diff --git a/src/SettingsTab.ts b/src/SettingsTab.ts
index 5b49704..262f325 100644
--- a/src/SettingsTab.ts
+++ b/src/SettingsTab.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class JekyllPublishSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     new Setting(containerEl).setName("Branch")
       .addText((t) => t.setValue(s.branch).onChange((v) => { s.branch = v; save(); }));
     new Setting(containerEl).setName("Posts directory")
-      .addText((t) => t.setValue(s.postsDir).onChange((v) => { s.postsDir = v; save(); }));
+      .addText((t) => t.setValue(s.defaultPublishDir).onChange((v) => { s.defaultPublishDir = v; save(); }));
     new Setting(containerEl).setName("Images directory")
       .addText((t) => t.setValue(s.imagesDir).onChange((v) => { s.imagesDir = v; save(); }));
     new Setting(containerEl).setName("Default image strategy")
diff --git a/src/publish.ts b/src/publish.ts
index 8d655a8..17a09c3 100644
--- a/src/publish.ts
+++ b/src/publish.ts
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ export async function publish(
   });
 
   const postText = buildPost({ frontmatterPairs: input.frontmatterPairs, body: rewrittenBody });
-  const postPath = `${settings.postsDir}/${postFilename({ date: input.date, slug: input.slug })}`;
+  const notePath = `${settings.defaultPublishDir}/${postFilename({ date: input.date, slug: input.slug })}`;
 
-  const files: GitFile[] = [{ repoPath: postPath, data: postText }];
+  const files: GitFile[] = [{ repoPath: notePath, data: postText }];
   for (const item of plan) {
     const r = resolved.find((x) => x.linktext === item.linktext)!;
     files.push({ repoPath: item.repoPath, data: r.data });
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ export async function publish(
     authorEmail: settings.authorEmail || undefined,
   });
 
-  return { postPath, imageCount: plan.length, unresolved };
+  return { postPath: notePath, imageCount: plan.length, unresolved };
 }
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 96c296f..241c456 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Pair } from "./frontmatter";
 export interface JekyllPublishSettings {
   remoteUrl: string;
   branch: string;
-  postsDir: string;
+  defaultPublishDir: string;
   imagesDir: string;
   defaultImageStrategy: Strategy;
   presetFrontmatter: Pair[];
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface JekyllPublishSettings {
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: JekyllPublishSettings = {
   remoteUrl: "",
   branch: "main",
-  postsDir: "_posts",
+  defaultPublishDir: "_posts",
   imagesDir: "assets/img",
   defaultImageStrategy: "flat-slug",
   presetFrontmatter: [],
diff --git a/src/slug.test.ts b/src/slug.test.ts
index 06717f4..d5f3101 100644
--- a/src/slug.test.ts
+++ b/src/slug.test.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@ describe("postFilename", () => {
   test("joins date and slug", () => {
     expect(postFilename({ date: "2026-06-19", slug: "hello" })).toBe("2026-06-19-hello.md");
   });
+
+  test("renders correctly without date", () => {
+    expect(postFilename({ slug: "hello-without-date" })).toBe("hello-without-date.md");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/slug.ts b/src/slug.ts
index 670813a..dd53464 100644
--- a/src/slug.ts
+++ b/src/slug.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ function fmt(d: Date): string {
   return `${d.getUTCFullYear()}-${p(d.getUTCMonth() + 1)}-${p(d.getUTCDate())}`;
 }
 
-export function postFilename(o: { date: string; slug: string }): string {
-  return `${o.date}-${o.slug}.md`;
+export function postFilename(o: { date?: string; slug: string }): string {
+  if (o.date) {
+    return `${o.date}-${o.slug}.md`;
+  }
+  return `${o.slug}.md`;
 }