diff --git a/db/migrate/20150127180326_add_story_twitter_id.rb b/db/migrate/20150127180326_add_story_twitter_id.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1707d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150127180326_add_story_twitter_id.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class AddStoryTwitterId < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :stories, :twitter_id, :string, :limit => 20
+    add_index :stories, [ :twitter_id ]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index aa4fe2c..9a970a1 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150115172138) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150127180326) do
 
   create_table "comments", force: true do |t|
     t.datetime "created_at",                                                                    null: false
@@ -115,12 +115,14 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150115172138) do
     t.integer  "comments_count",                                                    default: 0,   null: false
     t.integer  "merged_story_id"
     t.datetime "unavailable_at"
+    t.string   "twitter_id",             limit: 20
   end
 
   add_index "stories", ["hotness"], name: "hotness_idx", using: :btree
   add_index "stories", ["is_expired", "is_moderated"], name: "is_idxes", using: :btree
   add_index "stories", ["merged_story_id"], name: "index_stories_on_merged_story_id", using: :btree
   add_index "stories", ["short_id"], name: "unique_short_id", unique: true, using: :btree
+  add_index "stories", ["twitter_id"], name: "index_stories_on_twitter_id", using: :btree
   add_index "stories", ["url"], name: "url", length: {"url"=>191}, using: :btree
 
   create_table "tag_filters", force: true do |t|
diff --git a/script/post_to_twitter b/script/post_to_twitter
index 4cf74b5..877e5ed 100755
--- a/script/post_to_twitter
+++ b/script/post_to_twitter
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ order(:id).each do |s|
       { "status" => status })
 
     begin
-      if !res["id_str"].match(/\d+/)
+      if res["id_str"].match(/\d+/)
+        s.update_column("twitter_id", res["id_str"])
+      else
         raise
       end
     rescue => e