diff --git a/app_urls/fetcher/src/db_utils.py b/app_urls/fetcher/src/db_utils.py
index 47e1853..f65df66 100644
--- a/app_urls/fetcher/src/db_utils.py
+++ b/app_urls/fetcher/src/db_utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.db import IntegrityError
 from django.utils import timezone
 from datetime import timedelta
-from .fetch_utils_url_processor import process_url, get_with_protocol
+from .fetch_utils_url_processor import process_url, get_with_protocol, url_host_slowdown
 import re
 import requests
 import os
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ class DB_Handler():
         ##########################################################################
         # URL pattern: missingkids.org/poster OR missingkids.org/new-poster
         if ("missingkids.org" in obj_url.url) and ("poster" in obj_url.url):
+            # Sleep required? To avoid too many requests error (original URL, not paywall bypassing endpoint)
+            url_host_slowdown(obj_url.url, url_host_slowdown_seconds=float(os.getenv("FETCHER_URL_HOST_SLEEP", 5)))
             # Request
             r = requests.get(obj_url.url, allow_redirects=True)
 
@@ -113,9 +115,9 @@ class DB_Handler():
                 # Set duplicate, and insert new canonical form
                 self._set_duplicate_and_insert_canonical(obj_url, url_canonical)
             elif (r.status_code == 200):
-                self._set_status(self, obj_url, Urls.STATUS_ENUM.VALID)
+                self._set_status(obj_url, Urls.STATUS_ENUM.VALID)
             elif (r.status_code == 404):
-                self._set_status(self, obj_url, Urls.STATUS_ENUM.INVALID)
+                self._set_status(obj_url, Urls.STATUS_ENUM.INVALID)
             else:
                 logger.info("Unknown request status: {} for missing kids request: {}".format(r.status_code, obj_url.url))