diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index beb6b20..3ed7eb4 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace ttrss_co_client
 {
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client
                         labelsWRTFeed.Where(l => l.@checked).Select(l => l.caption).Contains(fa.triggerlabelCaption))?.ToList();
                     if (actionsForFeed != null && actionsForFeed.Any())
                     {
+                        if(!(await SponsorCheck(hl)))
+                        {
+                            await ttrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{hl.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()}] waiting for sponsorblock", hl.id);
+                            continue;
+                        }
                         foreach (var action in actionsForFeed)
                         {
                             Console.WriteLine($"    {hl.title} -> action: {action.command}");
@@ -289,5 +295,38 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client
                 return new Tuple<bool, string>(false, $"{e.ToString()}: {e.Message}.\n{e.StackTrace}");
             }
         }
+        public static async Task<bool> SponsorCheck(ttrss.datastructures.Headline hl)
+        {
+            if(!hl.link.Host.EndsWith("youtube.com"))
+            {
+                //sponsorblock, sadly, only exists for youtube
+                return true;
+            }
+            var match = Regex.Match(hl.link.Query, "v=([^&]+)(&|$)");
+            var videoId = match.Groups?[1].Value;
+            var c = new HttpClient();
+            
+            var sponsorblockcheck = await c.GetAsync($"https://sponsor.ajay.app/api/skipSegments?videoID={videoId}&category=sponsor&category=selfpromo&category=interaciton&category=intro&category=outro&category=preview");
+            if(sponsorblockcheck.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($"sponsorblock reports that {videoId} has no entries (yet)");
+                var updateTimestamp = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+                updateTimestamp = updateTimestamp.AddSeconds(hl.updated).ToLocalTime();
+                if(DateTime.Now - updateTimestamp > TimeSpan.FromMinutes(45))
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine($"updated {updateTimestamp} (more than 45 minutes ago), going to give up waiting for sponsorblock");
+                    return true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine($"going to wait a bit for segments to show up.");
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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