diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/blob_announcer.py b/lbrynet/dht/blob_announcer.py
index 130a06626..33ab4f70e 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/blob_announcer.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/blob_announcer.py
@@ -13,55 +13,44 @@ class BlobAnnouncer:
         self.loop = loop
         self.node = node
         self.storage = storage
-        self.pending_call: asyncio.Handle = None
         self.announce_task: asyncio.Task = None
-        self.running = False
         self.announce_queue: typing.List[str] = []
 
-    async def _announce(self, batch_size: typing.Optional[int] = 10):
-        if not batch_size:
-            return
-        if not self.node.joined.is_set():
-            await self.node.joined.wait()
-        blob_hashes = await self.storage.get_blobs_to_announce()
-        if blob_hashes:
-            self.announce_queue.extend(blob_hashes)
-            log.info("%i blobs to announce", len(blob_hashes))
-        batch = []
-        while len(self.announce_queue):
-            cnt = 0
-            announced = []
-            while self.announce_queue and cnt < batch_size:
-                blob_hash = self.announce_queue.pop()
-                announced.append(blob_hash)
-                batch.append(self.node.announce_blob(blob_hash))
-                cnt += 1
-            to_await = []
-            while batch:
-                to_await.append(batch.pop())
-            if to_await:
-                await asyncio.gather(*tuple(to_await), loop=self.loop)
-                await self.storage.update_last_announced_blobs(announced)
-                log.info("announced %i blobs", len(announced))
-        if self.running:
-            self.pending_call = self.loop.call_later(60, self.announce, batch_size)
+    async def _submit_announcement(self, blob_hash):
+        try:
+            peers = len(await self.node.announce_blob(blob_hash))
+            if peers > 4:
+                return blob_hash
+            else:
+                log.warning("failed to announce %s, could only find %d peers, retrying soon.", blob_hash[:8], peers)
+        except Exception as err:
+            if isinstance(err, asyncio.CancelledError):
+                raise err
+            log.warning("error announcing %s: %s", blob_hash[:8], str(err))
 
-    def announce(self, batch_size: typing.Optional[int] = 10):
-        self.announce_task = self.loop.create_task(self._announce(batch_size))
+
+    async def _announce(self, batch_size: typing.Optional[int] = 10):
+        while batch_size:
+            if not self.node.joined.is_set():
+                await self.node.joined.wait()
+            self.announce_queue.extend(await self.storage.get_blobs_to_announce())
+            log.debug("announcer task wake up, %d blobs to announce", len(self.announce_queue))
+            while len(self.announce_queue):
+                log.info("%i blobs to announce", len(self.announce_queue))
+                announced = await asyncio.gather(*[
+                    self._submit_announcement(
+                        self.announce_queue.pop()) for _ in range(batch_size) if self.announce_queue
+                ], loop=self.loop)
+                announced = list(filter(None, announced))
+                if announced:
+                    await self.storage.update_last_announced_blobs(announced)
+                    log.info("announced %i blobs", len(announced))
+            await asyncio.sleep(60)
 
     def start(self, batch_size: typing.Optional[int] = 10):
-        if self.running:
-            raise Exception("already running")
-        self.running = True
-        self.announce(batch_size)
+        assert not self.announce_task or self.announce_task.done(), "already running"
+        self.announce_task = self.loop.create_task(self._announce(batch_size))
 
     def stop(self):
-        self.running = False
-        if self.pending_call:
-            if not self.pending_call.cancelled():
-                self.pending_call.cancel()
-            self.pending_call = None
-        if self.announce_task:
-            if not (self.announce_task.done() or self.announce_task.cancelled()):
-                self.announce_task.cancel()
-                self.announce_task = None
+        if self.announce_task and not self.announce_task.done():
+            self.announce_task.cancel()
diff --git a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/migrator/dbmigrator.py b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/migrator/dbmigrator.py
index db759a1bd..47fa080f9 100644
--- a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/migrator/dbmigrator.py
+++ b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/migrator/dbmigrator.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ def migrate_db(conf, start, end):
             from .migrate7to8 import do_migration
         elif current == 8:
             from .migrate8to9 import do_migration
+        elif current == 9:
+            from .migrate9to10 import do_migration
         else:
             raise Exception("DB migration of version {} to {} is not available".format(current,
                                                                                        current+1))
diff --git a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/migrator/migrate9to10.py b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/migrator/migrate9to10.py
index ac08e77bc..97a48cc6f 100644
--- a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/migrator/migrate9to10.py
+++ b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/migrator/migrate9to10.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def do_migration(conf):
     cursor = connection.cursor()
 
     query = "select stream_hash, sd_hash from main.stream"
-    for stream_hash, sd_hash in cursor.execute(query):
+    for stream_hash, sd_hash in cursor.execute(query).fetchall():
         head_blob_hash = cursor.execute(
             "select blob_hash from stream_blob where position = 0 and stream_hash = ?",
             (stream_hash,)
diff --git a/tests/unit/dht/test_blob_announcer.py b/tests/unit/dht/test_blob_announcer.py
index 85dcd0946..0b5415b76 100644
--- a/tests/unit/dht/test_blob_announcer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/dht/test_blob_announcer.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class TestBlobAnnouncer(AsyncioTestCase):
             )
             to_announce = await self.storage.get_blobs_to_announce()
             self.assertEqual(2, len(to_announce))
-            self.blob_announcer.start()
+            self.blob_announcer.start(batch_size=1)  # so it covers batching logic
             await self.advance(61.0)
             to_announce = await self.storage.get_blobs_to_announce()
             self.assertEqual(0, len(to_announce))