diff --git a/controllers/story.js b/controllers/story.js
index a69c9c9182..e44c4d7dad 100644
--- a/controllers/story.js
+++ b/controllers/story.js
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ exports.recent = function(req, res, next) {
 };
 
 exports.preSubmit = function(req, res, next) {
+
     var data = req.params.newStory;
 
+
     data = data.replace(/url=/gi, '').replace(/&title=/gi, ',').split(',');
     var url = data[0];
     var title = data[1];
@@ -177,16 +179,38 @@ exports.comments = function(req, res, next) {
 
 exports.newStory = function(req, res, next) {
     var url = req.body.data.url;
+    debug('In pre submit with a url', url);
+
+    Story.find({'link': url}, function(err, story) {
+        debug('Attempting to find a story');
+        if (err) {
+            debug('oops');
+            return res.status(500);
+        }
+        if (story.length) {
+            debug('Found a story already, here\'s the return from find', story);
+            req.flash('errors', {
+                msg: "Someone's already posted that link. Here's the discussion."
+            });
+            debug('Redirecting the user with', story[0].storyLink);
+            res.json({
+                alreadyPosted: true,
+                storyURL: story.pop().storyLink
+            });
+        }
+    });
     resources.getURLTitle(url, processResponse);
     function processResponse(err, storyTitle) {
         if (err) {
             res.json({
+                alreadyPosted: false,
                 storyURL: url,
                 storyTitle: ''
             });
         } else {
             storyTitle = storyTitle ? storyTitle : '';
             res.json({
+                alreadyPosted: false,
                 storyURL: url,
                 storyTitle: storyTitle.title
             });
diff --git a/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade b/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
index 3937b6a800..f8485ff26c 100644
--- a/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
+++ b/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
                     $('#preliminary-story-submit').attr('disabled', false);
                 })
                 .done(function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
+                    if (data.alreadyPosted) {
+                        window.location = '/stories/' + data.storyURL;
+                    }
                     window.location = '/stories/submit/url=' +
                     encodeURIComponent(data.storyURL) +
                     '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(data.storyTitle);
diff --git a/views/stories/show.jade b/views/stories/show.jade
index 6f77bf608a..59764476c1 100644
--- a/views/stories/show.jade
+++ b/views/stories/show.jade
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
                     .col-xs-12.negative-15
                         span Posted #{timeAgo}
                         span  by 
-                            a(href="/" + author.username)
-                                @#{author.username}
+                            a(href="/" + author.username) @#{author.username}
             .col-xs-10.col-xs-offset-1
                 p= description
 
diff --git a/views/stories/submit-story.jade b/views/stories/submit-story.jade
index df601fcbfd..cd67e38cd3 100644
--- a/views/stories/submit-story.jade
+++ b/views/stories/submit-story.jade
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                 .col-xs-12.col-md-1
                     label.control-label.control-label-story-submission(for='name') Title
                 .col-xs-12.col-md-11
-                    input#story-title.form-control(placeholder='Type a headline for your link here', name='Title')
+                    input#story-title.form-control(placeholder='Type a headline for your link here', name='Title', autofocus)
             .form-group
                 .col-xs-12.col-md-1
                     label.control-label.control-label-story-submission(for='name') Description