diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5d7e1de..5243b3d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ fn publish() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             let post = fs::read_to_string(format!("{}/{}", dirpath, &filename))?;
             let post_lines: Vec<&str> = post.lines().collect();
             let title = post_lines[0].strip_prefix("# ");
+            if title.is_none() {
+                println!("ABORTING: Your latest post does not have a title.");
+                println!("Use a '# Heading' on the first line.");
+                return Ok(())
+            }
             let entry_string = format!("=> {} {} ({})", filename, sliced, title.unwrap());
             let home_entry_string = format!("=> /{}/{} {} ({})", &year, filename, sliced, title.unwrap());
             if let Ok(index) = fs::read_to_string(&indexfilepath) {
@@ -279,53 +284,75 @@ fn sync(args: &Vec<String>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     }
 }
 
-fn write() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    println!("Checking server for latest post...");
+fn write(args: &Vec<String>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+
     let config = read_config()?;
     let dt = Local::now();
     let year = &dt.format("%Y").to_string();
     let local_dir: std::path::PathBuf = expanduser(&config.local_dir)?;
-    let remote_dir: std::path::PathBuf = expanduser(&config.remote_dir)?;
     fs::create_dir_all(format!("{}{}", &local_dir.display(), &year))?;
     let filepath = format!("{}{}/{}.gmi", local_dir.display(), year, dt.format("%Y-%m-%d"));
-    let spath = format!("{}", remote_dir.display());
-    let remote_vec = spath.split(':').collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    let server_name = remote_vec[0];
-    let server_path = remote_vec[1];
-    let remote_filepath = format!("{}{}/{}.gmi", server_path, year, dt.format("%Y-%m-%d"));
-    let cmd = format!("[[ -f {} ]] && echo 'true' || echo 'false';", &remote_filepath);
-    let check = Command::new("ssh")
-            .args(["-q", &server_name, &cmd])
-            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("reading from server failed");
-    let output = check
-              .wait_with_output()
-              .expect("something fucked up");
-    let out = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout);
-    let out2 = out.clone()?.trim();
-    match out?.trim() {
-          "true" => {
-            // user has already published today
-            println!("\x1B[1;31mYou have already published today!\x1B[0m");
-            println!("To edit your post, run 'sync down' first.");
+
+    match args.len() {
+        2 => {
+                let remote_dir: std::path::PathBuf = expanduser(&config.remote_dir)?;
+                let spath = format!("{}", remote_dir.display());
+                let remote_vec = spath.split(':').collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                let server_name = remote_vec[0];
+                let server_path = remote_vec[1];
+                let remote_filepath = format!("{}{}/{}.gmi", server_path, year, dt.format("%Y-%m-%d"));
+                let cmd = format!("[[ -f {} ]] && echo 'true' || echo 'false';", &remote_filepath);
+
+                println!("Checking server for latest post...");
+                let check = Command::new("ssh")
+                        .args(["-q", &server_name, &cmd])
+                        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+                        .spawn()
+                        .expect("reading from server failed");
+                let output = check
+                        .wait_with_output()
+                        .expect("something fucked up");
+                let out = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout);
+                let out2 = out.clone()?.trim();
+                match out?.trim() {
+                    "true" => {
+                    // user has already published today
+                    println!("\x1B[1;31mYou have already published today!\x1B[0m");
+                    println!("To edit a post published with soyuz-web, run 'soyuz sync down' first.");
+                    println!("To edit a published post already saved locally, use 'soyuz write --edit'");
+                    Ok(())
+                    },
+                    "false" => {
+                    // open a new file
+                    Ok(open_file(filepath.into()))
+                    },
+                    _ => {
+                    println!("Something went wrong checking your gemini server");
+                    println!("Error: {:?}", out2);
+                    Ok(())
+                    }
+                }
+        },
+        3 => {
+            match args[2].as_str() {
+                "--edit" => Ok(open_file(filepath.into())),
+                _ => {
+                    println!("Unknown command. Try 'soyuz help'.");
+                    Ok(())
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        _ => {
+            println!("Unknown command. Try 'soyuz help'.");
             Ok(())
-          },
-          "false" => {
-            // open a new file
-            Ok(open_file(filepath.into()))
-          },
-          _ => {
-            println!("Something went wrong checking your gemini server");
-            println!("Error: {:?}", out2);
-            Ok(())
-          }
         }
+    }
+
 }
 
 fn match_single_arg(args: &Vec<String>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
   match args[1].as_str() {
-        "write" => write(),
+        "write" => write(args),
         "settings" => settings(),
         "publish" => publish(),
         "sync" => sync(args),
@@ -338,7 +365,13 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>{
     match &args.len() {
         1 => Ok(help()),
         2 => match_single_arg(&args),
-        3 | 4  => sync(&args),
+        3 | 4  => {
+            match args[1].as_str() {
+                "sync" => sync(&args),
+                "write" => write(&args),
+                &_ => Ok(help())
+            }
+        },
         _ => Ok(help())
     }
 }