From 1530456cf7b6351b00a1c742d36d78475b6a3c7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dbanon87 <56310477+dbanon87@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:23:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update downloader.py

---
 bdfr/downloader.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bdfr/downloader.py b/bdfr/downloader.py
index 028430f..02f5c68 100644
--- a/bdfr/downloader.py
+++ b/bdfr/downloader.py
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ class RedditDownloader(RedditConnector):
         elif submission.subreddit.display_name.lower() in self.args.skip_subreddit:
             logger.debug(f'Submission {submission.id} in {submission.subreddit.display_name} in skip list')
             return
-        elif submission.author.name in self.args.ignore_user:
+        elif (submission.author and submission.author.name in self.args.ignore_user) or \
+                (submission.author is None and 'DELETED' in self.args.ignore_user):
             logger.debug(
                 f'Submission {submission.id} in {submission.subreddit.display_name} skipped'
-                f' due to {submission.author.name} being an ignored user')
+                f' due to {submission.author.name if submission.author else "DELETED"} being an ignored user')
             return
         elif not isinstance(submission, praw.models.Submission):
             logger.warning(f'{submission.id} is not a submission')