diff --git a/VRT/cmd/vrt/vrt.go b/VRT/cmd/vrt/vrt.go
index 8437d1b..3aa384a 100644
--- a/VRT/cmd/vrt/vrt.go
+++ b/VRT/cmd/vrt/vrt.go
@@ -152,13 +152,15 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func doArticle(filename string, url string, title string, tags []string, labels []string, timestamp time.Time, needUpdate bool) bool {
+	if exists(filename + ".skip") {
+		return true
+	}
 	if needUpdate {
 		_ = os.Remove(filename + ".err")
 		_ = os.Remove(filename + ".txt")
 		_ = os.Remove(filename + ".html")
-		_ = os.Remove(filename + ".skip")
 	} else {
-		if exists(filename+".txt") || exists(filename+".skip") {
+		if exists(filename + ".txt") {
 			return true
 		}
 	}