diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b3cf207be..f7b51fed7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ GEM
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.4)
     globalid (0.3.7)
       activesupport (>= 4.1.0)
-    goldfinger (1.0.2)
+    goldfinger (1.0.3)
       addressable (~> 2.4)
       http (~> 1.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.6)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ GEM
       pkg-config (~> 1.1.7)
     oj (2.17.3)
     orm_adapter (0.5.0)
-    ostatus2 (0.2)
+    ostatus2 (0.2.1)
       addressable (~> 2.4)
       http (~> 1.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.6)
diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index 449075aa8..a7f31440f 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def subscription(webhook_url)
-    @subscription ||= OStatus2::Subscription.new(self.remote_url, secret: self.secret, token: self.verify_token, webhook: webhook_url, hub: self.hub_url)
+    OStatus2::Subscription.new(self.remote_url, secret: self.secret, token: self.verify_token, webhook: webhook_url, hub: self.hub_url)
   end
 
   def ping!(atom_url, hubs)
diff --git a/lib/tasks/mastodon.rake b/lib/tasks/mastodon.rake
index 5bc056a56..bdfa2e458 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/mastodon.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/mastodon.rake
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ namespace :mastodon do
     desc 'Unsubscribes from PuSH updates of feeds nobody follows locally'
     task clear: :environment do
       Account.remote.without_followers.find_each do |a|
+        Rails.logger.debug "PuSH unsubscribing from #{a.acct}"
         a.subscription('').unsubscribe
+      rescue HTTP::Error, OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError
+        Rails.logger.debug "PuSH unsubscribing from #{a.acct} failed due to an HTTP or SSL error"
+      ensure
         a.update!(verify_token: '', secret: '', subscription_expires_at: nil)
       end
     end
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ namespace :mastodon do
     desc 'Re-subscribes to soon expiring PuSH subscriptions'
     task refresh: :environment do
       Account.expiring(1.day.from_now).find_each do |a|
+        Rails.logger.debug "PuSH re-subscribing to #{a.acct}"
         SubscribeService.new.(a)
       end
     end