diff --git a/phpbb2slack.py b/phpbb2slack.py
index 3bf3dd2..9452e20 100755
--- a/phpbb2slack.py
+++ b/phpbb2slack.py
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ def main():
             sys.exit(0)
 
         source.extract_caching_headers(rsp.headers)
-        scrub_items(logger, cache)
         prune_news(logger, cache, news, args.cache_expiration)
+        scrub_items(logger, cache)
 
         slack_client = rss2slack.get_slack_web_client(
             slack_token, args.slack_base_url, args.slack_timeout
diff --git a/rss2irc.py b/rss2irc.py
index b967478..5471ca4 100755
--- a/rss2irc.py
+++ b/rss2irc.py
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ def main():
             sys.exit(0)
 
         source.extract_caching_headers(rsp.headers)
-        scrub_items(logger, cache)
         prune_news(logger, cache, news, args.cache_expiration)
+        scrub_items(logger, cache)
 
         if not args.cache_init:
             write_data(logger, news, args.output, args.handle, args.sleep)
diff --git a/rss2slack.py b/rss2slack.py
index 1e39f35..4bbebdd 100755
--- a/rss2slack.py
+++ b/rss2slack.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ def main():
             sys.exit(0)
 
         source.extract_caching_headers(rsp.headers)
-        rss2irc.scrub_items(logger, cache)
         rss2irc.prune_news(logger, cache, news, args.cache_expiration)
+        rss2irc.scrub_items(logger, cache)
 
         slack_client = get_slack_web_client(
             slack_token,