queue.name))
                 q.put(page.to_dict())
 
     def _putmeta(self, warcprox_address, url, content_type, payload, extra_headers=None):