diff --git a/classes/NPRAPIWordpress.php b/classes/NPRAPIWordpress.php
index 8c2c6ec..6c60287 100644
--- a/classes/NPRAPIWordpress.php
+++ b/classes/NPRAPIWordpress.php
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ function update_posts_from_stories( $publish = TRUE, $qnum = false ) {
 					'meta_key' => NPR_STORY_ID_META_KEY,
 					'meta_value' => $story->id,
 					'post_type' => $pull_post_type,
-					'post_status' => 'any'
+					'post_status' => 'any',
+          'no_found_rows' => true
 				]);
 
 				// set the mod_date and pub_date to now so that for a new story we will fail the test below and do the update