diff --git a/scrapper/src/main.rs b/scrapper/src/main.rs
index 8e5998f..be50bbf 100644
--- a/scrapper/src/main.rs
+++ b/scrapper/src/main.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     })
     .expect("Error setting Ctrl-C handler");
 
-    run_scrapping_job(&mut scheduler, tx, 60.seconds());
+    run_scrapping_job(&mut scheduler, tx, args.scrape_interval_minutes.minutes());
 
     // Run the scheduler in a separate thread.
     let handle = run_scheduler(scheduler, running.clone());
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         if news_post.is_complete() {
             let title = news_post.title.clone().unwrap();
             if !redis_service.is_post_seen(&title).await {
-                redis_service.publish(&news_post).await;
-                info!("Published {:?}", news_post);
-                redis_service.mark_post_seen(&title, 60 * 60 * 24 * 3).await;
+                let published = redis_service.publish(&news_post).await;
+                if published {
+                    info!("Published {:?}", news_post);
+                    redis_service.mark_post_seen(&title, 60 * 60 * 24 * 3).await;
+                }
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/scrapper/src/redis.rs b/scrapper/src/redis.rs
index b8b332f..0f72a64 100644
--- a/scrapper/src/redis.rs
+++ b/scrapper/src/redis.rs
@@ -41,16 +41,20 @@ impl RedisService {
     }
 
     /// Publishes the post to the redis stream.
-    pub async fn publish(&mut self, post: &NewsPost) {
+    /// Returns a `bool` that is true if the post was published and false otherwise.
+    pub async fn publish(&mut self, post: &NewsPost) -> bool {
         let serialized_post = serde_json::to_string(&post).unwrap();
         let result = redis::cmd("XADD")
             .arg(format!("posts:{}", self.stream_name))
             .arg("*")
+            .arg("post_data")
             .arg(serialized_post)
             .exec_async(&mut self.multiplexed_connection)
             .await;
         if result.is_err() {
             error!("Failed to publish {:?} to stream", result);
-        }
+            return false;
+        };
+        true
     }
 }