diff --git a/bridges/FeedMergeBridge.php b/bridges/FeedMergeBridge.php
index f2c1d9d5..37b574b6 100644
--- a/bridges/FeedMergeBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/FeedMergeBridge.php
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ TEXT;
                     $this->collectExpandableDatas($feed);
                 } catch (HttpException $e) {
                     $this->logger->warning(sprintf('Exception in FeedMergeBridge: %s', create_sane_exception_message($e)));
+                    // This feed item might be spammy. Considering dropping it.
                     $this->items[] = [
                         'title' => 'RSS-Bridge: ' . $e->getMessage(),
                         // Give current time so it sorts to the top
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ TEXT;
                     ];
                     continue;
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                    if (str_starts_with($e->getMessage(), 'Unable to parse xml')) {
+                    if (str_starts_with($e->getMessage(), 'Failed to parse xml')) {
                         // Allow this particular exception from FeedExpander
                         $this->logger->warning(sprintf('Exception in FeedMergeBridge: %s', create_sane_exception_message($e)));
                         continue;
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ TEXT;
             }
         }
 
+        // If $this->items is empty we should consider throw exception here
+
         // Sort by timestamp descending
         usort($this->items, function ($a, $b) {
             $t1 = $a['timestamp'] ?? $a['uri'] ?? $a['title'];
diff --git a/bridges/GatesNotesBridge.php b/bridges/GatesNotesBridge.php
index 3381e096..b46b3ce6 100644
--- a/bridges/GatesNotesBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/GatesNotesBridge.php
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ class GatesNotesBridge extends BridgeAbstract
 
         $rawContent = getContents($apiUrl);
         $cleanedContent = trim($rawContent, '"');
+        $cleanedContent = str_replace([
+            '<string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/">',
+            '</string>'
+        ], '', $cleanedContent);
         $cleanedContent = str_replace('\r\n', "\n", $cleanedContent);
         $cleanedContent = stripslashes($cleanedContent);
 
diff --git a/bridges/PixivBridge.php b/bridges/PixivBridge.php
index fc4443ed..604b5d4b 100644
--- a/bridges/PixivBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/PixivBridge.php
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ class PixivBridge extends BridgeAbstract
                         $json = array_reduce($json, function ($acc, $i) {
                             if ($i['illustType'] === 0) {
                                 $acc[] = $i;
-                            }return $acc;
+                            }
+                            return $acc;
                         }, []);
                         break;
                     case 'manga':
@@ -235,8 +236,10 @@ class PixivBridge extends BridgeAbstract
 
             $item = [];
             $item['uid'] = $result['id'];
+
             $subpath = array_key_exists('illustType', $result) ? 'artworks/' : 'novel/show.php?id=';
             $item['uri'] = static::URI . $subpath . $result['id'];
+
             $item['title'] = $result['title'];
             $item['author'] = $result['userName'];
             $item['timestamp'] = $result['updateDate'];
@@ -253,8 +256,6 @@ class PixivBridge extends BridgeAbstract
                 }
             } else {
                 $img_url = $result['url'];
-                // Temporarily disabling caching of the image
-                //$img_url = $this->cacheImage($result['url'], $result['id'], array_key_exists('illustType', $result));
             }
 
             // Currently, this might result in broken image due to their strict referrer check
@@ -271,46 +272,6 @@ class PixivBridge extends BridgeAbstract
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * todo: remove manual file cache
-     * See bridge specific documentation for alternative option.
-     */
-    private function cacheImage($url, $illustId, $isImage)
-    {
-        $illustId = preg_replace('/[^0-9]/', '', $illustId);
-        $thumbnailurl = $url;
-
-        $path = PATH_CACHE . 'pixiv_img/';
-        if (!is_dir($path)) {
-            mkdir($path, 0755, true);
-        }
-
-        $path .= $illustId;
-        if ($this->getInput('fullsize')) {
-            $path .= '_fullsize';
-        }
-        $path .= '.jpg';
-
-        if (!is_file($path)) {
-            // Get fullsize URL
-            if ($isImage && $this->getInput('fullsize')) {
-                $ajax_uri = static::URI . 'ajax/illust/' . $illustId;
-                $imagejson = $this->getData($ajax_uri, true, true);
-                $url = $imagejson['body']['urls']['original'];
-            }
-
-            $headers = ['Referer: ' . static::URI];
-            try {
-                $illust = $this->getData($url, true, false, $headers);
-            } catch (Exception $e) {
-                $illust = $this->getData($thumbnailurl, true, false, $headers); // Original thumbnail
-            }
-            file_put_contents($path, $illust);
-        }
-
-        return get_home_page_url() . 'cache/pixiv_img/' . preg_replace('/.*\//', '', $path);
-    }
-
     private function checkOptions()
     {
         $proxy = $this->getOption('proxy_url');
diff --git a/lib/FeedExpander.php b/lib/FeedExpander.php
index abe964e1..fe809bc2 100644
--- a/lib/FeedExpander.php
+++ b/lib/FeedExpander.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ abstract class FeedExpander extends BridgeAbstract
         try {
             $this->feed = $feedParser->parseFeed($xmlString);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            // FeedMergeBridge relies on this string
             throw new \Exception(sprintf('Failed to parse xml from %s: %s', $url, create_sane_exception_message($e)));
         }