diff --git a/migrate.py b/migrate.py
index 5f381715..66cd43e1 100644
--- a/migrate.py
+++ b/migrate.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def topics(export_topics, topics_by_slug, topics_by_oid, cats_data, tags_data):
 		old_id = tag["createdBy"]
 		tag["createdBy"] = user_id_map.get(old_id, 0)
 		topic = migrateTag(tag)
-		topics_by_title[topic['title']] = topic
+		#topics_by_title[topic['title']] = topic
 		topics_by_oid[topic['tag_id']] = topic
 		if not topics_by_slug.get(topic['slug']): topics_by_slug[topic['slug']] = topic
 		counter += 1
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ def topics(export_topics, topics_by_slug, topics_by_oid, cats_data, tags_data):
 		except Exception as e: raise e
 		topics_by_oid[topic['cat_id']] = topic
 		topics_by_slug[topic['slug']] = topic
-		topics_by_title[topic['title']] = topic
+		#topics_by_title[topic['title']] = topic
 		counter += 1
-	export_topics = dict(topics_by_title.items())
+	#export_topics = dict(topics_by_title.items())
 
 def shouts(content_data, shouts_by_slug, shouts_by_oid):
 	''' migrating content items one by one '''
diff --git a/migration/tables/content_items.py b/migration/tables/content_items.py
index 78d1c3b8..d6de8c96 100644
--- a/migration/tables/content_items.py
+++ b/migration/tables/content_items.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def migrate(entry, users_by_oid, topics_by_oid):
 	if entry.get('type') == 'Literature':
 		media = entry.get('media', '')
 		# print(media[0]['literatureBody'])
-		if type(media) == list:
+		if type(media) == list and media:
 			body_orig = media[0].get('literatureBody', '')
 			if body_orig == '':
 				print('EMPTY BODY!')
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def migrate(entry, users_by_oid, topics_by_oid):
 		metadata = get_metadata(shout_dict)
 		content = frontmatter.dumps(frontmatter.Post(body, **metadata))
 		ext = 'mdx'
-		open('../discoursio-web/content/' + r['layout'] + '/' + r['slug'] + '.' + ext, 'w').write(content)
+		#open('../discoursio-web/content/' + r['layout'] + '/' + r['slug'] + '.' + ext, 'w').write(content)
 	try:
 		shout_dict['createdAt'] = date_parse(r.get('createdAt')) if entry.get('createdAt') else ts
 		shout_dict['publishedAt'] = date_parse(entry.get('publishedAt')) if entry.get('published') else None
diff --git a/migration/tables/users.py b/migration/tables/users.py
index 69ee89d1..f40f942e 100644
--- a/migration/tables/users.py
+++ b/migration/tables/users.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ def migrate(entry):
 	res['old_id'] = entry['_id']
 	res['password'] = entry['services']['password'].get('bcrypt', '')
 	del entry['services']
-	del entry['subscribedTo']
+	if 'subscribedTo' in entry: #TODO: use subscribedTo
+		del entry['subscribedTo']
 	res['username'] = entry['emails'][0]['address']
 	res['email'] = res['username']
 	res['wasOnlineAt'] = parse(entry.get('loggedInAt', entry['createdAt']))