diff --git a/certidude/authority.py b/certidude/authority.py
index e24137e..fd67e52 100644
--- a/certidude/authority.py
+++ b/certidude/authority.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def delete_request(common_name):
     push.publish("request-deleted", request.common_name)
 
     # Write empty certificate to long-polling URL
-    requests.delete(config.PUSH_PUBLISH % request.common_name,
+    requests.delete(config.PUSH_PUBLISH % request.fingerprint(),
         headers={"User-Agent": "Certidude API"})
 
 
diff --git a/certidude/push.py b/certidude/push.py
index e5f0b2b..ae689a9 100644
--- a/certidude/push.py
+++ b/certidude/push.py
@@ -16,15 +16,18 @@ def publish(event_type, event_data):
         event_data = json.dumps(event_data, cls=MyEncoder)
 
     url = config.PUSH_PUBLISH % config.PUSH_TOKEN
-    click.echo("Publishing %s event %s on %s" % (event_type, event_data, url))
+    click.echo("Publishing %s event '%s' on %s" % (event_type, event_data, url))
 
     try:
         notification = requests.post(
             url,
             data=event_data,
             headers={"X-EventSource-Event": event_type, "User-Agent": "Certidude API"})
+        if notification.status_code != requests.codes.created:
+            click.echo("Failed to submit event to push server, server responded %d, expected %d" % (
+                notification.status_code, requests.codes.created))
     except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-        click.echo("Failed to submit event to push server: %s" % repr(event_data))
+        click.echo("Failed to submit event to push server, connection error")
 
 class PushLogHandler(logging.Handler):
     """
diff --git a/certidude/static/js/certidude.js b/certidude/static/js/certidude.js
index 799bd1c..18ec357 100644
--- a/certidude/static/js/certidude.js
+++ b/certidude/static/js/certidude.js
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ function onRequestSubmitted(e) {
         url: "/api/request/" + e.data + "/",
         dataType: "json",
         success: function(request, status, xhr) {
+            onRequestDeleted(e); // Delete any existing ones just in case
             $("#pending_requests").prepend(
                 nunjucks.render('views/request.html', { request: request }));
         }