diff --git a/src/data/sources/api.js b/src/data/sources/api.js
index 854b647..bb2a303 100644
--- a/src/data/sources/api.js
+++ b/src/data/sources/api.js
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@ class API {
     };
   }
 
-  constructor(uri, type, apiKey) {
+  constructor(uri, type, baseHost, apiKey) {
     const axiosConfig = API.createAxiosConfig(uri, apiKey);
+    const host = baseHost || hostName(uri);
     this.fetch = API.fetch(axiosConfig);
     this.name = toHumanName(type);
-    this.host = hostName(uri);
+    this.host = host;
     this.type = type;
-    this.faviconURL = findFavicon(uri);
+    this.faviconURL = findFavicon(host);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/data/sources/sidebar.js b/src/data/sources/sidebar.js
index e0052bc..993393e 100644
--- a/src/data/sources/sidebar.js
+++ b/src/data/sources/sidebar.js
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 const API = require('./api');
 const types = require('../types');
+const queryString = require('query-string');
+const { valueSeq } = require('../../utils');
 
 class Sidebar extends API {
   constructor() {
     const baseURL = 'https://sidebar.io/';
     super(baseURL, types.Sidebar);
+    this.normalize = this.normalize.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  normalize(data) {
+    return data.map(({ headline, url, date }) => (
+      {
+        title: headline,
+        publishedAt: date,
+        link: valueSeq(queryString.parse(url))[0],
+        type: this.type,
+      }
+    ));
   }
 
   getListing() {
@@ -12,7 +26,9 @@ class Sidebar extends API {
   }
 
   get listing() {
-    return this.getListing();
+    return this.getListing()
+      .then(this.normalize)
+      .catch(e => { throw new Error(e) });
   }
 }