diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34a72c3d..81418e5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   "license": "AFL-3.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc --project test/tsconfig.json && tsc > /dev/null 2>&1",
+    "build": "tsc --project test/tsconfig.json && tsc > /dev/null 2>&1 && corepack yarn copy-assets",
+    "copy-assets": "cp src/protections/DraupnirNews/news.json lib/protections/DraupnirNews/news.json",
     "postbuild": "corepack yarn describe-version",
     "describe-version": "(git describe > version.txt.tmp && mv version.txt.tmp version.txt) || true && rm -f version.txt.tmp",
     "remove-tests-from-lib": "rm -rf lib/test/ && cp -r lib/src/* lib/ && rm -rf lib/src/",
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
     "jsdom": "^24.0.0",
     "matrix-appservice-bridge": "^10.3.1",
     "matrix-bot-sdk": "npm:@vector-im/matrix-bot-sdk@^0.7.1-element.6",
-    "matrix-protection-suite": "npm:@gnuxie/matrix-protection-suite@4.0.0",
+    "matrix-protection-suite": "npm:@gnuxie/matrix-protection-suite@4.1.0",
     "matrix-protection-suite-for-matrix-bot-sdk": "npm:@gnuxie/matrix-protection-suite-for-matrix-bot-sdk@3.12.0",
     "pg": "^8.8.0",
     "yaml": "^2.3.2"
diff --git a/src/protections/DefaultEnabledProtectionsMigration.ts b/src/protections/DefaultEnabledProtectionsMigration.ts
index 732ede49..54df014f 100644
--- a/src/protections/DefaultEnabledProtectionsMigration.ts
+++ b/src/protections/DefaultEnabledProtectionsMigration.ts
@@ -187,4 +187,25 @@ export const DefaultEnabledProtectionsMigration =
         [DRAUPNIR_SCHEMA_VERSION_KEY]: toVersion,
       });
     },
+    async function enableDraupnirNews(input, toVersion) {
+      if (!Value.Check(MjolnirEnabledProtectionsEvent, input)) {
+        return ActionError.Result(
+          `The data for ${MjolnirEnabledProtectionsEventType} is corrupted.`
+        );
+      }
+      const enabledProtections = new Set(input.enabled);
+      const protection = findProtection("DraupnirNews");
+      if (protection === undefined) {
+        const message = `Cannot find the DraupnirNews protection`;
+        return ActionException.Result(message, {
+          exception: new TypeError(message),
+          exceptionKind: ActionExceptionKind.Unknown,
+        });
+      }
+      enabledProtections.add(protection.name);
+      return Ok({
+        enabled: [...enabledProtections],
+        [DRAUPNIR_SCHEMA_VERSION_KEY]: toVersion,
+      });
+    },
   ]);
diff --git a/src/protections/DraupnirNews/DraupnirNews.tsx b/src/protections/DraupnirNews/DraupnirNews.tsx
index 1071dabe..ee80cb63 100644
--- a/src/protections/DraupnirNews/DraupnirNews.tsx
+++ b/src/protections/DraupnirNews/DraupnirNews.tsx
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ export class DraupnirNewsLifecycle {
       allNews,
       this.seenNewsIDs
     );
+    if (unseenNews.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
     const notifiedNews = DraupnirNewsHelper.removeUnseenNews(
       allNews,
       this.seenNewsIDs
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ const FSNews = (() => {
 })();
 
 async function fetchNews(newsURL: string): Promise<Result<DraupnirNewsBlob>> {
+  log.debug("Fetching remote news", newsURL);
   return await fetch(newsURL, {
     method: "GET",
     headers: {
diff --git a/test/unit/protections/DraupnirNewsTest.ts b/test/unit/protections/DraupnirNewsTest.ts
index f15db5d8..f3b06e01 100644
--- a/test/unit/protections/DraupnirNewsTest.ts
+++ b/test/unit/protections/DraupnirNewsTest.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import { Ok, ResultError } from "@gnuxie/typescript-result";
 import {
   DraupnirNewsBlob,
+  DraupnirNewsItem,
   DraupnirNewsLifecycle,
 } from "../../../src/protections/DraupnirNews/DraupnirNews";
 import expect from "expect";
@@ -98,4 +99,46 @@ describe("DraupnirNewsTest", function () {
     await newsLifecycle.checkForNews();
     expect(notifiedNews.length).toBe(1);
   });
+  it("Test news is only stored when there is unseen news", async function () {
+    const fileSystemNews = {
+      news: [],
+    } satisfies DraupnirNewsBlob;
+    const seenNews = new Set<string>();
+    const storeOperations: DraupnirNewsItem[][] = [];
+    const notifiedNews: string[] = [];
+    const newsLifecycle = new DraupnirNewsLifecycle(
+      seenNews,
+      fileSystemNews,
+      async (allNews) => {
+        allNews.forEach((item) => seenNews.add(item.news_id));
+        storeOperations.push(allNews);
+        return Ok(undefined);
+      },
+      async () =>
+        Ok({
+          news: [
+            {
+              news_id: "1",
+              matrix_event_content: {
+                body: "Announcing release v3.0.0!! wohoo",
+                msgtype: "m.text",
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+      async (item) => {
+        notifiedNews.push(item.news_id);
+        return Ok(undefined);
+      }
+    );
+    expect(seenNews.size).toBe(0);
+    expect(notifiedNews.length).toBe(0);
+    await newsLifecycle.checkForNews();
+    expect(seenNews.size).toBe(1);
+    expect(notifiedNews.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(storeOperations.length).toBe(1);
+    await newsLifecycle.checkForNews();
+    expect(notifiedNews.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(storeOperations.length).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 03def2d5..2b1c2393 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2606,10 +2606,10 @@ matrix-appservice@^2.0.0:
     "@gnuxie/typescript-result" "^1.0.0"
     await-lock "^2.2.2"
 
-"matrix-protection-suite@npm:@gnuxie/matrix-protection-suite@4.0.0":
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@gnuxie/matrix-protection-suite/-/matrix-protection-suite-4.0.0.tgz#86d9522397f79672dd65077c1c4d344bcc63094e"
-  integrity sha512-NmkqQMgPr3mDyg8KYfSx9Prb/T1RgGG/O2ASXmJzGfEBTfWf9NeXiDeG4VqgIqJkuoxvp8vbk1/nRLcYnMDDuQ==
+"matrix-protection-suite@npm:@gnuxie/matrix-protection-suite@4.1.0":
+  version "4.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@gnuxie/matrix-protection-suite/-/matrix-protection-suite-4.1.0.tgz#1df1a27c325f4945ccd7833129f87d9893b472b8"
+  integrity sha512-mWZT67adNefRlML8FjLOzAXRcdfoTyFAsfS/e9cmnGk0UQ+yj8mSiX9N2/Clv6N2jpT39LUzhPv9o2PLRp0ELg==
   dependencies:
     "@gnuxie/typescript-result" "^1.0.0"
     await-lock "^2.2.2"