diff --git a/classes/plugin.php b/classes/plugin.php
index 8a3620d..e11bc9a 100644
--- a/classes/plugin.php
+++ b/classes/plugin.php
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ public function api_slurp() {
 		}
 		$result = wp_remote_get( add_query_arg( 'time', time(), $this->get_option( 'slurp_url' ) ) );
 		if ( $result['response']['code'] == 200 ) {
+
+			// Ensure that our post type is registered prior to any operations that might get executed downstream
+			$this->register_post_type();
+
 			$topics = new WP_Query( array(
 				'post_type' => self::POST_TYPE,
 				'posts_per_page' => -1,