diff --git a/src/alpenrose/single_fetch_time.rs b/src/alpenrose/single_fetch_time.rs
index 3f2c7617..521b540e 100644
--- a/src/alpenrose/single_fetch_time.rs
+++ b/src/alpenrose/single_fetch_time.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ pub async fn single_fetch_time(
                     )
                     .spawn();
 
-                    let tarpc_send_to_aspen = aspen_client
+                    if (vehicle_positions_http_status == Some(200) || trip_updates_http_status == Some(200) || alerts_http_status == Some(200)) {
+                        let tarpc_send_to_aspen = aspen_client
                         .from_alpenrose(
                             tarpc::context::current(),
                             data.chateau_id,
@@ -233,6 +234,11 @@ pub async fn single_fetch_time(
                             eprintln!("{}: Error sending data to {}: {}", feed_id, worker_id, e);
                         }
                     }
+                    } else {
+                        println!("{}: No data to send", feed_id);
+                    }
+
+                   
                 }
                 None => {
                     eprintln!("{} was not assigned to a worker", feed_id);
diff --git a/src/aspen/import_alpenrose.rs b/src/aspen/import_alpenrose.rs
index 875a3703..19708c9a 100644
--- a/src/aspen/import_alpenrose.rs
+++ b/src/aspen/import_alpenrose.rs
@@ -123,25 +123,6 @@ pub async fn new_rt_data(
 
     let this_chateau_dashmap = authoritative_data_store.get(&realtime_feed_id);
 
-    //if this item is empty, create it
-    if this_chateau_dashmap.is_none() {
-        let new_aspenised_data = catenary::aspen_dataset::AspenisedData {
-            vehicle_positions: HashMap::new(),
-            vehicle_routes_cache: HashMap::new(),
-            trip_updates: HashMap::new(),
-            trip_updates_lookup_by_trip_id_to_trip_update_ids: HashMap::new(),
-            raw_alerts: None,
-            impacted_routes_alerts: None,
-            impacted_stops_alerts: None,
-            impacted_routes_stops_alerts: None,
-            last_updated_time_ms: 0,
-        };
-        let _ = authoritative_data_store.insert(realtime_feed_id.clone(), new_aspenised_data);
-    }
-
-    //now it exists!
-    let this_chateau_dashmap = authoritative_data_store.get(&realtime_feed_id).unwrap();
-
     // take all the gtfs rt data and merge it together
 
     let mut vehicle_positions: HashMap<String, AspenisedVehiclePosition> = HashMap::new();