diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fcf0e95..dffcaf7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ util/*/files
 run.sh
 .idea
 logs
+util/files
diff --git a/plugins/newsbid/webshit/webshit.go b/plugins/newsbid/webshit/webshit.go
index 4b1012f..3dd170e 100644
--- a/plugins/newsbid/webshit/webshit.go
+++ b/plugins/newsbid/webshit/webshit.go
@@ -123,7 +123,13 @@ func (w *Webshit) Check() ([]WeeklyResult, error) {
 
 	storyMap := map[string]Story{}
 	for _, s := range stories {
-		storyMap[s.URL] = s
+		u, err := url.Parse(s.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("couldn't parse URL")
+			continue
+		}
+		id := u.Query().Get("id")
+		storyMap[id] = s
 	}
 
 	wr := w.checkBids(bids, storyMap)
@@ -162,7 +168,14 @@ func (w *Webshit) checkBids(bids []Bid, storyMap map[string]Story) []WeeklyResul
 		}
 		rec := wr[b.User]
 
-		if s, ok := storyMap[b.URL]; ok {
+		u, err := url.Parse(b.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("couldn't parse URL")
+			continue
+		}
+		id := u.Query().Get("id")
+
+		if s, ok := storyMap[id]; ok {
 			log.Debug().Interface("story", s).Msg("won bid")
 			rec.Won += b.Bid
 			rec.Score += b.Bid
diff --git a/plugins/newsbid/webshit/webshit_test.go b/plugins/newsbid/webshit/webshit_test.go
index 16a9e18..0f2cf17 100644
--- a/plugins/newsbid/webshit/webshit_test.go
+++ b/plugins/newsbid/webshit/webshit_test.go
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ func TestWebshit_GetBalance(t *testing.T) {
 func TestWebshit_checkBids(t *testing.T) {
 	w := makeWS(t)
 	bids := []Bid{
-		Bid{User: "foo", Title: "bar", URL: "baz", Bid: 10},
-		Bid{User: "foo", Title: "bar2", URL: "baz2", Bid: 10},
+		Bid{User: "foo", Title: "bar", URL: "https://baz/?id=1", Bid: 10},
+		Bid{User: "foo", Title: "bar2", URL: "http://baz/?id=2", Bid: 10},
 	}
 	storyMap := map[string]Story{
-		"baz": Story{Title: "bar", URL: "baz"},
+		"1": Story{Title: "bar", URL: "http://baz/?id=1"},
 	}
 	result := w.checkBids(bids, storyMap)
 	assert.Len(t, result, 1)