diff --git a/cachet/config.go b/cachet/config.go
index 9db7b6e..ef7b543 100644
--- a/cachet/config.go
+++ b/cachet/config.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ func init() {
 	var data []byte
 
 	// test if its a url
-	_, err := url.ParseRequestURI(configPath)
-	if err == nil {
+	url, err := url.ParseRequestURI(configPath)
+	if err == nil && len(url.Scheme) > 0 {
 		// download config
 		response, err := http.Get(configPath)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cachet/incident.go b/cachet/incident.go
index 2d3bc64..ad0a80d 100644
--- a/cachet/incident.go
+++ b/cachet/incident.go
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ package cachet
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"strconv"
-	"net/http"
 	"encoding/json"
 )
 
@@ -25,35 +22,44 @@ type IncidentData struct {
 	Incident Incident `json:"data"`
 }
 
+type IncidentList struct {
+	Incidents []Incident `json:"data"`
+}
+
+func GetIncidents() []Incident {
+	_, body, err := makeRequest("GET", "/incidents", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	var data IncidentList
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &data)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Cannot parse incidents.")
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return data.Incidents
+}
+
 func (incident *Incident) Send() {
 	jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(incident)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	var req *http.Request
-	if incident.Id == 0 {
-		req, err = http.NewRequest("POST", Config.API_Url + "/incidents", bytes.NewBuffer(jsonBytes))
-	} else {
-		req, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", Config.API_Url + "/incidents/" + strconv.Itoa(incident.Id), bytes.NewBuffer(jsonBytes))
+	requestType := "POST"
+	requestUrl := "/incidents"
+	if incident.Id > 0 {
+		requestType = "PUT"
+		requestUrl = "/incidents/" + strconv.Itoa(incident.Id)
 	}
 
+	resp, body, err := makeRequest(requestType, requestUrl, jsonBytes)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	req.Header.Set("X-Cachet-Token", Config.API_Token)
-
-	client := &http.Client{}
-	resp, err := client.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	fmt.Println(strconv.Itoa(resp.StatusCode) + " " + string(body))
 
 	var data IncidentData
@@ -72,6 +78,18 @@ func (incident *Incident) Send() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (incident *Incident) GetSimilarIncidentId() {
+	incidents := GetIncidents()
+
+	for _, inc := range incidents {
+		if incident.Name == inc.Name && incident.Message == inc.Message && incident.Status == inc.Status && incident.Human_status == inc.Human_status {
+			incident.Id = inc.Id
+			fmt.Printf("Updated incident id to %v\n", inc.Id)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (incident *Incident) SetInvestigating() {
 	incident.Status = 1
 	incident.Human_status = "Investigating"
diff --git a/cachet/metrics.go b/cachet/metrics.go
index b4e6eef..59eb5ba 100644
--- a/cachet/metrics.go
+++ b/cachet/metrics.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package cachet
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"bytes"
 	"strconv"
-	"net/http"
 	"encoding/json"
 )
 
@@ -17,21 +15,9 @@ func SendMetric(metricId int, delay int64) {
 		"value": delay,
 	})
 
-	client := &http.Client{}
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", Config.API_Url + "/metrics/" + strconv.Itoa(metricId) + "/points", bytes.NewBuffer(jsonBytes))
-
-	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	req.Header.Set("X-Cachet-Token", Config.API_Token)
-
-	resp, err := client.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
+	resp, _, err := makeRequest("POST", "/metrics/" + strconv.Itoa(metricId) + "/points", jsonBytes)
+	if err != nil || resp.StatusCode != 200 {
 		fmt.Printf("Could not log data point!\n%v\n", err)
 		return
 	}
-
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-		fmt.Println("Could not log data point!")
-	}
 }
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diff --git a/cachet/monitor.go b/cachet/monitor.go
index 4263cc4..1935dac 100644
--- a/cachet/monitor.go
+++ b/cachet/monitor.go
@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@ func (monitor *Monitor) AnalyseData() {
 			monitor.Incident.Message += "\n\n" + *monitor.LastFailReason
 		}
 
+		// set investigating status
 		monitor.Incident.SetInvestigating()
+
+		// lookup relevant incident
+		monitor.Incident.GetSimilarIncidentId()
+
+		// create/update incident
 		monitor.Incident.Send()
 	} else if t < monitor.Threshold && monitor.Incident != nil {
 		// was down, created an incident, its now ok, make it resolved.
diff --git a/cachet/request.go b/cachet/request.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..578cf17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cachet/request.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package cachet
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func makeRequest(requestType string, url string, reqBody []byte) (*http.Response, []byte, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(requestType, Config.API_Url + url, bytes.NewBuffer(reqBody))
+
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("X-Cachet-Token", Config.API_Token)
+
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, []byte{}, err
+	}
+
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+
+	return res, body, nil
+}
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