diff --git a/epub.php b/epub.php
index f1518fe..5c2b919 100644
--- a/epub.php
+++ b/epub.php
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 
 	function add_mp_article($url, $context, $epub)
 	{
+		if (isset($_POST['mptoday']) && $_POST['mptoday'] && !str_contains($url, (new DateTime('today'))->format('dmy')))
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
 		$article = file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
 		$doc = new DOMDocument();
 		$doc->loadHTML($article);
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@
 
 		$title = $finder->query('//h1')->item(0)->textContent;
 		$author = $finder->query('//a[contains(@href, "biographie")]')->item(0)->textContent;
-		$date = $finder->query('//time')->item(1)->textContent;
+		$date = trim($finder->query('//time')->item(1)->textContent);
 		$summary = $finder->query('//p[contains(@class, "news__heading__top__intro")]')->item(0)->textContent;
 
 		// strip images
@@ -607,7 +612,7 @@
 	<input id="forcempcookies" name="forcempcookies" type="checkbox">
 	<label for="forcempcookies">Force cookies</label>
 	<br>
-	<input id="mptoday" name="mptoday" type="checkbox" disabled>
+	<input id="mptoday" name="mptoday" type="checkbox">
 	<label for="mptoday">Today only</label>
 	<br>