diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8ec04c..d48e085 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.conf
 *.txt
-log/
\ No newline at end of file
+log/
+*.bak
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/discorss.py b/discorss.py
index bd1f182..3cd9ce6 100755
--- a/discorss.py
+++ b/discorss.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ log_file_name = r"/app.log"
 # Yes, I know you "can't parse HTML with regex", but
 # just watch me.
 html_filter = re.compile(r"\<\/?([A-Za-z \"\=])*\>")
+success_codes = ['200', '201', '202', '203', '204', '205', '206']
 
 
 def get_description(feed):
@@ -59,14 +60,18 @@ def main():
     with open(config_file_path, "r") as config_file:
         app_config = json.load(config_file)
     now = time.mktime(time.localtime())
-    last_check = app_config["lastupdate"]
+    try:
+        last_check = app_config["lastupdate"]
+    except KeyError:
+        last_check = now - 21600  # first run, no lastupdate, check up to 6 hours ago
     for i, hook in enumerate(app_config["feeds"]):
         # Get the feed
         feed = feedparser.parse(hook["url"])
         published_time = time.mktime(feed.entries[0]["published_parsed"])
         published_time = published_time + hook["offset"]
         print("Parsing feed {}...".format(hook["name"]))
-        new_hash = hashlib.sha3_512(feed.entries[0]["title"])
+        # Hash the title of the latest post and use that to determine if it's been posted
+        new_hash = hashlib.sha3_512(bytes(feed.entries[0]["title"], 'utf-8')).hexdigest()
         try:
             if hook["lasthash"] != new_hash:
                 app_config["feeds"][i]["lasthash"] = new_hash
@@ -101,12 +106,12 @@ def main():
             "content-type": "application/json",
         }
         webhook_string = json.dumps(webhook)
-        # print(webhook_string)
-        if published_time > last_check and published_time < now:
+
+        if published_time > last_check:
             r = requests.post(
                 hook["webhook"], data=webhook_string, headers=custom_header
             )
-            if r.status_code != "200":
+            if r.status_code not in success_codes:
                 print(
                     "Error {} while trying to post {}".format(
                         r.status_code, hook["webhook"]