diff --git a/core/views/uploads.py b/core/views/uploads.py
index 9678c5c..ae8e69a 100644
--- a/core/views/uploads.py
+++ b/core/views/uploads.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from django import forms
 from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 
 import settings
@@ -337,10 +338,13 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
                 print(f"! Unrecognised author: {author}")
                 
             # if somehow we get a slug set to just '2024', not eg '2020-08-10b'
+            # because the URL of the page is /logbookedit/2022 for a new entry
             # This is a hack, why can we not reproduce this bug on the dev system?
-            if len(slug) < 7:
+            if slug not in locals():
                 slug = ""
-            if len(prev_slug) < 7:
+            if len(slug) < 11:
+                slug = ""
+            if len(prev_slug) < 11:
                 prev_slug = ""
             
             if not prev_slug and not slug:
@@ -464,23 +468,26 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
             # This does not change the URL in the browser, so despite a new slug being created,
             # the next time this code is run it thinks a new slug needs to be created. So we should
             # actually redirect to a new URL (an edit not a create) not simply return a render object.
-            return render(
-                request,
-                "logbookform.html",
-                {
-                    "form": form,
-                    "year": year,
-                    "date": date, "dateflag": dateflag,
-                    "author": author, "authorflag": authorflag,
-                    "others": others,
-                    "place": place,
-                    "title": title,
-                    "tu": tu,
-                    "entry": entry,
-                    "output": output,
-                    "slug": slug, 
-                },
-            )
+            # logbookedit/2022-08-21a
+            return HttpResponseRedirect(f'/logbookedit/{slug}')
+            
+            # return render(
+                # request,
+                # "logbookform.html",
+                # {
+                    # "form": form,
+                    # "year": year,
+                    # "date": date, "dateflag": dateflag,
+                    # "author": author, "authorflag": authorflag,
+                    # "others": others,
+                    # "place": place,
+                    # "title": title,
+                    # "tu": tu,
+                    # "entry": entry,
+                    # "output": output,
+                    # "slug": slug, 
+                # },
+            # )
     # GET here
     else:
         form = LogbookEditForm()