diff --git a/atom.go b/atom.go
index ccbe786..08808a6 100644
--- a/atom.go
+++ b/atom.go
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ func (this *Feed) readAtom(doc *xmlx.Document) (err error) {
 		list = node.SelectNodes(ns, "entry")
 
 		for _, item := range list {
+			if isItemPresent(ch, item.S(ns, "id"), item.S(ns, "title")) {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			i = new(Item)
 			i.Title = item.S(ns, "title")
 			i.Id = item.S(ns, "id")
@@ -123,3 +127,19 @@ func (this *Feed) readAtom(doc *xmlx.Document) (err error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func isItemPresent(ch *Channel, id, title string) bool {
+	for _, item := range ch.Items {
+		switch {
+		case len(id) > 0:
+			if item.Id == id {
+				return true
+			}
+		case len(title) > 0:
+			if item.Title == title {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/feed_test.go b/feed_test.go
index fad7b7f..c069660 100644
--- a/feed_test.go
+++ b/feed_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ import (
 
 var items []*Item
 
+func Test_NewItem(t *testing.T) {
+	content, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/initial.atom")
+	feed := New(1, true, chanHandler, itemHandler)
+	err := feed.FetchBytes("http://example.com", content, nil)
+	if err != nil { t.Error(err) }
+
+	content, _ = ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/initial_plus_one_new.atom")
+	feed.FetchBytes("http://example.com", content, nil)
+	expected := "Second title"
+	if expected != items[0].Title {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", expected, items[0].Title)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFeed(t *testing.T) {
 	urilist := []string{
 		//"http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/examples/sampleRss091.xml", // Non-utf8 encoding.
diff --git a/testdata/initial.atom b/testdata/initial.atom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b086591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/initial.atom
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+	<title type="text">Some title</title>
+	<id>http://www.example.com/feed/atom/</id>
+	<entry>
+		<title>First title</title>
+		<id>1</id>
+	</entry>
+</feed>
diff --git a/testdata/initial_plus_one_new.atom b/testdata/initial_plus_one_new.atom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2461a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/initial_plus_one_new.atom
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+	<title type="text">Some title</title>
+	<id>http://www.example.com/feed/atom/</id>
+	<entry>
+		<title>First title</title>
+		<id>1</id>
+	</entry>
+	<entry>
+		<title>Second title</title>
+		<id>2</id>
+	</entry>
+</feed>