diff --git a/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py b/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
index bb55ce6ca..cb2ff60a6 100644
--- a/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
@@ -345,11 +345,11 @@ class Factoids(callbacks.Plugin, plugins.ChannelDBHandler):
                 # check if we already have the requested relation
                 cursor.execute("""SELECT id FROM relations WHERE
                             key_id=? and fact_id=?""", 
-                            (arelation[1], arelation[2]))
+                            (newkey_info[0][0], arelation[2]))
                 existentrelation = cursor.fetchall()
                 if len(existentrelation) != 0:
                     newkey_info = False
-            if len(newkey_info) == 0:
+            elif len(newkey_info) == 0:
                 cursor.execute("""INSERT INTO keys VALUES (NULL, ?)""", 
                             (newkey,))
                 db.commit()
diff --git a/plugins/Factoids/test.py b/plugins/Factoids/test.py
index 035e4efed..da9590c9a 100644
--- a/plugins/Factoids/test.py
+++ b/plugins/Factoids/test.py
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ class FactoidsTestCase(ChannelPluginTestCase):
         self.assertError('alias foo gnoop')
         self.assertNotError('alias foo gnoop 2')
         self.assertRegexp('whatis gnoop', 'snorp')
+        self.assertNotError('learn floop as meep')
+        self.assertNotError('learn bar as baz')
+        self.assertNotError('alias floop bar')
+        self.assertRegexp('whatis bar', 'meep.*baz')
     
     def testRank(self):
         self.assertNotError('learn foo as bar')