diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c298d66ad..c1f63c7cd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ GEM
       thor (~> 0.15)
     libv8 (3.16.14.3)
     listen (0.7.3)
-    logster (0.1.2)
+    logster (0.1.3)
     lru_redux (0.8.1)
     mail (2.5.4)
       mime-types (~> 1.16)
diff --git a/app/models/topic_view_item.rb b/app/models/topic_view_item.rb
index a3bbef6d0..07fdd5204 100644
--- a/app/models/topic_view_item.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic_view_item.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class TopicViewItem < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user
   validates_presence_of :topic_id, :ip_address, :viewed_at
 
-  def self.add(topic_id, ip, user_id, at=nil)
+  def self.add(topic_id, ip, user_id=nil, at=nil, skip_redis=false)
     # Only store a view once per day per thing per user per ip
     redis_key = "view:#{topic_id}:#{Date.today.to_s}"
     if user_id
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ class TopicViewItem < ActiveRecord::Base
       redis_key << ":ip-#{ip}"
     end
 
-    if $redis.setnx(redis_key, "1")
-      $redis.expire(redis_key, 1.day.to_i)
+    if skip_redis || $redis.setnx(redis_key, "1")
+      skip_redis || $redis.expire(redis_key, 1.day.to_i)
 
       TopicViewItem.transaction do
         at ||= Date.today
+
+        # AR likes logging failures here, we don't need that
         TopicViewItem.create!(topic_id: topic_id, ip_address: ip, viewed_at: at, user_id: user_id)
 
         # Update the views count in the parent, if it exists.
diff --git a/config/initializers/logster.rb b/config/initializers/logster.rb
index 633dffaf0..9176d258a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/logster.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/logster.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 if Rails.env.production?
-  # Logster.store.ignore = [
-  #   # honestly, Rails should not be logging this, its real noisy
-  #   /^ActionController::RoutingError \(No route matches/,
-  #   # suppress trackback spam bots
-  #   Logster::IgnorePattern.new("Can't verify CSRF token authenticity", { REQUEST_URI: /\/trackback\/$/ })
-  # ]
+  Logster.store.ignore = [
+    # honestly, Rails should not be logging this, its real noisy
+    /^ActionController::RoutingError \(No route matches/,
+
+    /^PG::Error: ERROR:\s+duplicate key/,
+
+    # suppress trackback spam bots
+    Logster::IgnorePattern.new("Can't verify CSRF token authenticity", { REQUEST_URI: /\/trackback\/$/ })
+  ]
 
   Logster.config.authorize_callback = lambda{|env|
     user = CurrentUser.lookup_from_env(env)
diff --git a/spec/models/topic_view_item_spec.rb b/spec/models/topic_view_item_spec.rb
index d6ae9531f..14c980f9a 100644
--- a/spec/models/topic_view_item_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/topic_view_item_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-describe TopicView do
+describe TopicViewItem do
+
+  def add(topic_id, ip, user_id=nil)
+    skip_redis = true
+    TopicViewItem.add(topic_id, ip, user_id, nil, skip_redis)
+  end
+
+  it "raises nothing for dupes" do
+    add(2, "1.1.1.1")
+    add(2, "1.1.1.1", 1)
+
+    TopicViewItem.create!(topic_id: 1, ip_address: "1.1.1.1", viewed_at: 1.day.ago)
+    add(1, "1.1.1.1")
+
+    TopicViewItem.count.should == 3
+  end
 
 end