diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 596b3ea..2822763 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
     "feedUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=EthosLab",
     "channelID": "241238530376990722",
     "pollingInterval": 5000,
-    "numLinksToCache": 10
+    "numLinksToCache": 10,
+    "youtubeMode": true
 }
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diff --git a/feed-bot.js b/feed-bot.js
index 6d80268..ddfe1cd 100644
--- a/feed-bot.js
+++ b/feed-bot.js
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ var latestFeedLink = "";
 var linkRegExp = new RegExp(["http", "https", "www"].join("|"));
 var cachedLinks = [];
 
+var youtubeShareUrl = "http://youtu.be/";
+var youtubeFullUrl = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=";
+
 //caches a link so we can check again later
 function cacheLink(link) {
 	//cheaty way to get around http and https not matching
@@ -31,6 +34,18 @@ function cacheLink(link) {
 		cachedLinks.shift();
 }
 
+function checkCache(link) {
+	if (Config.youtubeMode && link.includes(youtubeFullUrl)) {
+		return cachedLinks.includes(convertToYoutubeShareUrl(link));
+	}
+	return cachedLinks.includes(link);
+}
+
+function convertToYoutubeShareUrl(fullUrl){
+	var shareUrl = fullUrl.replace(youtubeFullUrl, youtubeShareUrl);
+	shareUrl.splice(0, shareUrl.indexOf("&"));
+}
+
 //check if we can connect to discordapp.com to authenticate the bot
 Dns.resolve("discordapp.com", function (err) {
 	if (err) Log.error("CONNECTION ERROR: Unable to locate discordapp.com to authenticate the bot (you are probably not connected to the internet).", err);
@@ -96,7 +111,7 @@ function checkLinkAndPost(err, articles) {
 		var latestLink = articles[0].link.replace("https", "http");
 
 		//check whether the latest link out the feed exists in our cache
-		if (!cachedLinks.includes(latestLink)) {
+		if (!checkCache(latestLink)) {
 			Log.info("Attempting to post new link: " + latestLink);
 
 			//send a messsage containing the new feed link to our discord channel