diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 3c253644a01..fc625717dad 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -317,11 +317,15 @@ app.get(
     storyController.submitNew
 );
 
-app.post(
-    '/stories/',
-    storyController.storySubmission
+app.get(
+    '/stories/submit/:newStory',
+    storyController.preSubmit
 );
 
+app.post(
+    '/stories/preliminary',
+    storyController.newStory
+);
 
 app.get(
     '/stories/hot',
@@ -354,11 +358,6 @@ app.post(
     storyController.upvote
 );
 
-app.post(
-    '/stories/getURLMetaData',
-    resourcesController.getMetaData
-);
-
 /**
  * Challenge related routes
  */
diff --git a/controllers/resources.js b/controllers/resources.js
index b2f271e6273..104b4bd90da 100644
--- a/controllers/resources.js
+++ b/controllers/resources.js
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ module.exports = {
             return {
                 _id: elem._id,
                 difficulty: elem.difficulty
-            }
+            };
         })
             .sort(function(a, b) {
                 return a.difficulty - b.difficulty;
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ module.exports = {
             return {
                 name: elem.name,
                 difficulty: elem.difficulty
-            }
+            };
         })
             .sort(function(a, b) {
                 return a.difficulty - b.difficulty;
@@ -290,19 +290,25 @@ module.exports = {
     whichEnvironment: function() {
         return process.env.NODE_ENV;
     },
-    getURLTitle: function(req, res, next) {
-        var url = req.body.data.url;
+    getURLTitle: function(url, callback) {
+        debug('getURL called initialled');
 
-        var result = {title: ''};
-        request(url, function (error, response, body) {
-            if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {
-                var $ = cheerio.load(body);
-                var title = $('title').text();
-                result.title = title;
-                debug(result);
-                res.json(result);
-            }
-        });
+        (function () {
+            var result = {title: ''};
+            request(url, function (error, response, body) {
+                debug('request fired');
+                if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {
+                    debug('fetching data');
+                    var $ = cheerio.load(body);
+                    var title = $('title').text();
+                    result.title = title;
+                    debug('calling callback with', result);
+                    callback(null, result);
+                } else {
+                    callback('failed');
+                }
+            });
+        })();
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/controllers/story.js b/controllers/story.js
index 3f2ea24bcc6..03d033885e0 100644
--- a/controllers/story.js
+++ b/controllers/story.js
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ exports.recent = function(req, res, next) {
     });
 };
 
+exports.preSubmit = function(req, res, next) {
+    var data = req.params.newStory;
+    debug('got presubmission with info', data.url, data.title);
+    res.render('stories/index', {
+        page: 'storySubmission',
+        storyURL: data.url,
+        storyTitle: data.title
+    });
+};
+
 
 exports.returnIndividualStory = function(req, res, next) {
     var dashedName = req.params.storyName;
@@ -166,6 +176,26 @@ exports.comments = function(req, res, next) {
     });
 };
 
+exports.newStory = function(req, res, next) {
+    var url = req.body.data.url;
+    debug('Got new story submission, calling resources with', url);
+    resources.getURLTitle(url, processResponse);
+    function processResponse(err, storyTitle) {
+        if (err) {
+            res.json({
+                storyURL: url,
+                storyTitle: ''
+            });
+        } else {
+            storyTitle = storyTitle ? storyTitle : '';
+            res.json({
+                storyURL: url,
+                storyTitle: storyTitle.title
+            });
+        }
+    }
+};
+
 exports.storySubmission = function(req, res, next) {
     var data = req.body.data;
     var storyLink = data.headline
diff --git a/views/stories/index.jade b/views/stories/index.jade
index 9e71245a010..ae2eb90ba24 100644
--- a/views/stories/index.jade
+++ b/views/stories/index.jade
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ block content
             if (page === 'recent')
                 include ./new-stories
             if (page === 'submit')
-                include ./submit-story
+                include ./preliminary-submit
             if (page === 'search')
-                include ./search-stories
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+                include ./search-stories
+            if (page === 'storySubmission')
+                include ./submit-story
+            if (page === 'storyShow')
+                include ./show
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade b/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..704501a92e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+.spacer
+.col-xs-12
+    form.form-horizontal.control-label-story-submission#story-submission-form
+        .col-xs-2.img-story-post
+            img.img-responsive(src='#{user.profile.picture}')
+        .col-xs-10
+            .form-group
+                .col-xs-1
+                    label.control-label.control-label-story-submission(for='name') Link
+                .col-xs-11
+                    input#story-url.form-control(placeholder='Paste your link here', name='Link')
+            .spacer
+            .form-group
+                .btn.btn-big.btn-block.btn-primary#preliminary-story-submit Submit
+    script.
+        var preliminaryStorySubmit = function preliminaryStorySubmit() {
+
+            var storyURL = $('#story-url').val();
+            console.log(storyURL);
+            $('#preliminary-story-submit').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
+
+            $.post('/stories/preliminary',
+            {
+                data: {
+                    url: storyURL
+                }
+            })
+            .fail(function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+                $('#preliminary-story-submit').attr('disabled', false);
+            })
+            .done(function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
+                window.location = '/stories/submit/url=' +
+                encodeURIComponent(data.storyURL) +
+                '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(data.storyTitle);
+            });
+        }
+        $('#preliminary-story-submit').on('click', preliminaryStorySubmit);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/views/stories/submit-story.jade b/views/stories/submit-story.jade
index a1bba32ae6b..6e0dd1e6f20 100644
--- a/views/stories/submit-story.jade
+++ b/views/stories/submit-story.jade
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 .spacer
 .col-xs-12
+    script.
+        var storyURL = !{JSON.stringify(storyURL)};
+        var storyTitle = !{JSON.stringify(storyTitle)};
     form.form-horizontal.control-label-story-submission#story-submission-form
         .col-xs-2.img-story-post
             img.img-responsive(src='#{user.profile.picture}')
@@ -8,12 +11,15 @@
                 .col-xs-1
                     label.control-label.control-label-story-submission(for='name') Link
                 .col-xs-11
-                    input.form-control(placeholder='Paste your link here', name='Link')
+                    input#story-url.form-control(placeholder='Paste your link here', name='Link')
             .form-group
                 .col-xs-1
                     label.control-label.control-label-story-submission(for='name') Title
                 .col-xs-11
-                    input.form-control(placeholder='Type a headline for your link here', name='Title')
+                    input#story-title.form-control(placeholder='Type a headline for your link here', name='Title')
             .spacer
             .form-group
                 .btn.btn-big.btn-block.btn-primary#story-submit Submit
+    script.
+        $('#story-url').val(storyURL).attr('disabled', 'disabled');
+        $('#story-title').val(storyTitle);
\ No newline at end of file