diff --git a/follow_repos_by_search_term.py b/follow_repos_by_search_term.py
index 797dd5b..72a1c90 100644
--- a/follow_repos_by_search_term.py
+++ b/follow_repos_by_search_term.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 from typing import List
 from lgtm import LGTMSite
+
+import utils.cacher
 import utils.github_dates
 import utils.github_api
 
 import sys
 import time
 
-def save_project_to_lgtm(site: 'LGTMSite', repo_name: str):
+def save_project_to_lgtm(site: 'LGTMSite', repo_name: str) -> dict:
     print("About to save: " + repo_name)
     # Another throttle. Considering we are sending a request to Github
     # owned properties twice in a small time-frame, I would prefer for
@@ -14,16 +16,17 @@ def save_project_to_lgtm(site: 'LGTMSite', repo_name: str):
     time.sleep(1)
 
     repo_url: str = 'https://github.com/' + repo_name
-    site.follow_repository(repo_url)
+    project = site.follow_repository(repo_url)
     print("Saved the project: " + repo_name)
+    return project
 
-def find_and_save_projects_to_lgtm(language: str, search_term: str):
+def find_and_save_projects_to_lgtm(language: str, search_term: str) -> List[str]:
     github = utils.github_api.create()
     site = LGTMSite.create_from_file()
-
+    saved_project_ids: List[str] = []
     for date_range in utils.github_dates.generate_dates():
         repos = github.search_repositories(query=f'language:{language} fork:false created:{date_range} {search_term}')
-
+        print(f'language:{language} fork:false created:{date_range} {search_term}')
         for repo in repos:
             # Github has rate limiting in place hence why we add a sleep here. More info can be found here:
             # https://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting
@@ -32,7 +35,18 @@ def find_and_save_projects_to_lgtm(language: str, search_term: str):
             if repo.archived or repo.fork:
                 continue
 
-            save_project_to_lgtm(site, repo.full_name)
+            saved_project = save_project_to_lgtm(site, repo.full_name)
+            print('--------------------')
+            print('--------------------')
+            print('--------------------')
+            print(saved_project)
+            print('--------------------')
+            print('--------------------')
+            print('--------------------')
+            saved_project_id = saved_project['realProject'][0]['key']
+            saved_project_ids.append(saved_project_id)
+
+    return saved_project_ids
 
 if len(sys.argv) < 3:
     print("Please make sure you provided a language and search term")
@@ -42,4 +56,10 @@ def find_and_save_projects_to_lgtm(language: str, search_term: str):
 search_term = sys.argv[2]
 
 print(f'Following repos for the {language} language that contain the \'{search_term}\' search term.')
-find_and_save_projects_to_lgtm(language, search_term)
+saved_project_ids = find_and_save_projects_to_lgtm(language, search_term)
+
+# If the user provided a second arg then they want to create a custom list.
+if len(sys.argv) <= 4:
+    # print
+    custom_list_name = sys.argv[3]
+    utils.cacher.write_project_ids_to_file(saved_project_ids, custom_list_name)
diff --git a/follow_top_repos_by_star_count.py b/follow_top_repos_by_star_count.py
index ccf1be5..d9dd42c 100644
--- a/follow_top_repos_by_star_count.py
+++ b/follow_top_repos_by_star_count.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 import utils.github_dates
 import utils.github_api
-import utils.cacher 
+import utils.cacher
 import sys
 import time
 
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ def find_and_save_projects_to_lgtm(language: str) -> List[str]:
 
 print('Following the top repos for %s' % language)
 saved_project_ids = find_and_save_projects_to_lgtm(language)
-print("saved proejct ids")
-print(saved_project_ids)
+
 # If the user provided a second arg then they want to create a custom list.
 if len(sys.argv) <= 3:
     # print