diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hoelee/jsonplaceholder/post/PostService.java b/src/main/java/com/hoelee/jsonplaceholder/post/PostService.java
index 6598446..3ff5df0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hoelee/jsonplaceholder/post/PostService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hoelee/jsonplaceholder/post/PostService.java
@@ -88,11 +88,13 @@ public class PostService {
         List<JsonPlaceholderPost> candidates = received.stream()
                 .filter(this::isImportable)
                 .toList();
-        Set<Long> knownSourceIds = postRepository.findAllBySourcePostIdIn(
-                        candidates.stream().map(JsonPlaceholderPost::id).toList())
-                .stream()
-                .map(Post::getSourcePostId)
+        Set<Long> candidateSourceIds = candidates.stream().map(JsonPlaceholderPost::id)
                 .collect(java.util.stream.Collectors.toSet());
+        Set<Long> knownSourceIds = candidateSourceIds.isEmpty()
+                ? Set.of()
+                : postRepository.findAllBySourcePostIdIn(candidateSourceIds).stream()
+                        .map(Post::getSourcePostId)
+                        .collect(java.util.stream.Collectors.toSet());
         Set<Long> seenSourceIds = new HashSet<>();
         List<Post> newPosts = candidates.stream()
                 .filter(remotePost -> !knownSourceIds.contains(remotePost.id()))
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 6bcd053..df2b347 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ spring:
     open-in-view: false
     hibernate:
       ddl-auto: update
-  cache:
-    caffeine:
-      spec: maximumSize=500,expireAfterWrite=10m
   mvc:
     problemdetails:
       enabled: true