diff --git a/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go b/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go
index fc5f55d7f1..5fc8a9ee25 100644
--- a/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go
+++ b/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ func mediaFetchTick(ctx context.Context, cfg WorkerConfig) error {
 
 			// Abbreviated message for tweets with no media, which is the majority of them.
 			if len(t.ExtendedEntities.Media) == 0 {
+				if _, err := cfg.DatabasePool.Exec(ctx, "UPDATE tweets SET fetched_media=true WHERE id=$1", t.ID); err != nil {
+					log.Printf("[%v:%d] Failed to update tweets table: %v", cfg.Name, t.ID, err)
+				}
 				log.Printf("[%v:%d] No media", cfg.Name, t.ID)
 				return
 			}