diff --git a/lib/Database.php b/lib/Database.php
index c28571ff..24ffed15 100644
--- a/lib/Database.php
+++ b/lib/Database.php
@@ -1217,17 +1217,17 @@ class Database {
     public function subscriptionUpdate(?string $user, $subID, bool $throwError = false): bool {
         // check to make sure the feed exists
         if (!V::id($subID)) {
-            throw new Db\ExceptionInput("typeViolation", ["action" => __FUNCTION__, "field" => "feed", 'id' => $id, 'type' => "int > 0"]);
+            throw new Db\ExceptionInput("typeViolation", ["action" => __FUNCTION__, "field" => "feed", 'id' => $subID, 'type' => "int > 0"]);
         }
         $f = $this->db->prepareArray(
             "SELECT 
                 url, las_mod as modified, etag, err_count, scrape as scrapers, keep_rule, block_rule
             FROM arsse_subscriptions
-            where id = ?",
-            ["int"]
-        )->run($subID)->getRow();
+            where id = ? and owner = coalesce(?, owner)",
+            ["int", "str"]
+        )->run($subID, $user)->getRow();
         if (!$f) {
-            throw new Db\ExceptionInput("subjectMissing", ["action" => __FUNCTION__, "field" => "feed", 'id' => $id]);
+            throw new Db\ExceptionInput("subjectMissing", ["action" => __FUNCTION__, "field" => "feed", 'id' => $subID]);
         }
         // determine whether the feed's items should be scraped for full content from the source Web site
         $scrape = (Arsse::$conf->fetchEnableScraping && ($scrapeOverride ?? $f['scrapers']));
diff --git a/lib/REST/Miniflux/V1.php b/lib/REST/Miniflux/V1.php
index 2b981c59..08061446 100644
--- a/lib/REST/Miniflux/V1.php
+++ b/lib/REST/Miniflux/V1.php
@@ -813,16 +813,14 @@ class V1 extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\REST\AbstractHandler {
     }
 
     protected function createFeed(array $data): ResponseInterface {
+        $properties = [
+            'folder' => $data['category_id'] - 1, 
+            'scrape' => (bool) $data['crawler'], 
+            'keep_rule' => $data['keeplist_rules'], 
+            'block_rule' => $data['blocklist_rules'],
+        ];
         try {
-            Arsse::$db->feedAdd($data['feed_url'], (string) $data['username'], (string) $data['password'], false, (bool) $data['crawler']);
-            $tr = Arsse::$db->begin();
-            $id = Arsse::$db->subscriptionAdd(Arsse::$user->id, $data['feed_url'], (string) $data['username'], (string) $data['password'], false, (bool) $data['crawler']);
-            Arsse::$db->subscriptionPropertiesSet(Arsse::$user->id, $id, ['folder' => $data['category_id'] - 1, 'scrape' => (bool) $data['crawler']]);
-            $tr->commit();
-            if (strlen($data['keeplist_rules'] ?? "") || strlen($data['blocklist_rules'] ?? "")) {
-                // we do rules separately so as not to tie up the database
-                Arsse::$db->subscriptionPropertiesSet(Arsse::$user->id, $id, ['keep_rule' => $data['keeplist_rules'], 'block_rule' => $data['blocklist_rules']]);
-            }
+            $id = Arsse::$db->subscriptionAdd(Arsse::$user->id, $data['feed_url'], (string) $data['username'], (string) $data['password'], false, $properties);
         } catch (FeedException $e) {
             $msg = [
                 10502 => "Fetch404",