diff --git a/app/handlers/feed.php b/app/handlers/feed.php
index ab23a76..a4c75ef 100644
--- a/app/handlers/feed.php
+++ b/app/handlers/feed.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use PicoFeed\Logging\Logger;
 use PicoFeed\Reader\Favicon;
 use PicoFeed\Reader\Reader;
 
-function fetch_feed($url, $download_content = false, $etag = '', $last_modified = '')
+function fetch_feed($url, $download_content = false, $etag = '', $last_modified = '', array $item_urls = array())
 {
     $error_message = '';
     $feed = null;
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ function fetch_feed($url, $download_content = false, $etag = '', $last_modified
 
             if ($download_content) {
                 $parser->enableContentGrabber();
+                $parser->setGrabberIgnoreUrls($item_urls);
             }
 
             $feed = $parser->execute();
@@ -100,16 +101,22 @@ function create_feed($user_id, $url, $download_content = false, $rtl = false, $c
 function update_feed($user_id, $feed_id)
 {
     $subscription = Model\Feed\get_feed($user_id, $feed_id);
+    $item_urls = array();
 
     if ($subscription['enabled'] == 0) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    if ($subscription['download_content']) {
+        $item_urls = Model\Item\get_item_urls($user_id, $feed_id);
+    }
+
     list($feed, $resource, $error_message) = fetch_feed(
         $subscription['feed_url'],
         (bool) $subscription['download_content'],
         $subscription['etag'],
-        $subscription['last_modified']
+        $subscription['last_modified'],
+        $item_urls
     );
 
     if (! empty($error_message)) {
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@ function update_feed($user_id, $feed_id)
     }
 
     if ($feed !== null) {
-        Model\Item\update_feed_items($user_id, $feed_id, $feed->getItems(), $subscription['rtl']);
+        Model\Item\update_feed_items($user_id, $feed_id, $feed->getItems(), $subscription['rtl'], $item_urls);
         fetch_favicon($feed_id, $feed->getSiteUrl(), $feed->getIcon());
     }
 
diff --git a/app/models/item.php b/app/models/item.php
index 61d88af..a5eb92e 100644
--- a/app/models/item.php
+++ b/app/models/item.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Miniflux\Model\Item;
 
 use PicoDb\Database;
-use Miniflux\Model\Feed;
 use Miniflux\Model\Group;
 use Miniflux\Handler;
 use Miniflux\Helper;
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ function change_item_ids_status($user_id, array $item_ids, $status)
         ->update(array('status' => $status));
 }
 
-function update_feed_items($user_id, $feed_id, array $items, $rtl = false)
+function update_feed_items($user_id, $feed_id, array $items, $rtl = false, array $ignore_urls = array())
 {
     $items_in_feed = array();
     $db = Database::getInstance('db');
@@ -71,6 +70,7 @@ function update_feed_items($user_id, $feed_id, array $items, $rtl = false)
     foreach ($items as $item) {
         if ($item->getId() && $item->getUrl()) {
             $item_id = get_item_id_from_checksum($feed_id, $item->getId());
+
             $values = array(
                 'title'          => $item->getTitle(),
                 'url'            => $item->getUrl(),
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ function update_feed_items($user_id, $feed_id, array $items, $rtl = false)
             );
 
             if ($item_id > 0) {
+                if (in_array($item->getUrl(), $ignore_urls)) {
+                    unset($values['content']);
+                }
+
                 $db
                     ->table(TABLE)
                     ->eq('user_id', $user_id)
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ function get_item_nav($user_id, array $item, $status = array(STATUS_UNREAD), $bo
 function get_items_by_status($user_id, $status, $feed_ids = array(), $offset = null, $limit = null, $order_column = 'updated', $order_direction = 'desc')
 {
     return Database::getInstance('db')
-        ->table('items')
+        ->table(TABLE)
         ->columns(
             'items.id',
             'items.checksum',
@@ -259,7 +263,7 @@ function get_items_by_status($user_id, $status, $feed_ids = array(), $offset = n
 function get_items($user_id, $since_id = null, array $item_ids = array(), $limit = 50)
 {
     $query = Database::getInstance('db')
-        ->table('items')
+        ->table(TABLE)
         ->columns(
             'items.id',
             'items.checksum',
@@ -296,13 +300,22 @@ function get_items($user_id, $since_id = null, array $item_ids = array(), $limit
 function get_item_ids_by_status($user_id, $status)
 {
     return Database::getInstance('db')
-        ->table('items')
+        ->table(TABLE)
         ->eq('user_id', $user_id)
         ->eq('status', $status)
         ->asc('id')
         ->findAllByColumn('id');
 }
 
+function get_item_urls($user_id, $feed_id)
+{
+    return Database::getInstance('db')
+        ->table(TABLE)
+        ->eq('user_id', $user_id)
+        ->eq('feed_id', $feed_id)
+        ->findAllByColumn('url');
+}
+
 function get_latest_unread_items_timestamps($user_id)
 {
     return Database::getInstance('db')
@@ -321,7 +334,7 @@ function get_latest_unread_items_timestamps($user_id)
 function count_by_status($user_id, $status, $feed_ids = array())
 {
     $query = Database::getInstance('db')
-        ->table('items')
+        ->table(TABLE)
         ->eq('user_id', $user_id)
         ->in('feed_id', $feed_ids);