diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index f5f753b..21f087d 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -53,9 +53,57 @@ export async function getAtomFeedItem(feedUrl) {
 	const res = await fetch(feedUrl)
 	const data = await res.text()
 	const dom = new JSDOM(data)
-	const entry = dom.window.document.querySelector('entry')
-	const title = entry.querySelector('title').textContent
-	const link = entry.querySelector('link').getAttribute('href')
+
+	// check if it's rss (item) or atom (entry)
+	let element = dom.window.document.querySelector('entry')
+	if (!element) {
+		element = dom.window.document.querySelector('item')
+	}
+
+	const title = element.querySelector('title').textContent
+
+	// try to get link - atom uses href attribute, rss uses text content
+	const linkElement = element.querySelector('link')
+	const link = linkElement.getAttribute('href') || linkElement.textContent.trim()
+
+	const cleanTitle = sanitizeHtml(title, {
+		allowedTags: [],
+		allowedAttributes: {},
+	})?.trim()
+	return { text: cleanTitle, url: link }
+}
+
+export async function getMastodonPost(feedUrl) {
+	const res = await fetch(feedUrl)
+	const data = await res.text()
+	const dom = new JSDOM(data)
+
+	// get all items from the rss feed
+	const items = dom.window.document.querySelectorAll('item')
+
+	// find the first item that isn't a reply (doesn't start with @)
+	for (const item of items) {
+		const description = item.querySelector('description')?.textContent || ''
+		const title = item.querySelector('title')?.textContent || ''
+
+		// skip if it's a reply (starts with @ mention)
+		if (description.trim().startsWith('@') || title.trim().startsWith('@')) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		const link = item.querySelector('link')?.textContent.trim()
+		const cleanTitle = sanitizeHtml(title, {
+			allowedTags: [],
+			allowedAttributes: {},
+		})?.trim()
+
+		return { text: cleanTitle, url: link }
+	}
+
+	// fallback to first item if no non-reply found
+	const firstItem = items[0]
+	const title = firstItem.querySelector('title').textContent
+	const link = firstItem.querySelector('link').textContent.trim()
 	const cleanTitle = sanitizeHtml(title, {
 		allowedTags: [],
 		allowedAttributes: {},