diff --git a/config/migrate-scripts/migrate-db-8e884fe1.sh b/config/migrate-scripts/migrate-db-8e884fe1.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ca137a5f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/migrate-scripts/migrate-db-8e884fe1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+psql invidious -c "ALTER TABLE channels DROP COLUMN subscribed"
+psql invidious -c "ALTER TABLE channels ADD COLUMN subscribed timestamptz"
diff --git a/config/sql/channels.sql b/config/sql/channels.sql
index cecd04edb..b5a29b8f3 100644
--- a/config/sql/channels.sql
+++ b/config/sql/channels.sql
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ CREATE TABLE public.channels
   author text,
   updated timestamp with time zone,
   deleted boolean,
+  subscribed timestamp with time zone,
   CONSTRAINT channels_id_key UNIQUE (id)
 );
 
diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index 8a52253ac..45abecc9f 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -2319,12 +2319,13 @@ end
 
 # Add support for subscribing to channels via PubSubHubbub
 
-get "/feed/webhook" do |env|
+get "/feed/webhook/:token" do |env|
+  verify_token = env.params.url["token"]
+
   mode = env.params.query["hub.mode"]
   topic = env.params.query["hub.topic"]
   challenge = env.params.query["hub.challenge"]
   lease_seconds = env.params.query["hub.lease_seconds"]
-  verify_token = env.params.query["hub.verify_token"]
 
   time, signature = verify_token.split(":")
 
@@ -2337,12 +2338,12 @@ get "/feed/webhook" do |env|
   end
 
   ucid = HTTP::Params.parse(URI.parse(topic).query.not_nil!)["channel_id"]
-  PG_DB.exec("UPDATE channels SET subscribed = true WHERE id = $1", ucid)
+  PG_DB.exec("UPDATE channels SET subscribed = $1 WHERE id = $2", Time.now, ucid)
 
   halt env, status_code: 200, response: challenge
 end
 
-post "/feed/webhook" do |env|
+post "/feed/webhook/:token" do |env|
   body = env.request.body.not_nil!.gets_to_end
   signature = env.request.headers["X-Hub-Signature"].lchop("sha1=")
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/channels.cr b/src/invidious/channels.cr
index 097aa764c..bb5480453 100644
--- a/src/invidious/channels.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/channels.cr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class InvidiousChannel
     author:     String,
     updated:    Time,
     deleted:    Bool,
-    subscribed: {type: Bool, default: false},
+    subscribed: Time?,
   })
 end
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def fetch_channel(ucid, db, pull_all_videos = true, locale = nil)
     db.exec("DELETE FROM channel_videos * WHERE NOT id = ANY ('{#{ids.map { |id| %("#{id}") }.join(",")}}') AND ucid = $1", ucid)
   end
 
-  channel = InvidiousChannel.new(ucid, author, Time.now, false, false)
+  channel = InvidiousChannel.new(ucid, author, Time.now, false, nil)
 
   return channel
 end
@@ -198,12 +198,12 @@ def subscribe_pubsub(ucid, key, config)
   host_url = make_host_url(Kemal.config.ssl || config.https_only, config.domain)
 
   body = {
-    "hub.callback"     => "#{host_url}/feed/webhook",
-    "hub.topic"        => "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=#{ucid}",
-    "hub.verify"       => "async",
-    "hub.mode"         => "subscribe",
-    "hub.verify_token" => "#{time}:#{OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(:sha1, key, time)}",
-    "hub.secret"       => key.to_s,
+    "hub.callback"      => "#{host_url}/feed/webhook/#{time}:#{OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(:sha1, key, time)}",
+    "hub.topic"         => "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=#{ucid}",
+    "hub.verify"        => "async",
+    "hub.mode"          => "subscribe",
+    "hub.lease_seconds" => "432000",
+    "hub.secret"        => key.to_s,
   }
 
   return client.post("/subscribe", form: body)
diff --git a/src/invidious/jobs.cr b/src/invidious/jobs.cr
index a5acd4cfe..49745abad 100644
--- a/src/invidious/jobs.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/jobs.cr
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def subscribe_to_feeds(db, logger, key, config)
   if config.use_pubsub_feeds
     spawn do
       loop do
-        db.query_all("SELECT id FROM channels WHERE subscribed = false") do |rs|
+        db.query_all("SELECT id FROM channels WHERE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP - subscribed > '4 days'") do |rs|
           ucid = rs.read(String)
           response = subscribe_pubsub(ucid, key, config)