diff --git a/utilities/rule34.xxx-parser.py b/utilities/rule34.xxx-parser.py
index 35f4d72..ee72df5 100644
--- a/utilities/rule34.xxx-parser.py
+++ b/utilities/rule34.xxx-parser.py
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ def download_url(url):
     filename = url.split('/')[-1].replace(" ", "_")
     path = destination + "/" + filename
     print("Downloading: " + url + " -> " + path)
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        print("Skipping downloaded content...")
+        return # skip downloaded content
+        
     resp = requests.get(url)
     open(path, "wb").write(resp.content);
 
@@ -19,7 +23,6 @@ post_count = 0
 page = 0
 
 while (not done):
-    
     response = requests.get("https://api.rule34.xxx/index.php?page=dapi&s=post&json=1&q=index&tags=" + tags + "&pid=" + str(page) + "");
     content = json.loads(response.content)
     for entry in content: