diff --git a/shortPath.go b/shortPath.go
index 9bc734f..4513beb 100644
--- a/shortPath.go
+++ b/shortPath.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
 func (db *database) shortenPath(p string) (string, error) {
@@ -15,9 +17,11 @@ func (db *database) shortenPath(p string) (string, error) {
 			return spi.(string), nil
 		}
 		// Insert in case it isn't shortened yet
-		_, err := db.exec("insert or ignore into shortpath (path) values (@path)", sql.Named("path", p))
+		_, err := db.exec("insert or rollback into shortpath (path) values (@path)", sql.Named("path", p))
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			if no, ok := err.(sqlite3.Error); !ok || no.Code != sqlite3.ErrConstraint {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		}
 		// Query short path
 		row, err := db.queryRow("select printf('/s/%x', id) from shortpath where path = @path", sql.Named("path", p))
diff --git a/shortPath_test.go b/shortPath_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82365bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shortPath_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func Test_shortenPath(t *testing.T) {
+	app := &goBlog{
+		cfg: &config{
+			Db: &configDb{
+				File: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "test.db"),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	_ = app.initDatabase(false)
+	db := app.db
+
+	res1, err := db.shortenPath("/a")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	db.spc.Delete("/a")
+
+	res2, err := db.shortenPath("/a")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	res3, err := db.shortenPath("/b")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, res1, res2)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/s/1", res1)
+
+	assert.NotEqual(t, res1, res3)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/s/2", res3)
+}