diff --git a/src/db.py b/src/db.py
index 4434e37..910dfec 100644
--- a/src/db.py
+++ b/src/db.py
@@ -54,10 +54,17 @@ def get_discovered_files() -> List[str]:
     return discovered_files
 
 
-def add_valid_file(filename, metadata):
+def add_valid_file(filename, metadata) -> bool:
+    """
+    Returns: Boolean that indicates if the file is newly identified as valid.
+    """
     db = _load_db()
     valid_files = db.get("valid_files", {})
+    new_file = False
+    if filename not in valid_files:
+        new_file = True
     valid_files[filename] = metadata
     db["valid_files"] = valid_files
     _save_db(db)
-    return valid_files
+
+    return new_file
diff --git a/src/mattermost.py b/src/mattermost.py
index 5e7b3e6..6dc1b7a 100644
--- a/src/mattermost.py
+++ b/src/mattermost.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from colored import style
 from mattermostdriver import Driver
 from tabulate import tabulate
 
-from MattermostObjects import MMUser, MMPost, MMChannelPosts
+from mattermost_objects import MMUser, MMPost, MMChannelPosts
 from utils import humanize_date_difference, timer
 
 pp = pp.PrettyPrinter(indent=2)
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def merge_dict(a: dict, b: dict) -> dict:
 
 class MMApi(Driver):
     def __init__(self, user: User = users["flynn"]):
+        print(f"Initializing MMApi client for user {user}")
         Driver.__init__(
             self,
             merge_dict(
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ class MMApi(Driver):
         print(f"{style.BOLD}[{log_level.value}]{style.RESET} {text}")
 
     def get_channel_id(self, channel_name):
-        resp = self.channels.get_channel_by_name(self.team_id, channel_name, since)
+        resp = self.channels.get_channel_by_name(self.team_id, channel_name)
         id = resp["id"]
         self.log(f"Fetching channel id for {channel_name}: {id}")
         return id
diff --git a/src/web.py b/src/web.py
index c723d5c..dd852c6 100644
--- a/src/web.py
+++ b/src/web.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import requests
 
 import db
 import dir_utils
-from mattermost import MMApi
+from mattermost import MMApi, ChannelApi
+import mattermost
 
 
 def find_codimd_files_on_mattermost():
@@ -54,6 +55,16 @@ def download_files():
             print(f"Downloading url {url}")
             f.write(read_note(url))
 
+def filename_to_url(filename):
+    return f"https://codimd.zeus.gent/{filename[5:-3]}"
+
+def report_newly_found_file(filename):
+    channel = ChannelApi("bestuur-dev", mattermost.users["flynn"])
+    
+    channel.create_post(
+        f"I found a new report: {filename_to_url(filename)}! Making work of putting it on gitlab :)"
+    )
+
 
 def validate_downloaded_files():
     path = "data"
@@ -62,7 +73,9 @@ def validate_downloaded_files():
     for filename in dir_list:
         metadata = dir_utils.find_metadata("data/" + filename)
         if metadata is not None:
-            db.add_valid_file(filename, metadata)
+            is_new_file = db.add_valid_file(filename, metadata)
+            if is_new_file:
+                report_newly_found_file(filename)
 
     return db._load_db()