diff --git a/news/__pycache__/pool.cpython-311.pyc b/news/__pycache__/pool.cpython-311.pyc
index 7ff9aef..803a77a 100644
Binary files a/news/__pycache__/pool.cpython-311.pyc and b/news/__pycache__/pool.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/news/pool.py b/news/pool.py
index be38b29..59ce96e 100644
--- a/news/pool.py
+++ b/news/pool.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class ArticleRepository:
 
     async def fetch_article(self, url: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
         async with self._lock:
-            result = await self.get_article(url)
+            result = self._get_article(url)
             if result:
                 return result
 
@@ -165,15 +165,18 @@ class ArticleRepository:
 
     async def get_article(self, url: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
         async with self._lock:
-            # Single writer at a time when using sqlite3 – avoids `database is locked`
-            row = self._row_for_url(url)
+            return self._get_article(url)
 
-            if row:                          # row = (id, url, title, raw, processed)
-                LOGGER.info(f"[ArticleRepository] Found cached article for {url}")
-                return row[2], row[4]                           # processed_html already present
+    def _get_article(self, url: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
+        # Single writer at a time when using sqlite3 – avoids `database is locked`
+        row = self._row_for_url(url)
 
-            LOGGER.info(f"[ArticleRepository] Article was not found for {url}")
-            return None
+        if row:  # row = (id, url, title, raw, processed)
+            LOGGER.info(f"[ArticleRepository] Found cached article for {url}")
+            return row[2], row[4]  # processed_html already present
+
+        LOGGER.info(f"[ArticleRepository] Article was not found for {url}")
+        return None
 
     async def has_paragraphs(self, url) -> bool:
         async with self._lock: