diff --git a/diary.go b/diary.go
index 4a63c8a..82fba13 100644
--- a/diary.go
+++ b/diary.go
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ type diaryHandler struct{}
 // page anchor (or to the year-file editor when ?edit is set).
 //
 //  1. `today` / `this-month` / `this-year` shortcuts resolve directly to a
-//     year+anchor target (or insert flow when today's section is missing).
+//     year+anchor target (never the editor, even when today's section does
+//     not exist yet).
 //  2. A virtual month URL (/diary/<root>/YYYY/MM/) redirects to
 //     /diary/<root>/YYYY/#YYYY-MM (or to ?edit&section=N when ?edit is set).
 //  3. A virtual day URL (/diary/<root>/YYYY/MM/DD/) redirects to
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func (d *diaryHandler) dateShortcutRedirect(root, fsPath, urlPath string) (strin
 
 	parentFS := filepath.Dir(fsPath)
 	parentURLPath := parentURL(urlPath)
-	_, diaryRootFS, diaryRootURL, ok := findDiaryContext(root, parentFS, parentURLPath)
+	_, _, diaryRootURL, ok := findDiaryContext(root, parentFS, parentURLPath)
 	if !ok {
 		return "", false
 	}
@@ -71,16 +72,7 @@ func (d *diaryHandler) dateShortcutRedirect(root, fsPath, urlPath string) (strin
 	switch base {
 	case "today":
 		dayHeading := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", year, month, day)
-		raw, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(diaryRootFS, year, "index.md"))
-		sections := splitSections(raw)
-		if _, found := findSectionIndex(sections, dayHeading); found {
-			return yearURL + "#" + dayHeading, true
-		}
-		// Missing day: route through the insert flow so today's section
-		// is spliced in at the right chronological position.
-		insertIdx := computeInsertIndex(sections, dayHeading)
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s?edit&insert_before=%d&heading=%s",
-			yearURL, insertIdx, url.QueryEscape(dayHeading)), true
+		return yearURL + "#" + dayHeading, true
 	case "this-month":
 		return yearURL + "#" + fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", year, month), true
 	case "this-year":