gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/notify/notify-srv.rb b/notify/notify-srv.rb
index 51b56b2..0cd942a 100755
--- a/notify/notify-srv.rb
+++ b/notify/notify-srv.rb
@@ -264,16 +264,15 @@ class Sweeper
     PushNotification.load_all(:started => nil, :completed => nil) do |p|
       Opus::DaemonCommon.exit_if_necessary
 
+      # Don't try more failed URLs in this run. This way if a host
+      # is down we don't try a ton of webhooks for it to the
+      # exclusion of others
+      next if failed_urls.include?(p.url)
+
       # We only get a PushNotification level lock here with the assumption that no one
       # modifies PushNotifications and it would be terrible to be getting this many Merchant locks
       PushNotification.update(p.token) do
         push_notification = PushNotification.load(p.token)
-
-        # Don't try more failed URLs in this run. This way if a host
-        # is down we don't try a ton of webhooks for it to the
-        # exclusion of others
-        next if failed_urls.include?(p.url)
-
         push_notification.started = Time.stamp
         if push_notification.livemode.nil?
           if ctok = push_notification.params['customer']