diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_progression.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_progression.rb
index fc5843c8a..30dd31360 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_progression.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_progression.rb
@@ -96,15 +96,16 @@ module JamRuby
       ["#{date_column} < ?", Time.now - intervals[trigger_idx].days]
     end
 
+
     def fetch_client_notdl(trigger_idx=0)
       fetched = []
       rel = User
         .email_opt_in
         .musicians
-        .where("(((SELECT MAX(trigger_index) FROM email_batch_sets ebs WHERE ebs.sub_type = '#{self.sub_type}' AND ebs.user_id = users.id) < #{trigger_idx}) OR ((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM email_batch_sets ebs WHERE ebs.sub_type = '#{self.sub_type}' AND ebs.user_id = users.id) = 0))")
+        .where("(SELECT COALESCE(MAX(trigger_index),-1) FROM email_batch_sets ebs WHERE ebs.sub_type = '#{self.sub_type}' AND ebs.user_id = users.id) < #{trigger_idx}")
         .where("first_downloaded_client_at IS NULL")
         .where(self.trigger_date_constraint(trigger_idx, "users.created_at"))
-        .find_in_batches(batch_size: 100) do |users|
+        .find_in_batches(batch_size: 500) do |users|
         block_given? ? yield(users) : fetched.concat(users)
       end
       fetched
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_set.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_set.rb
index 4b18e2654..712224d81 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_set.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_set.rb
@@ -41,5 +41,15 @@ module JamRuby
       ''
     end
 
+    def previous_trigger_date
+      return nil if 0 == self.trigger_index.to_i || self.user_id.nil?
+      self.class
+        .where(['email_batch__id = ? AND user_id = ? AND sub_type = ? AND trigger_index = ?',
+                self.email_batch_id, self.user_id, self.sub_type, self.trigger_index - 1])
+        .pluck(:created_at)
+        .limit(1)
+        .first
+    end
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_spec.rb
index 52084f517..5fa144ef8 100644
--- a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_spec.rb
+++ b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/email_batch_spec.rb
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ describe EmailBatch do
       end
 
       it 'progressively returns expected count' do
+        user_; user_trigger0; user_trigger1
         Timecop.travel(user_trigger2.created_at + batchp.days_past_for_trigger_index(0).days)
         expect(batchp.fetch_client_notdl(0).count).to eq(1)
         batchp.make_set(user_trigger2, 0)
@@ -110,6 +111,22 @@ describe EmailBatch do
         expect(batchp.fetch_client_notdl(2).count).to eq(1)
       end
       
+      it 'handles skips properly' do
+        Timecop.travel(user_trigger2.created_at + batchp.days_past_for_trigger_index(0).days)
+        expect(batchp.fetch_client_notdl(0).count).to eq(1)
+        batchp.make_set(user_trigger2, 0)
+        Timecop.travel(user_trigger2.created_at + batchp.days_past_for_trigger_index(2).days)
+        expect(batchp.fetch_client_notdl(1).count).to eq(1)
+        batchp.make_set(user_trigger2, 1)
+        Timecop.travel(user_trigger2.created_at + batchp.days_past_for_trigger_index(1).days)
+        expect(batchp.fetch_client_notdl(1).count).to eq(0)
+        # expect(batchp.fetch_client_notdl(2).count).to eq(1)
+      end
+
+      it 'runs every day' do
+        pending
+      end
+      
     end
   end