diff --git a/debug_categories.py b/debug_categories.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1382035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug_categories.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+from pymongo import MongoClient
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+import os
+
+# Connect to MongoDB
+mongo_uri = os.getenv('MONGODB_URI', 'mongodb://mongodb:27017/')
+client = MongoClient(mongo_uri)
+db = client['munich_news']
+articles = db['articles']
+subscribers = db['subscribers']
+
+print("--- Distinct Categories in Articles Collection ---")
+categories = articles.distinct('category')
+print(categories)
+
+print("\n--- Recent Article Counts by Category (Last 24h) ---")
+yesterday = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(hours=24)
+recent_articles = articles.find({'created_at': {'$gte': yesterday}})
+category_counts = {}
+for art in recent_articles:
+    cat = art.get('category', 'unknown')
+    category_counts[cat] = category_counts.get(cat, 0) + 1
+
+for cat, count in category_counts.items():
+    print(f"{cat}: {count}")
+
+print("\n--- Subscriber Preferences ---")
+for sub in subscribers.find():
+    print(f"Email: {sub.get('email')}, Categories: {sub.get('categories')}")
+
+print("\n--- RSS Feeds ---")
+rss_feeds = db['rss_feeds']
+for feed in rss_feeds.find():
+    print(f"Name: {feed.get('name')}, URL: {feed.get('url')}, Category: {feed.get('category')}, Active: {feed.get('active')}")
diff --git a/news_crawler/crawler_service.py b/news_crawler/crawler_service.py
index 9f60221..1540a71 100644
--- a/news_crawler/crawler_service.py
+++ b/news_crawler/crawler_service.py
@@ -462,7 +462,11 @@ def crawl_rss_feed(feed_url, feed_name, feed_category='general', max_articles=10
         
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"   ✗ Error processing feed {feed_name}: {e}")
-        return 0
+        return {
+            'crawled': 0,
+            'summarized': 0,
+            'failed_summaries': 0
+        }
 
 
 def crawl_all_feeds(max_articles_per_feed=10):