diff --git a/app/jobs/snpedia.rb b/app/jobs/snpedia.rb
index 736d620..39739df 100644
--- a/app/jobs/snpedia.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/snpedia.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ class Snpedia
 
    def self.perform(snp_id)
       @snp = Snp.find(snp_id)
+			# get the marshalled array
+			File.open("#{Rails.root}/marshalled_snpedia_array", "r") do |file|
+				namearray = Marshal.load(file)
+			end
+
+			if !namearray.include?(@snp.name)
+				puts @snp.name + " not included in the array"
+			else
       if @snp.snpedia_updated < 31.days.ago
         mw = MediaWiki::Gateway.new("http://www.snpedia.com/api.php")
         # return an array of page-titles
@@ -60,5 +68,6 @@ class Snpedia
       else
         print "snpedia: time threshold not met\n"
       end
+			end
    end
 end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 6dc1460..9c5d3b2 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20111028212506) do
     t.string   "allele_frequency"
     t.integer  "ranking"
     t.integer  "number_of_users",    :default => 0
-    t.datetime "mendeley_updated",   :default => '2011-08-24 03:44:32'
-    t.datetime "plos_updated",       :default => '2011-08-24 03:44:32'
-    t.datetime "snpedia_updated",    :default => '2011-08-24 03:44:32'
+    t.datetime "mendeley_updated",   :default => '2011-08-27 16:54:19'
+    t.datetime "plos_updated",       :default => '2011-08-27 16:54:19'
+    t.datetime "snpedia_updated",    :default => '2011-08-27 16:54:19'
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.string   "slug"
diff --git a/marshalled_snpedia_array b/marshalled_snpedia_array
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e548d4
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