diff --git a/core/models/troggle.py b/core/models/troggle.py
index 1ca7a9a..4a20afd 100644
--- a/core/models/troggle.py
+++ b/core/models/troggle.py
@@ -73,17 +73,6 @@ class Expedition(TroggleModel):
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         return urljoin(settings.URL_ROOT, reverse("expedition", args=[self.year]))
 
-
-# class ExpeditionDay(TroggleModel):
-# """Exists only on Expedition now. Removed links from logbookentry, personlogentry, survex stuff etc.
-# """
-# expedition  = models.ForeignKey("Expedition",on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-# date        = models.DateField()
-
-# class Meta:
-# ordering = ('date',)
-
-
 class Person(TroggleModel):
     """single Person, can go on many years"""
 
diff --git a/core/utils.py b/core/utils.py
index 6f07df9..8cd94e2 100644
--- a/core/utils.py
+++ b/core/utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import subprocess
 from decimal import getcontext
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from troggle.core.models.troggle import Expedition
+
 getcontext().prec = 2  # use 2 significant figures for decimal calculations
 
 import settings
@@ -73,7 +75,14 @@ def alphabet_suffix(n):
         suffix = alphabet[n-1]
     else:
         suffix = "_X_" + random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) + random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase)
-    return suffix        
+    return suffix   
+
+def current_expo():
+    expos = Expedition.objects.all().order_by('-year')
+    if expos:
+        return expos[0].year
+    else:
+        return "1970"
 
 def only_commit(fname, message):
     """Only used to commit a survex file edited and saved in view/survex.py"""
diff --git a/core/views/uploads.py b/core/views/uploads.py
index 67ffb48..232eb5e 100644
--- a/core/views/uploads.py
+++ b/core/views/uploads.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from troggle.core.models.caves import GetCaveLookup
 from troggle.core.models.logbooks import LogbookEntry, writelogbook, PersonLogEntry
 from troggle.core.models.survex import DrawingFile
 from troggle.core.models.troggle import DataIssue, Expedition, PersonExpedition
-from troggle.core.utils import alphabet_suffix
+from troggle.core.utils import alphabet_suffix, current_expo
 from troggle.parsers.people import GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup, known_foreigner
 
 # from databaseReset import reinit_db # don't do this. databaseRest runs code *at import time*
@@ -158,6 +158,22 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
     No check is done on the other people on the trip as this is picked up anyway by parsing on import
     and we don't really care at this point.
     """
+    def validate_year(year):
+        try:
+            expo = Expedition.objects.get(year=year)
+        except:
+            year = current_expo()
+        return year
+        
+    def new_entry_form():
+        return render(
+            request,
+            "logbookform.html",
+            {
+                "form": form,
+                "year": year,
+            },
+        )
     def clean_tu(tu):
         if tu =="":
             return 0
@@ -169,10 +185,14 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
     
     if not year:
         if not slug:
-            year = 2023 # we need a CURRENT_EXPO() function, we use this in a lot of places..
+            year = current_expo()
         else:
             year = slug[0:4]
-            print(year)
+            try:
+                year = str(int(year))
+            except:
+                year = current_expo()
+            
     author = ""
     
     if request.method == "POST":
@@ -206,7 +226,8 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
                 print(f"! Invalid date string {date}, setting to {odate}")
                 dateflag = True
             date = odate.isoformat()
-
+            
+            year = validate_year(year)
             expo = Expedition.objects.get(year=year)
             personyear = GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup(expo).get(author.lower())
             if personyear:
@@ -328,12 +349,17 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
     # GET here
     else:
         form = LogbookEditForm()
-        
-        if slug:
+        year = validate_year(year)
+
+        if not slug: # no slug or bad slug for an lbe which does not exist
+            return new_entry_form()
+        else:
             lbes = LogbookEntry.objects.filter(slug=slug)
-            if lbes:
+            if not lbes:
+                    return new_entry_form()
+            else:
                 if len(lbes) > 1:
-                     return render(request, "object_list.html", {"object_list": lbe}) # ie a bug
+                    return render(request, "object_list.html", {"object_list": lbes}) # ie a bug
                 else:
                     lbe = lbes[0]
                 print(f"{lbe}")
@@ -373,19 +399,6 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
                         "textrows": rows,
                      },
                 )
-        else: # no slug or bad slug for an lbe which does not exist
-            # NEW logbook entry
-            return render(
-                request,
-                "logbookform.html",
-                {
-                    "form": form,
-                    "year": year,
-                },
-            )
-
-
-
     
 @login_required_if_public
 def expofilerename(request, filepath):