diff --git a/core/views/uploads.py b/core/views/uploads.py
index c58bc65..0ad168c 100644
--- a/core/views/uploads.py
+++ b/core/views/uploads.py
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
             place = request.POST["place"].strip().replace(' - ',' = ')  # no hyphens !
             title = request.POST["title"].strip()   
             entry = request.POST["text"].strip() 
-            slug = request.POST["slug"].strip() 
+            if "slug" in request.POST:
+                slug = request.POST["slug"].strip() # if we are re-editing the same entry again
             entry = entry.replace('\r','') # remove HTML-standard CR inserted from form.
             entry = entry.replace('\n\n','\n<p>\n') # replace 2 \n  with <br><br>
             # entry = entry.replace('\n\n','\n<br />\n<br />\n') # replace 2 \n  with <br><br>
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
                 authorflag = True
                 print(f"! Unrecognised author: {author}")
             
-            
+            # slug is set either because we already posted or because it was specified inthe url
             if not slug:
                 # Creating a new logbook entry with all the gubbins
                 slug = create_new_lbe_slug(date)
diff --git a/parsers/logbooks.py b/parsers/logbooks.py
index 45cc00d..69a2850 100644
--- a/parsers/logbooks.py
+++ b/parsers/logbooks.py
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ LOGBOOK_PARSER_SETTINGS = {
 LOGBOOKS_DIR = "years" # subfolder of settings.EXPOWEB
 
 ENTRIES = {
-    "2024": 27,
-    "2023": 86,
+    "2024": 41,
+    "2023": 91,
     "2022": 94,
     "2019": 55,
     "2018": 95,
@@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ def store_entry_into_database(date, place, tripcave, title, text, trippersons, a
 def parser_date(tripdate, year):
     """Interprets dates in the expo logbooks and returns a correct datetime.date object
     Does NOT actually check that it is a truly valid date..
+    
+    tripdate : string
+    year : string
+    
+    Nasty bug if it returns just the year which leads to a logbook id '/2023' instead of '/2023-07-16b'
     """
     dummydate = EPOCH
     month = 1
@@ -410,6 +415,13 @@ def parser_html(year, expedition, txt, seq=""):
             continue
 
         ldate = parser_date(tripdate.strip(), year)
+        if len(str(ldate)) < 10:
+            ldate = date(year, 10, 1) # 1st October
+            msg = f" !- Logbook. Bad parsed date '{tripdate}' setting to '{ldate}'"
+            print(msg)
+            DataIssue.objects.create(parser="logbooks", message=msg)
+            continue
+            
         
         # Now we have a date, we can reset tripid
         tid = reset_trip_id(ldate)
diff --git a/templates/logbookform.html b/templates/logbookform.html
index 399ec2d..a84f6ce 100644
--- a/templates/logbookform.html
+++ b/templates/logbookform.html
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
            {% if tu %}value="{{tu}}"{% else %}placeholder="0.1" {% endif %}
            /> 
     <br /><br /> 
+       <input  type="hidden" value="{{slug}}" name="slug">
        <button  class="fancybutton2"  style="padding: 0.5em 25px; margin-left: 110px" type = "submit" value = "save" >
           Update logbook entry
        </button>