diff --git a/src/githubctl/githubctl.rs b/src/githubctl/githubctl.rs
index 8cd62c5..18e6d2d 100644
--- a/src/githubctl/githubctl.rs
+++ b/src/githubctl/githubctl.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::json_util::get_json_string;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
 use super::github_endpoint_watcher::GithubEndpointWatcher;
@@ -75,9 +77,10 @@ impl<'a> GithubCtl<'a> {
         let event_stream = self.event_writer.clone();
 
         tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let mut already_seen_event_ids = HashSet::new();
             let mut endpoint_watcher = GithubEndpointWatcher::new(username, token, url)
                 .expect("Failed to create endpoint watcher.");
-            endpoint_watcher.skip_results_before_now().await.expect("Failed to fetch initial historical results.");
+            let mut should_notify: bool = false; // Skip the first page of results because theses events already occurred in the past
             loop {
                 let api_result = match endpoint_watcher.get_results().await {
                     Ok(result) => result,
@@ -88,9 +91,17 @@ impl<'a> GithubCtl<'a> {
                 };
                 if let Some(serde_json::Value::Array(events)) = api_result {
                     for event in events {
-                        if let Err(_) = event_stream.send(event).await {
-                            error!("Receiver dropped.");
-                            return;
+                        let event_id = event
+                            .get("id")
+                            .map(get_json_string)
+                            .expect("Ran into an event without a id.")
+                            .to_owned();
+
+                        if should_notify && already_seen_event_ids.insert(event_id) {
+                            if let Err(_) = event_stream.send(event).await {
+                                error!("Receiver dropped.");
+                                return;
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 } else if let None = api_result {
@@ -98,6 +109,7 @@ impl<'a> GithubCtl<'a> {
                 } else {
                     error!("Unsupported JSON type.");
                 }
+                should_notify = true;
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 535e7bd..e274b27 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     }
 }
 
-fn handle_event(event: serde_json::Value) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    if PullRequestEvent::is_a(&event)? {
-        let event = PullRequestEvent::new(&event)?;
+fn handle_event(json_event: serde_json::Value) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    if PullRequestEvent::is_a(&json_event)? {
+        let event = PullRequestEvent::new(&json_event)?;
         if event.action == "opened" {
-            println!("PullRequestEvent action {}", event.action);
+            // println!("PullRequestEvent action {}", event.action);
+            println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&json_event)?);
             let notification_body = format!("Pull Request opened: {}", event.title);
             Notification::new()
                 .summary("Pull request opened.")
@@ -39,7 +40,14 @@ fn handle_event(event: serde_json::Value) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
                 .hint(Hint::Category("im.received".to_owned()))
                 .hint(Hint::Resident(true))
                 .timeout(0)
-                .show()?;
+                .show()?
+                .wait_for_action(|action| match action {
+                    "default" => info!("you clicked \"default\""),
+                    "clicked" => info!("that was correct"),
+                    // here "__closed" is a hard coded keyword
+                    "__closed" => info!("the notification was closed"),
+                    _ => info!("Unrecognized action {}", action),
+                });
         }
     }
     Ok(())