diff --git a/active_bots/telegrambot.py b/active_bots/telegrambot.py
index 637b332..65320fb 100644
--- a/active_bots/telegrambot.py
+++ b/active_bots/telegrambot.py
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ class TelegramBot(Bot):
     def crawl(self, user):
         tb = Telegram(user.get_telegram_credentials())
         seen_tg = user.get_seen_tg()
-        updates = tb.get_updates(offset=seen_tg+1).wait()
+        try:
+            updates = tb.get_updates(offset=seen_tg+1).wait()
+        except TypeError:
+            updates = tb.get_updates().wait()
         reports = []
         for update in updates:
             try:
@@ -45,4 +48,4 @@ class TelegramBot(Bot):
                 tb.send_message(subscriber_id, text).wait()
         except Exception:
             logger.error('Error telegramming: ' + user.get_city() + ': '
-                         + report.id, exc_info=True)
+                         + str(report.id), exc_info=True)
diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index 3fa09db..a224a0f 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class DB(object):
                 id                 INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT UNIQUE,
                 user_id            INTEGER,
                 tg_id              INTEGER,
-                FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES user(id),
+                FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES user(id)
             );
             CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS twitter_request_tokens (
                 id          INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT UNIQUE,
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ u\d\d?
                      (uid, json['email']))
         self.execute("""INSERT INTO telegram_accounts (user_id, apikey,
                         active) VALUES(?, ?, ?);""", (uid, "", 1))
+        self.execute("INSERT INTO seen_telegrams (user_id, tg_id) VALUES (?,?);",
+                     (uid, 0))
         self.commit()
         user = User(uid)
         self.execute("INSERT INTO seen_mail (user_id, mail_date) VALUES (?,?)",
diff --git a/user.py b/user.py
index e87c372..92e8657 100644
--- a/user.py
+++ b/user.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ schlitz
     def get_telegram_subscribers(self):
         db.execute("""SELECT subscriber_id 
                           FROM telegram_subscribers 
-                          WHERE user_id = ? AND active = 1;""",
+                          WHERE user_id = ?;""",
                    (self.uid,))
         rows = db.cur.fetchall()
         return rows