diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb6f41aa278468b3031399a7eabfbb63fddcda8b..048156a6ff4ea0b7cfcf03c75ee4bdf528921baa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ A SQLite DB is used to store the GUID/FeedID combination which is checked when a
 In addition we also add the RSS feed's item GUID at the bottom of the issue description.  Before synchronising an RSS item
 we run an issue search in the associated project, if we dont find the GUID in any issue we assume its not already been created.
 This helps to guard against scenarios where you lose the SQLite DB and dont want RSS items reduplicating into Gitlab.
-If found in Gitlab it is marked as syncronised in the local database as well as printing an link to the existing issue(s) to stdout.
+If found in Gitlab it is marked as synchronised in the local database as well as printing an link to the existing issue(s) to stdout.
 
 ## Limiting what is initially synced.
 Each feed entry in the config file can have an "added_since" property set.  This is used to only sync RSS items that have a
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 37e9136bf147a0c7d4c25c8913ea6d3a0e8925ee..76f3d0fb3ab79f0c9a5702d6373d344e8550169c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ type EnvValues struct {
 	GitlabAPIKey string
 }
 
-func hasExistingGitlabIssue(guid string, projectID int, gitlabClient *gitlab.Client) bool{
+func hasExistingGitlabIssue(guid string, projectID int, gitlabClient *gitlab.Client) bool {
 	searchOptions := &gitlab.SearchOptions{
-		Page:1,
-		PerPage:10,
+		Page:    1,
+		PerPage: 10,
 	}
 	issues, _, err := gitlabClient.Search.IssuesByProject(projectID, guid, searchOptions)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ func (feed Feed) checkFeed(db *gorm.DB, gitlabClient *gitlab.Client) {
 		}
 
 		if time.Before(feed.AddedSince) {
-			fmt.Printf("Ignoring %s as its date is < the specified AddedSince (Item: %s vs AddedSince: %s) \n", item.Title, time, feed.AddedSince)
+			fmt.Printf("Ignoring %s as its date is < the specified AddedSince (Item: %s vs AddedSince: %s)\n",
+				item.Title, time, feed.AddedSince)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -136,15 +137,16 @@ func (feed Feed) checkFeed(db *gorm.DB, gitlabClient *gitlab.Client) {
 			CreatedAt:   time,
 		}
 
-		//fmt.Println(issueOptions)
-		_, _, err := gitlabClient.Issues.CreateIssue(feed.GitlabProjectID, issueOptions)
-		if err != nil {
+		if _, _, err := gitlabClient.Issues.CreateIssue(feed.GitlabProjectID, issueOptions); err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("Unable to create Gitlab issue for %s \n %s \n", feed.Name, err)
-		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("Created Gitlab Issue '%s' in project: %d' \n", item.Title, feed.GitlabProjectID)
-			db.Create(&SyncedItems{UUID: item.GUID, Feed: feed.ID})
-			issuesCreatedCounter.Inc()
+			continue
 		}
+		if err := db.Create(&SyncedItems{UUID: item.GUID, Feed: feed.ID}).Error; err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Unable to persist in %s DB: %s \n", item.Title, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		issuesCreatedCounter.Inc()
+		fmt.Printf("Created Gitlab Issue '%s' in project: %d' \n", item.Title, feed.GitlabProjectID)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -156,8 +158,7 @@ func readConfig(path string) *Config {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
 
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, config)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, config); err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Unable to parse config YAML \n %s \n", err)
 		panic(err)
 	}