diff --git a/igmirror.py b/igmirror.py
index 589a9d9..109a26d 100644
--- a/igmirror.py
+++ b/igmirror.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def update_igaccount(acc_id, profileset=True):
         pixelfed_setinfo(acc_id, data['graphql']['user']['biography'],\
                 data['graphql']['user']['external_url'])
 
-    # sincronize posts (images/videos/stories...)
+    # sincronize posts (images/videos...)
     pixelfed_dlposts(acc_id, data['graphql']['user'])
     return 0
 
@@ -242,27 +242,45 @@ def pixelfed_token_url(url='', _cookies=None):
     _token = re.search(r'name="_token".+value="([^"]+)"', r.text).group(1)
     return r.cookies, _token
 
-def pixelfed_dlposts(acc_id, data):
+def pixelfed_dlstories_async():
+    threading.Thread(target=pixelfed_dlstories).start()
+
+def pixelfed_dlstories():
+    # get reels_tray of the account (stories are called like this)
+    data = json.loads(instagram_get('https://i.instagram.com/api/v1/feed/reels_tray/', 1000000, {
+        'Host': 'i.instagram.com',
+    }))
+    for item in data['tray']:
+        # for now stories don't support videos:
+        #  https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/2169
+        # So, we will upload them as posts
+        print(json.dumps(item, indent=4))
+
+def pixelfed_dlposts(acc_id, data, is_story=False):
     ts = []
-    for edge in data['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['edges']:
-        ts.append(edge['node']['taken_at_timestamp'])
-    for edge in data['edge_felix_video_timeline']['edges']:
-        ts.append(edge['node']['taken_at_timestamp'])
-    ts = sorted(ts)
     items = []
-    for t in ts:
-        brkit = False
+    if not is_story:
         for edge in data['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['edges']:
-            if edge['node']['taken_at_timestamp'] == t:
-                items.append(edge['node'])
-                brkit = True
-                break
-        if brkit:
-            continue
+            ts.append(edge['node']['taken_at_timestamp'])
         for edge in data['edge_felix_video_timeline']['edges']:
-            if edge['node']['taken_at_timestamp'] == t:
-                items.append(edge['node'])
-                break
+            ts.append(edge['node']['taken_at_timestamp'])
+        ts = sorted(ts)
+        for t in ts:
+            brkit = False
+            for edge in data['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['edges']:
+                if edge['node']['taken_at_timestamp'] == t:
+                    items.append(edge['node'])
+                    brkit = True
+                    break
+            if brkit:
+                continue
+            for edge in data['edge_felix_video_timeline']['edges']:
+                if edge['node']['taken_at_timestamp'] == t:
+                    items.append(edge['node'])
+                    break
+    else:
+        print(data)
+        return
 
     # mirror posts from the account (only the last N, without loading more),
     #   but only the ones that has not already been imported
@@ -542,7 +560,7 @@ def getig_user_fullname(data):
         data['graphql']['user']['full_name'])
 
 # runs a basic GET request emulating Tor Browser
-def instagram_get(url, CACHE_SECS=600):
+def instagram_get(url, CACHE_SECS=600, add_headers={}):
     headers = get_random_headers()
     default_headers = {
         'Accept':		'*/*',
@@ -558,7 +576,10 @@ def instagram_get(url, CACHE_SECS=600):
     for key in default_headers.keys():
         if not key in headers:
             headers[key] = default_headers[key]
-    url = 'https://www.instagram.com{}'.format(url)
+    for key in add_headers.keys():
+        headers[key] = add_headers[key]
+    if not '.instagram.com/' in url:
+        url = 'https://www.instagram.com{}'.format(url)
     cachef = './cache/'+md5sum(url)
     now = str(time.time())
     now = int(now[:now.index('.')])
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 5a20f01..ba9c9f2 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ class MyServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         parts = path.split('/')
 
         if len(parts) == 1:
-            response(self, 200, 'html')
             action = parts[0].lower()
-
             if False:
                 pass
 
             # list accounts (plain text)
             elif action ==		'list':
+                response(self, 200, 'html')
                 accounts = os.listdir('./db/accounts')
                 for acc in sorted(set(accounts)):
                     echo(self, acc)
@@ -30,9 +29,16 @@ class MyServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             # lists accounts on a pretty HTML + CSS
             #  making sure there is no XSS possible on account names
             elif action ==		'mirrors':
+                response(self, 200, 'html')
                 html = igmirror.pixelfed_htmlfill_mirrors( igmirror.template('mirrors') )
                 return echo(self, html)
 
+            elif action ==		'stories_update':
+                response(self, 200, 'json')
+                igmirror.pixelfed_dlstories_async()
+                return echo(self, {'status': 'ok', 'message': 'Stories mirroring asyncronous process started!'})
+
+            response(self, 200, 'json')
             return echo(self, {'status': 'error', 'message': '1st parameter action not defined: {}'.format(action)})
 
         if len(parts) == 2: