diff --git a/gratipay/chomp/__init__.py b/gratipay/chomp/__init__.py
index 8a51c02668..39d3c507d1 100644
--- a/gratipay/chomp/__init__.py
+++ b/gratipay/chomp/__init__.py
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-"""Process npm artifacts.
+"""Process package artifacts.
 
 The main function is exposed as a console script named `chomp` via setup.py.
 
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from io import StringIO
+from gratipay.utils import markdown
 
 import argparse
 import sys
-
 import psycopg2
-
 import requests
 
-from gratipay.utils import markdown
-from io import StringIO
 
 class NPM(object):
     """Represent npm.
@@ -22,12 +20,12 @@ class NPM(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.name = 'npm'
 
-    def parse(self, package, package_manager_id, package_id):
+    def parse(self, package, package_id):
         """Given an npm package dict, return a dict of info and a list of emails to be imported.
         """
         out = OrderedDict()
         out['id'] = str(package_id)
-        out['package_manager_id'] = str(package_manager_id)
+        out['package_manager_id'] = str(self.id)
         out['name'] = package['name']
         out['description'] = package['description'] if 'description' in package else ''
         if 'time' in package:
@@ -50,44 +48,55 @@ def parse(self, package, package_manager_id, package_id):
         return out, emails
 
     def fetch_catalog(self):
+        # import json
+        # return json.loads('{"a11y-announcer":{"name":"a11y-announcer","description":"An accessible ember route change announcer","dist-tags":{"latest":"1.0.2"},"maintainers":[{"name":"robdel12","email":"Robertdeluca19@gmail.com"}],"homepage":"https://github.com/ember-a11y/a11y-announcer#readme","keywords":["ember-addon","ember accessibility","ember router","a11y-announcer"],"repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/ember-a11y/a11y-announcer.git"},"author":{"name":"Robert DeLuca"},"bugs":{"url":"https://github.com/ember-a11y/a11y-announcer/issues"},"license":"MIT","readmeFilename":"README.md","users":{"jalcine":true,"unwiredbrain":true},"time":{"modified":"2016-08-13T23:03:37.135Z"},"versions":{"1.0.2":"latest"}}}')
         r = requests.get('https://registry.npmjs.com/-/all', verify=False)
         r.raise_for_status()
         return r.json()
 
 
 def stringify(obj):
-    return '\t'.join([v for k, v in obj.iteritems()])
+    return '\t'.join([v for k, v in obj.iteritems()]) + '\n'
 
-def insert_catalog_for(pm):
+def insert_package_manager(pm, cursor):
+    """Insert a new package manager returning it's id.
+    """
+    cursor.execute("""
+        INSERT INTO package_managers (name)
+            VALUES (%s) RETURNING id
+        """, (pm.name,))
+    return cursor.fetchone()[0]
+
+def package_manager_exists(pm, cursor):
+    cursor.execute("""
+        SELECT package_managers.id
+          FROM package_managers
+         WHERE package_managers.name = (%s)
+        """, (pm.name,))
+    return cursor.fetchone()
+
+def insert_catalog_for(pm, cursor):
+    """Insert all packages for a given package manager.
+    """
     catalog = pm.fetch_catalog()
-    conn = psycopg2.connect(host='localhost', database='gratipay')
     if catalog:
-        cursor = conn.cursor()
-        cursor.execute("""
-            INSERT INTO package_managers (name)
-                VALUES (%s) RETURNING id
-            """, (pm.name,))
-        package_manager_id = cursor.fetchone()[0]
         package_id = 0 # Mass assign ids so they are usable during email insertion
-        package_data = StringIO()
-        email_data = StringIO()
+        package_stream, email_stream = StringIO(), StringIO()
         for k, v in catalog.iteritems():
             package_id += 1
-            package, emails = pm.parse(v, package_manager_id, package_id)
-            package_data.write(stringify(package) + '\n')
+            package, emails = pm.parse(v, package_id)
+            package_stream.write(stringify(package))
             for email in emails:
-                email_data.write(stringify(email) + '\n')
-        package_data.seek(0)
-        email_data.seek(0)
+                email_stream.write(stringify(email))
+        package_stream.seek(0)
+        email_stream.seek(0)
 
-        cursor.copy_from(package_data, 'packages', columns=["id", "package_manager_id", "name", "description"])
-        cursor.copy_from(email_data, 'package_emails', columns=["package_id", "email"])
-    conn.commit()
+        cursor.copy_from(package_stream, 'packages', columns=["id", "package_manager_id", "name", "description", "mtime"])
+        cursor.copy_from(email_stream, 'package_emails', columns=["package_id", "email"])
 
 def update_database(SQL):
     pass
 
-
 def parse_args(argv):
     p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     p.add_argument( 'if_modified_since'
@@ -98,9 +107,19 @@ def parse_args(argv):
                    )
     return p.parse_args(argv)
 
-
 def main(argv=sys.argv):
     pm_arg = parse_args(argv[1:]).package_manager
     if pm_arg == 'npm':
         pm = NPM()
-    insert_catalog_for(pm)
+
+    conn = psycopg2.connect(host='localhost', database='gratipay')
+    cursor = conn.cursor()
+
+    if package_manager_exists(pm, cursor):
+        print("This package manager already exists!")
+    else:
+        package_manager_id = insert_package_manager(pm, cursor)
+        setattr(pm, 'id', package_manager_id)
+        insert_catalog_for(pm, cursor)
+
+    conn.commit()
diff --git a/sql/branch.sql b/sql/branch.sql
index bb173f1e6b..b37ca54c54 100644
--- a/sql/branch.sql
+++ b/sql/branch.sql
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ BEGIN;
     , package_id    bigint      NOT NULL REFERENCES packages ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE RESTRICT
     , email         text        NOT NULL
     , UNIQUE (package_id, email)
-     )
+     );
 
 END;