diff --git a/resources/migrations/20160913192604-add-balance-column.down.sql b/resources/migrations/20160913192604-add-balance-column.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..767642a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/migrations/20160913192604-add-balance-column.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- noinspection SqlResolve
+ALTER TABLE public.issues
+  DROP COLUMN balance;
diff --git a/resources/migrations/20160913192604-add-balance-column.up.sql b/resources/migrations/20160913192604-add-balance-column.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35bf83b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/migrations/20160913192604-add-balance-column.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE public.issues
+  ADD balance VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT '0x0';
diff --git a/resources/sql/queries.sql b/resources/sql/queries.sql
index f285dea..50894ef 100644
--- a/resources/sql/queries.sql
+++ b/resources/sql/queries.sql
@@ -248,3 +248,15 @@ FROM issues i
   INNER JOIN repositories r ON r.repo_id = i.repo_id
 WHERE i.issue_number = :issue_number
       AND r.login = :login AND r.repo = :repo;
+
+-- :name get-balance :? :1
+-- :doc gets current balance of a wallet attached to a given issue
+SELECT balance
+FROM issues
+WHERE contract_address = :contract_address;
+
+-- :name update-banlance :! :n
+-- :doc updates balance of a wallet attached to a given issue
+UPDATE issues
+SET balance = :balance
+WHERE contract_address = :contract_address;
diff --git a/src/clj/commiteth/db/issues.clj b/src/clj/commiteth/db/issues.clj
index 88b5833..3281fb2 100644
--- a/src/clj/commiteth/db/issues.clj
+++ b/src/clj/commiteth/db/issues.clj
@@ -44,3 +44,14 @@
   []
   (jdbc/with-db-connection [con-db *db*]
     (db/list-pending-deployments con-db)))
+
+(defn get-balance
+  [contract-address]
+  (jdbc/with-db-connection [con-db *db*]
+    (db/get-balance con-db {:contract_address contract-address})))
+
+(defn update-balance
+  [contract-address balance]
+  (jdbc/with-db-connection [con-db *db*]
+    (db/update-balance con-db {:contract_address contract-address
+                               :balance          balance})))
diff --git a/src/clj/commiteth/eth/core.clj b/src/clj/commiteth/eth/core.clj
index d555ac2..a7c90e4 100644
--- a/src/clj/commiteth/eth/core.clj
+++ b/src/clj/commiteth/eth/core.clj
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
   [wei]
   (/ wei 1000000000000000000))
 
+(defn hex->eth
+  [hex digits]
+  (->> hex hex->big-integer from-wei double (format (str "%." digits "f"))))
+
 (defn get-balance-hex
   [account]
   (eth-rpc "eth_getBalance" [account "latest"]))
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@
 
 (defn get-balance-eth
   [account digits]
-  (->> (get-balance-wei account) from-wei double (format (str "%." digits "f"))))
+  (hex->eth (get-balance-hex account) digits))
 
 (defn send-transaction
   [from to value & [params]]
diff --git a/src/clj/commiteth/scheduler.clj b/src/clj/commiteth/scheduler.clj
index d76ca76..d09aa06 100644
--- a/src/clj/commiteth/scheduler.clj
+++ b/src/clj/commiteth/scheduler.clj
@@ -51,8 +51,12 @@
          comment-id       :comment_id
          issue-number     :issue_number} (bounties/list-wallets)]
     (when comment-id
-      (let [balance (eth/get-balance-eth contract-address 8)]
-        (github/update-comment login repo comment-id issue-number balance)))))
+      (let [old-balance         (issues/get-balance contract-address)
+            current-balance-hex (eth/get-balance-hex contract-address)
+            current-balance-eth (eth/hex->eth current-balance-hex 8)]
+        (when-not (= old-balance current-balance-hex)
+          (issues/update-balance contract-address current-balance-hex)
+          (github/update-comment login repo comment-id issue-number current-balance-eth))))))
 
 (mount/defstate scheduler :start
   (do