diff --git a/internal/database/actions.go b/internal/database/actions.go
index 6f7dc77..6b9c93f 100644
--- a/internal/database/actions.go
+++ b/internal/database/actions.go
@@ -125,3 +125,49 @@ func CreateNetwork(sess sqlbuilder.Database, location *utils.LocationInfo) (*Net
 	network.ID = newID.(int64)
 	return &network, nil
 }
+
+// CreateOrUpdateURL will create a new URL entry to the urls table if it doesn't
+// exists, otherwise it will update the category code of the one already in
+// there.
+func CreateOrUpdateURL(sess sqlbuilder.Database, url string, categoryCode string, countryCode string) (int64, error) {
+	var urlID int64
+
+	res, err := sess.Update("urls").Set(
+		"url", url,
+		"category_code", categoryCode,
+		"country_code", countryCode,
+	).Where("url = ? AND country_code = ?", url, countryCode).Exec()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to write to the URL table")
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	affected, err := res.RowsAffected()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Failed to get affected row count")
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	if affected == 0 {
+		newID, err := sess.Collection("urls").Insert(
+			URL{
+				URL:          sql.NullString{String: url, Valid: true},
+				CategoryCode: sql.NullString{String: categoryCode, Valid: true},
+				CountryCode:  sql.NullString{String: countryCode, Valid: true},
+			})
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("Failed to insert into the URLs table")
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		urlID = newID.(int64)
+	} else {
+		lastID, err := res.LastInsertId()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("failed to get URL ID")
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		urlID = lastID
+	}
+
+	return urlID, nil
+}
diff --git a/nettests/websites/web_connectivity.go b/nettests/websites/web_connectivity.go
index b4db6d4..32a7bf0 100644
--- a/nettests/websites/web_connectivity.go
+++ b/nettests/websites/web_connectivity.go
@@ -53,41 +53,10 @@ func lookupURLs(ctl *nettests.Controller) ([]string, map[int64]int64, error) {
 	}
 
 	for idx, url := range parsed.Results {
-		var urlID int64
-
-		res, err := ctl.Ctx.DB.Update("urls").Set(
-			"url", url.URL,
-			"category_code", url.CategoryCode,
-			"country_code", url.CountryCode,
-		).Where("url = ? AND country_code = ?", url.URL, url.CountryCode).Exec()
-
+		urlID, err := database.CreateOrUpdateURL(ctl.Ctx.DB, url.URL, url.CategoryCode, url.CountryCode)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Error("Failed to write to the URL table")
-		} else {
-			affected, err := res.RowsAffected()
-
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Error("Failed to get affected row count")
-			} else if affected == 0 {
-				newID, err := ctl.Ctx.DB.Collection("urls").Insert(
-					database.URL{
-						URL:          url.URL,
-						CategoryCode: url.CategoryCode,
-						CountryCode:  url.CountryCode,
-					})
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Error("Failed to insert into the URLs table")
-				}
-				urlID = newID.(int64)
-			} else {
-				lastID, err := res.LastInsertId()
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Error("failed to get URL ID")
-				}
-				urlID = lastID
-			}
+			log.Error("failed to add to the URL table")
 		}
-
 		urlIDMap[int64(idx)] = urlID
 		urls = append(urls, url.URL)
 	}