diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipper.java
index a05df206..e40d97d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/InstagramRipper.java
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ public class InstagramRipper extends AbstractJSONRipper {
         Document p = resp.parse();
         // Get the query hash so we can download the next page
         qHash = getQHash(p);
-        if (qHash == null) {
+        // The qHash is not needed if ripping a single post
+        if (qHash == null && !url.toExternalForm().contains("/p/")) {
             throw new IOException("Unable to extract qhash from page");
         }
         return getJSONFromPage(p);