diff --git a/src/rss.cpp b/src/rss.cpp
index c5fdab245..cac932f77 100644
--- a/src/rss.cpp
+++ b/src/rss.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ RssStream::RssStream(RssFolder* parent, RssManager *rssmanager, Bittorrent *BTSe
     QHash<QString, QVariant> item = var_it.toHash();
     RssItem *rss_item = RssItem::fromHash(this, item);
     if(rss_item->isValid()) {
-      (*this)[rss_item->getTitle()] = rss_item;
+      (*this)[rss_item->getId()] = rss_item;
     } else {
       delete rss_item;
     }
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ void RssStream::setIconPath(QString path) {
   iconPath = path;
 }
 
-RssItem* RssStream::getItem(QString name) const{
-  return this->value(name);
+RssItem* RssStream::getItem(QString id) const{
+  return this->value(id);
 }
 
 unsigned int RssStream::getNbNews() const{
@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ short RssStream::readDoc(QIODevice* device) {
             }
             else if(xml.name() == "item") {
               RssItem * item = new RssItem(this, xml);
-              if(item->isValid() && !itemAlreadyExists(item->getTitle())) {
-                this->insert(item->getTitle(), item);
+              if(item->isValid() && !itemAlreadyExists(item->getId())) {
+                this->insert(item->getId(), item);
               } else {
                 delete item;
               }
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ void RssStream::resizeList() {
     int excess = nb_articles - max_articles;
     for(int i=0; i<excess; ++i){
       RssItem *lastItem = listItem.takeLast();
-      delete this->take(lastItem->getTitle());
+      delete this->take(lastItem->getId());
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/rss.h b/src/rss.h
index 5c0d58730..f8be682c0 100644
--- a/src/rss.h
+++ b/src/rss.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class RssItem: public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
 private:
   RssStream* parent;
+  QString id;
   QString title;
   QString torrent_url;
   QString news_link;
@@ -281,10 +282,6 @@ public:
       if(xml.isStartElement()) {
         if(xml.name() == "title") {
           title = xml.readElementText();
-          if(title.isEmpty()) {
-            is_valid = false;
-            return;
-          }
         }
         else if(xml.name() == "enclosure") {
           if(xml.attributes().value("type") == "application/x-bittorrent") {
@@ -293,6 +290,8 @@ public:
         }
         else if(xml.name() == "link") {
           news_link = xml.readElementText();
+          if(id.isEmpty())
+            id = news_link;
         }
         else if(xml.name() == "description") {
           description = xml.readElementText();
@@ -303,15 +302,20 @@ public:
         else if(xml.name() == "author") {
           author = xml.readElementText();
         }
+        else if(xml.name() == "guid") {
+          id = xml.readElementText();
+        }
       }
     }
-    if(!title.isEmpty())
+    if(!id.isEmpty())
       is_valid = true;
   }
 
-  RssItem(RssStream* parent, QString _title, QString _torrent_url, QString _news_link, QString _description, QDateTime _date, QString _author, bool _read):
-      parent(parent), title(_title), torrent_url(_torrent_url), news_link(_news_link), description(_description), date(_date), author(_author), read(_read){
-    if(!title.isEmpty()) {
+  RssItem(RssStream* parent, QString _id, QString _title, QString _torrent_url, QString _news_link, QString _description, QDateTime _date, QString _author, bool _read):
+      parent(parent), id(_id), title(_title), torrent_url(_torrent_url), news_link(_news_link), description(_description), date(_date), author(_author), read(_read){
+    if(id.isEmpty())
+      id = news_link;
+    if(!id.isEmpty()) {
       is_valid = true;
     } else {
       std::cerr << "ERROR: an invalid RSS item was saved" << std::endl;
@@ -326,9 +330,12 @@ public:
     return !torrent_url.isEmpty();
   }
 
+  QString getId() const { return id; }
+
   QHash<QString, QVariant> toHash() const {
     QHash<QString, QVariant> item;
     item["title"] = title;
+    item["id"] = id;
     item["torrent_url"] = torrent_url;
     item["news_link"] = news_link;
     item["description"] = description;
@@ -339,7 +346,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   static RssItem* fromHash(RssStream* parent, QHash<QString, QVariant> h) {
-    return new RssItem(parent, h["title"].toString(), h["torrent_url"].toString(), h["news_link"].toString(),
+    return new RssItem(parent, h.value("id", "").toString(), h["title"].toString(), h["torrent_url"].toString(), h["news_link"].toString(),
                        h["description"].toString(), h["date"].toDateTime(), h["author"].toString(), h["read"].toBool());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/rss_imp.cpp b/src/rss_imp.cpp
index 31ad25027..815befa2e 100644
--- a/src/rss_imp.cpp
+++ b/src/rss_imp.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
 #include "feedList.h"
 #include "bittorrent.h"
 
-#define NEWS_TITLE_COL 1
-#define NEWS_URL_COL 2
+enum NewsCols { NEWS_ICON, NEWS_TITLE_COL, NEWS_URL_COL, NEWS_ID };
 
 // display a right-click menu
 void RSSImp::displayRSSListMenu(const QPoint& pos){
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ void RSSImp::displayItemsListMenu(const QPoint&){
     foreach(QTreeWidgetItem *item, selectedItems) {
       qDebug("text(3) URL: %s", qPrintable(item->text(NEWS_URL_COL)));
       qDebug("text(2) TITLE: %s", qPrintable(item->text(NEWS_TITLE_COL)));
-      if(listStreams->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->text(NEWS_URL_COL))->getItem(item->text(NEWS_TITLE_COL))->has_attachment()) {
+      if(listStreams->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->text(NEWS_URL_COL))->getItem(item->text(NEWS_ID))->has_attachment()) {
         has_attachment = true;
         break;
       }
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ void RSSImp::on_updateAllButton_clicked() {
 void RSSImp::downloadTorrent() {
   QList<QTreeWidgetItem *> selected_items = listNews->selectedItems();
   foreach(const QTreeWidgetItem* item, selected_items) {
-    RssItem* article =  listStreams->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->text(NEWS_URL_COL))->getItem(item->text(NEWS_TITLE_COL));
+    RssItem* article =  listStreams->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->text(NEWS_URL_COL))->getItem(item->text(NEWS_ID));
     if(article->has_attachment()) {
       BTSession->downloadFromUrl(article->getTorrentUrl());
     } else {
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ void RSSImp::downloadTorrent() {
 void RSSImp::openNewsUrl() {
   QList<QTreeWidgetItem *> selected_items = listNews->selectedItems();
   foreach(const QTreeWidgetItem* item, selected_items) {
-    RssItem* news =  listStreams->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->text(NEWS_URL_COL))->getItem(item->text(NEWS_TITLE_COL));
+    RssItem* news =  listStreams->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->text(NEWS_URL_COL))->getItem(item->text(NEWS_ID));
     QString link = news->getLink();
     if(!link.isEmpty())
       QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(link));
@@ -444,12 +443,13 @@ void RSSImp::refreshNewsList(QTreeWidgetItem* item) {
     QTreeWidgetItem* it = new QTreeWidgetItem(listNews);
     it->setText(NEWS_TITLE_COL, article->getTitle());
     it->setText(NEWS_URL_COL, article->getParent()->getUrl());
+    it->setText(NEWS_ID, article->getId());
     if(article->isRead()){
       it->setData(NEWS_TITLE_COL, Qt::ForegroundRole, QVariant(QColor("grey")));
-      it->setData(0, Qt::DecorationRole, QVariant(QIcon(":/Icons/sphere.png")));
+      it->setData(NEWS_ICON, Qt::DecorationRole, QVariant(QIcon(":/Icons/sphere.png")));
     }else{
       it->setData(NEWS_TITLE_COL, Qt::ForegroundRole, QVariant(QColor("blue")));
-      it->setData(0, Qt::DecorationRole, QVariant(QIcon(":/Icons/sphere2.png")));
+      it->setData(NEWS_ICON, Qt::DecorationRole, QVariant(QIcon(":/Icons/sphere2.png")));
     }
   }
   qDebug("Added all news to the GUI");
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ void RSSImp::refreshTextBrowser() {
     previous_news = item;
   }
   RssStream *stream = listStreams->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->text(NEWS_URL_COL));
-  RssItem* article = stream->getItem(item->text(NEWS_TITLE_COL));
+  RssItem* article = stream->getItem(item->text(NEWS_ID));
   QString html;
   html += "<div style='border: 2px solid red; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;'>";
   html += "<div style='background-color: #678db2; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;'>"+article->getTitle() + "</div>";