diff --git a/blurp b/blurp
index 5e56bed..7829230 100755
Binary files a/blurp and b/blurp differ
diff --git a/blurp.go b/blurp.go
index 6dab9b7..aad3e20 100644
--- a/blurp.go
+++ b/blurp.go
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	user  string // account username
-	weeks int    // number of weeks of statuses to retain
-	rate  int    // requests per second
-	dry   bool   // whether or not to run in dry mode
+	user           string // account username
+	weeks          int    // number of weeks of statuses to retain
+	rate           int    // requests per second
+	dry            bool   // whether or not to run in dry mode
+	skipFavourites bool   // whether or not to skip deleting favourites
+	skipPinned     bool   // whether or not to skip deleting pinned statuses
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ func init() {
 	deleteCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&weeks, "weeks", "w", 2, "keep statuses NEWER than no. of weeks")
 	deleteCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&rate, "rate", "r", 1, "send a request every 'r' seconds")
 	deleteCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&dry, "dry", "d", false, "dry run mode (NO DELETION)")
+	deleteCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&skipFavourites, "skip-favourites", "f", false, "skip deletion of favourites")
+	deleteCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&skipPinned, "skip-pinnned", "p", false, "skip deletion of pinned statuses")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(deleteCmd)
 }
 
@@ -177,6 +181,11 @@ var deleteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 
+			if status.Favourited && skipFavourites {
+				slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("skipping %s (skip favourites: %v)", status.ID, skipFavourites))
+				continue
+			}
+
 			numHours := time.Duration(168 * weeks)
 			if t.Before(time.Now().Add(-time.Hour * numHours)) {
 				if !dry {
@@ -275,6 +284,11 @@ func readAllPaged(authClient *auth.Client, accID string) ([]*models.Status, erro
 		}
 
 		params := &accounts.AccountStatusesParams{ID: accID, MaxID: maxID}
+		if skipPinned {
+			includePins := false
+			params.Pinned = &includePins
+		}
+
 		resp, err := authClient.Client.Accounts.AccountStatuses(params, authClient.Auth)
 		if err != nil {
 			slog.Error("error fetching page", "error", err)