diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 0942ecbe7..f03018cee 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
   def update
     set_tabs(params["user"]["tab"])
     if @user.update(permitted_attributes(@user))
-      RssReaderFetchUserJob.perform_later(@user.id)
+      RssReaderFetchUserWorker.perform_async(@user.id) if @user.feed_url.present?
       notice = "Your profile was successfully updated."
       if config_changed?
         notice = "Your config has been updated. Refresh to see all changes."
diff --git a/app/workers/rss_reader_fetch_user_worker.rb b/app/workers/rss_reader_fetch_user_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fee4c6531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/rss_reader_fetch_user_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class RssReaderFetchUserWorker
+  include Sidekiq::Worker
+
+  sidekiq_options queue: :medium_priority
+
+  def perform(user_id)
+    user = User.find_by(id: user_id)
+
+    RssReader.new.fetch_user(user) if user&.feed_url.present?
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/rss_reader_fetch_user_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/rss_reader_fetch_user_worker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e95d1913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/rss_reader_fetch_user_worker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe RssReaderFetchUserWorker, type: :worker do
+  let(:worker) { subject }
+
+  # passing in a random user_id argument since the worker itself won't be executed
+  include_examples "#enqueues_on_correct_queue", "medium_priority", [456]
+
+  describe "#perform_now" do
+    let(:rss_reader_service) { instance_double(RssReader) }
+
+    before do
+      allow(RssReader).to receive(:new).and_return(rss_reader_service)
+      allow(rss_reader_service).to receive(:fetch_user)
+    end
+
+    context "when user found and feed_url present" do
+      let(:user) { double }
+
+      before do
+        allow(User).to receive(:find_by).and_return(user)
+        allow(user).to receive(:feed_url).and_return(:feed_url)
+        allow(user).to receive(:id)
+      end
+
+      it "calls the service" do
+        worker.perform(user.id)
+        expect(rss_reader_service).to have_received(:fetch_user).with(user).once
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when no user found" do
+      it "does not call the service" do
+        allow(User).to receive(:find_by)
+        worker.perform(9999)
+        expect(rss_reader_service).not_to have_received(:fetch_user)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end