diff --git a/core/models/caves.py b/core/models/caves.py
index c61eb3c..0b11926 100644
--- a/core/models/caves.py
+++ b/core/models/caves.py
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ def GetCaveLookup():
         if Gcave_count[c] > 1:
             message = f" ** Duplicate cave id count={Gcave_count[c]} id:'{Gcavelookup[c]}' cave __str__:'{c}'"
             print(message)
-            DataIssue.objects.update_or_create(parser="aliases", message=message)
+            update_dataissue("aliases", message)
  
     return Gcavelookup
 
@@ -733,9 +733,11 @@ def GetCaveLookup():
 def update_dataissue(parsercode, message):
     try:
         DataIssue.objects.update_or_create(parser=parsercode, message=message)
-    except DataError:
-        # bollocks, swallow this.
-        pass
+    except DataError as e:
+        # bollocks, swallow this.DANGEROUS. Assuming this is the 
+        # (1406, "Data too long for column 'message' at row1")
+        # fault in the mariaDb/Django setup.
+        raise
     except:
         # Complete bollocks, but MariaDB barfs when it shouldn't : Django 3.2
         issues = DataIssue.objects.filter(parser=parsercode, message=message)
diff --git a/core/views/uploads.py b/core/views/uploads.py
index 5fa7d3b..dd5d25d 100644
--- a/core/views/uploads.py
+++ b/core/views/uploads.py
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
         else:
             year = slug[0:4]
             try:
-                year = str(int(year))
+                year = str(int(year))  # but maybe slug was hand-edited to be a future year..
+                year = validate_year(year) # so fix that
             except:
                 year = current_expo()