diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 4bc58ed..8c287e2 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ _default:
 # Don't use this secret key for your own install, it's public!
 export SECRET_KEY := "MHSePvm1msyOkYuJ7u+MtyJYCzgdHCS7QNvrk9ts+rI="
 
-[doc("Run the reader locally in demo mode.")] # don't re-use this secret key
+[doc("Run the reader locally in demo mode.")]
 run-local-demo *args:
     cargo run -- --demo {{args}}
 
+# Run the reader locally against a persistent sqlite database
+run-local-persistant-db *args:
+    cargo run -- --database data.sqlite
+
 sqlx-prepare:
     DATABASE_URL="sqlite:data.sqlite" cargo sqlx prepare
 
diff --git a/migrations/20240320000005_create_feed_entries.sql b/migrations/20240320000005_create_feed_entries.sql
index dde90bb..56aad8c 100644
--- a/migrations/20240320000005_create_feed_entries.sql
+++ b/migrations/20240320000005_create_feed_entries.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CREATE TABLE feed_entries (
     id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
     feed_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    entry_id TEXT NOT NULL,
     title TEXT NOT NULL,
     published TIMESTAMP,
     updated TIMESTAMP,
@@ -10,4 +11,4 @@ CREATE TABLE feed_entries (
     created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     FOREIGN KEY (feed_id) REFERENCES feeds(feed_id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
     UNIQUE(feed_id, id)
-); 
\ No newline at end of file
+); 
diff --git a/src/poll.rs b/src/poll.rs
index 52eb49e..89e02c5 100644
--- a/src/poll.rs
+++ b/src/poll.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ pub struct FeedPollResponse {
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 #[serde(crate = "rocket::serde")]
 struct Entry {
-    id: String,
+    id: Uuid,
+    entry_id: String,
     title: String,
     published: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     updated: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ async fn update_entry_db(
         let result = sqlx::query(
             r#"
             INSERT INTO feed_entries (
-                id, feed_id, title, published, updated, summary, content, link, created_at
+                id, feed_id, entry_id, title, published, updated, summary, content, link, created_at
             ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
             ON CONFLICT (feed_id, id) DO UPDATE SET
                 title = excluded.title,
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ async fn update_entry_db(
         )
         .bind(&entry.id)
         .bind(feed_id)
+        .bind(&entry.entry_id)
         .bind(&entry.title)
         .bind(entry.published.map(|dt| dt.to_rfc3339()))
         .bind(entry.updated.map(|dt| dt.to_rfc3339()))
@@ -107,7 +109,8 @@ async fn fetch_new_entries(url: &Url) -> Result<Vec<Entry>, Status> {
         .entries
         .into_iter()
         .map(|feed_entry| Entry {
-            id: feed_entry.id,
+            id: Uuid::new_v4(),
+            entry_id: feed_entry.id,
             title: get(feed_entry.title, "title"),
             published: feed_entry.published,
             updated: feed_entry.updated,