diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index a44c7d91..e9a6b4e1 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     isync = prev.isync.overrideAttrs (old: { withCyrusSaslXoauth2 = true; });
     colmena = inputs.colmena.packages.x86_64-linux.colmena.overrideAttrs
       (old: { patches = old.patches or [ ] ++ [ ./colmena-eval.diff ]; });
+    fedifetcher = prev.fedifetcher.overriedAttrs
+      (old: { patches = old.patches or [ ] ++ [ ./plsbackfill.diff ]; });
   };
 
   # incase something breaks
diff --git a/overlays/plsbackfill.diff b/overlays/plsbackfill.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b220d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/plsbackfill.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/find_posts.py b/find_posts.py
+index a322e62..dd7a076 100644
+--- a/find_posts.py
++++ b/find_posts.py
+@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ def add_post_with_context(post, server, access_token, seen_urls, seen_hosts):
+     return False
+ 
+ def user_has_opted_out(user):
+-    if 'note' in user and isinstance(user['note'], str) and (' nobot' in user['note'].lower() or '/tags/nobot' in user['note'].lower()):
+-        return True
+     if 'indexable' in user and not user['indexable']:
+         return True
+     if 'discoverable' in user and not user['discoverable']: