diff --git a/app/api/discourse-new-topic/route.ts b/app/api/discourse-new-topic/route.ts
index 5f6f82620..378bd5664 100644
--- a/app/api/discourse-new-topic/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/discourse-new-topic/route.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest): Promise<Response> {
     });
   }
 
+  if (newTopicInfo.topic.archetype !== "regular") {
+    return new Response(
+      "We only care about regular topics, but thanks, try next time.",
+      { status: 200 },
+    );
+  }
+
   console.log(
     `New topic was created, #${newTopicInfo.topic.id}, will fetch it after a brief pause.`,
   );
diff --git a/src/discourse.ts b/src/discourse.ts
index db217d146..244eaa783 100644
--- a/src/discourse.ts
+++ b/src/discourse.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export const decodeNewTopicCallback = record({
     tags: array(string),
     title: string,
     created_by: decodeUser,
+    archetype: string,
   }),
 });