diff --git a/backend/__init__.py b/backend/__init__.py
index 28a833a3..1d5b4ae2 100644
--- a/backend/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/__init__.py
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class Worker(threading.Thread):
                 if uuid in list(datastore.data['watching'].keys()):
 
                     try:
-                        result, contents = update_handler.run(uuid)
+                        changed_detected, result, contents = update_handler.run(uuid)
 
                     except PermissionError as s:
                         app.logger.error("File permission error updating", uuid, str(s))
@@ -437,8 +437,7 @@ class Worker(threading.Thread):
                         if result:
 
                             datastore.update_watch(uuid=uuid, update_obj=result)
-
-                            if contents:
+                            if changed_detected:
                                 # A change was detected
                                 datastore.save_history_text(uuid=uuid, contents=contents, result_obj=result)
 
diff --git a/backend/fetch_site_status.py b/backend/fetch_site_status.py
index f03cdb00..c3e557e0 100644
--- a/backend/fetch_site_status.py
+++ b/backend/fetch_site_status.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class perform_site_check():
     def run(self, uuid):
         timestamp = int(time.time())  # used for storage etc too
         stripped_text_from_html = False
+        changed_detected = False
 
         update_obj = {'previous_md5': self.datastore.data['watching'][uuid]['previous_md5'],
                       'history': {},
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class perform_site_check():
 
             # could be None or False depending on JSON type
             if self.datastore.data['watching'][uuid]['previous_md5'] != fetched_md5:
+                changed_detected = True
 
                 # Don't confuse people by updating as last-changed, when it actually just changed from None..
                 if self.datastore.get_val(uuid, 'previous_md5'):
@@ -86,4 +88,4 @@ class perform_site_check():
 
                 update_obj["previous_md5"] = fetched_md5
 
-        return update_obj, stripped_text_from_html
+        return changed_detected, update_obj, stripped_text_from_html