diff --git a/controllers/story.js b/controllers/story.js
index 82032ba7524..1ec16fc9d2a 100644
--- a/controllers/story.js
+++ b/controllers/story.js
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ exports.returnIndividualStory = function(req, res, next) {
 
     var storyName = dashedName.replace(/\-/g, ' ');
 
-    Story.find({'storyLink' : new RegExp(storyName, 'i')}, function(err, story) {
+    Story.findOne({'storyLink' : new RegExp(storyName, 'i')}, function(err, story) {
         if (err) {
             next(err);
         }
 
 
-        if (story.length < 1) {
+        if (story == null) {
             req.flash('errors', {
                 msg: "404: We couldn't find a story with that name. Please double check the name."
             });
@@ -133,13 +133,12 @@ exports.returnIndividualStory = function(req, res, next) {
             return res.redirect('/stories/');
         }
 
-        story = story.pop();
         var dashedNameFull = story.storyLink.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-');
         if (dashedNameFull !== dashedName) {
             return res.redirect('../stories/' + dashedNameFull);
         }
 
-		var userVoted = false;
+        var userVoted = false;
         try {
             var votedObj = story.upVotes.filter(function(a){
                 return a['upVotedByUsername'] === req.user['profile']['username'];
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ exports.returnIndividualStory = function(req, res, next) {
         } catch(err){
             userVoted = false;
         }
-	res.render('stories/index', {
+        res.render('stories/index', {
             title: story.headline,
             link: story.link,
             author: story.author,
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ exports.returnIndividualStory = function(req, res, next) {
             image: story.image,
             page: 'show',
             storyMetaDescription: story.metaDescription,
-			hasUserVoted: userVoted
+            hasUserVoted: userVoted
         });
     });
 };
@@ -308,37 +307,47 @@ exports.storySubmission = function(req, res) {
         .replace(/[^a-z0-9]/gi, ' ')
         .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
         .toLowerCase();
-    var link = data.link;
-    if (link.search(/^https?:\/\//g) === -1) {
-        link = 'http://' + link;
-    }
-    var story = new Story({
-        headline: sanitizeHtml(data.headline, {
-                    allowedTags: [],
-                    allowedAttributes: []
-                  }).replace(/&quot;/g, '"'),
-        timePosted: Date.now(),
-        link: link,
-        description: sanitizeHtml(data.description, {
-                        allowedTags: [],
-                        allowedAttributes: []
-                    }).replace(/&quot;/g, '"'),
-        rank: 1,
-        upVotes: data.upVotes,
-        author: data.author,
-        comments: [],
-        image: data.image,
-        storyLink: storyLink,
-        metaDescription: data.storyMetaDescription
-    });
 
-    story.save(function(err) {
+    Story.count({'storyLink': storyLink}, function(err, storyCount) {
         if (err) {
             return res.status(500);
         }
-        res.send(JSON.stringify({
-            storyLink: story.storyLink.replace(/\s/g, '-').toLowerCase()
-        }));
+
+        // if duplicate storyLink add unique number
+        storyLink = (storyCount == 0) ? storyLink : storyLink + ' ' + storyCount;
+
+        var link = data.link;
+        if (link.search(/^https?:\/\//g) === -1) {
+            link = 'http://' + link;
+        }
+        var story = new Story({
+            headline: sanitizeHtml(data.headline, {
+                        allowedTags: [],
+                        allowedAttributes: []
+                      }).replace(/&quot;/g, '"'),
+            timePosted: Date.now(),
+            link: link,
+            description: sanitizeHtml(data.description, {
+                            allowedTags: [],
+                            allowedAttributes: []
+                        }).replace(/&quot;/g, '"'),
+            rank: 1,
+            upVotes: data.upVotes,
+            author: data.author,
+            comments: [],
+            image: data.image,
+            storyLink: storyLink,
+            metaDescription: data.storyMetaDescription
+        });
+
+        story.save(function(err) {
+            if (err) {
+                return res.status(500);
+            }
+            res.send(JSON.stringify({
+                storyLink: story.storyLink.replace(/\s/g, '-').toLowerCase()
+            }));
+        });
     });
 };