diff --git a/config/migrate-scripts/migrate-db-e1aa1ce.sh b/config/migrate-scripts/migrate-db-e1aa1ce.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..259862df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/migrate-scripts/migrate-db-e1aa1ce.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+psql invidious -c "ALTER TABLE channels ADD COLUMN deleted bool;"
+psql invidious -c "UPDATE channels SET deleted = false;"
diff --git a/config/sql/channels.sql b/config/sql/channels.sql
index c4259c12..cecd04ed 100644
--- a/config/sql/channels.sql
+++ b/config/sql/channels.sql
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CREATE TABLE public.channels
   id text NOT NULL,
   author text,
   updated timestamp with time zone,
+  deleted boolean,
   CONSTRAINT channels_id_key UNIQUE (id)
 );
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/channels.cr b/src/invidious/channels.cr
index 956450d5..ccaf2487 100644
--- a/src/invidious/channels.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/channels.cr
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class InvidiousChannel
     id:      String,
     author:  String,
     updated: Time,
+    deleted: Bool,
   })
 end
 
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ def fetch_channel(ucid, client, db, pull_all_videos = true, locale = nil)
     db.exec("DELETE FROM channel_videos * WHERE NOT id = ANY ('{#{ids.map { |id| %("#{id}") }.join(",")}}') AND ucid = $1", ucid)
   end
 
-  channel = InvidiousChannel.new(ucid, author, Time.now)
+  channel = InvidiousChannel.new(ucid, author, Time.now, false)
 
   return channel
 end
diff --git a/src/invidious/jobs.cr b/src/invidious/jobs.cr
index f6e2d8fe..04816efd 100644
--- a/src/invidious/jobs.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/jobs.cr
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def refresh_channels(db, logger, max_threads = 1, full_refresh = false)
     active_channel = Channel(Bool).new
 
     loop do
-      db.query("SELECT id FROM channels ORDER BY updated") do |rs|
+      db.query("SELECT id FROM channels WHERE deleted = false ORDER BY updated") do |rs|
         rs.each do
           id = rs.read(String)
 
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ def refresh_channels(db, logger, max_threads = 1, full_refresh = false)
 
               db.exec("UPDATE channels SET updated = $1, author = $2 WHERE id = $3", Time.now, channel.author, id)
             rescue ex
+              if ex.message == "Deleted or invalid channel"
+                db.exec("UPDATE channels SET deleted = true WHERE id = $1", id)
+              end
               logger.write("#{id} : #{ex.message}\n")
             end