diff --git a/apiserver/server.py b/apiserver/server.py
index 46e8e4f..5d50d56 100644
--- a/apiserver/server.py
+++ b/apiserver/server.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import settings
 import database
 import search
 import feed
-from utils import gen_rand_id
+from utils import gen_rand_id, NUM_ID_CHARS
 
 from flask import abort, Flask, request, render_template, stream_with_context, Response
 from werkzeug.exceptions import NotFound
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def apistats():
         'ref_list': ref_list,
         'len_ref_list': len(ref_list),
         'current_item': current_item,
+        'total_stories': database.count_stories(),
+        'id_space': 26**NUM_ID_CHARS,
     }
 
     return stats
@@ -111,7 +113,12 @@ def submit():
             ref = url
 
         existing = database.get_story_by_ref(ref)
-        if existing and not DEBUG:
+
+        if existing and DEBUG:
+            ref = ref + '#' + str(time.time())
+            existing = False
+
+        if existing:
             return {'nid': existing.sid}
         else:
             story = dict(id=nid, ref=ref, source=source)
@@ -129,9 +136,10 @@ def submit():
                 raise Exception('Invalid article')
 
     except Exception as e:
-        logging.error('Problem with article submission: {} - {}'.format(e.__class__.__name__, str(e)))
+        msg = 'Problem with article submission: {} - {}'.format(e.__class__.__name__, str(e))
+        logging.error(msg)
         print(traceback.format_exc())
-        return {'error': str(e)}, 400
+        return {'error': msg.split('\n')[0]}, 400
 
 
 @flask_app.route('/api/<sid>')
diff --git a/apiserver/utils.py b/apiserver/utils.py
index a0073a3..9478533 100644
--- a/apiserver/utils.py
+++ b/apiserver/utils.py
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ def alert_tanner(message):
     except BaseException as e:
         logging.error('Problem alerting Tanner: ' + str(e))
 
+NUM_ID_CHARS = 4
 def gen_rand_id():
-    return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase) for _ in range(4))
+    return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase) for _ in range(NUM_ID_CHARS))
 
 def render_md(md):
     if md:
diff --git a/webclient/src/App.js b/webclient/src/App.js
index 87e7c7e..170a065 100644
--- a/webclient/src/App.js
+++ b/webclient/src/App.js
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ function App() {
 						<br />
 						<span className='slogan'>Hacker News, Reddit, Lobsters, and Tildes articles rendered in reader mode.</span>
 					</p>
-					<Route path='/(|search)' component={Search} />
-					<Route path='/(|search)' component={Submit} />
 					{fullScreenAvailable &&
 						<Route path='/(|search)' render={() => !isFullScreen ?
 							<button className='fullscreen' onClick={() => goFullScreen()}>Enter Fullscreen</button>
@@ -108,6 +106,8 @@ function App() {
 							<button className='fullscreen' onClick={() => exitFullScreen()}>Exit Fullscreen</button>
 						} />
 					}
+					<Route path='/(|search)' component={Search} />
+					<Route path='/(|search)' component={Submit} />
 				</div>
 
 				<Route path='/' exact render={(props) => <Feed {...props} updateCache={updateCache} />} />
diff --git a/webclient/src/Feed.js b/webclient/src/Feed.js
index 3482355..a109d2c 100644
--- a/webclient/src/Feed.js
+++ b/webclient/src/Feed.js
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ function Feed({ updateCache }) {
 				<details style={{marginBottom: '1rem'}}>
 					<summary>Connection error? Click to expand.</summary>
 					<p>{error}</p>
+					{stories && <p>Loaded feed from cache.</p>}
 				</details>
 			}
 			{stories ?
diff --git a/webclient/src/Submit.js b/webclient/src/Submit.js
index e0ae501..3d4b834 100644
--- a/webclient/src/Submit.js
+++ b/webclient/src/Submit.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function Submit() {
 					ref={inputRef}
 				/>
 			</form>
-			{progress ? progress : ''}
+			{progress && <p>{progress}</p>}
 		</span>
 	);
 }