diff --git a/src/cli/error.rs b/src/cli/error.rs
index b740d7d..c625dbe 100644
--- a/src/cli/error.rs
+++ b/src/cli/error.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     NoSuchLog(NaiveDate),
     #[error("Not a task")]
     NotATask(Vec<usize>),
-    #[error("Error editing log for {date}: {error}")]
-    EditingLog { date: NaiveDate, error: io::Error },
+    #[error("Error editing: {0}")]
+    EditingIo(io::Error),
 }
 
 pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ where
                     eprintln!("{} are not tasks.", ns.join(", "));
                 }
             }
-            Error::EditingLog { date, error } => {
-                eprintln!("Error editing log for {}", date);
-                eprintln!("  {}", error);
+            Error::EditingIo(error) => {
+                eprintln!("Error while editing:");
+                eprintln!("  {error}");
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/cli/log.rs b/src/cli/log.rs
index 2e4f150..3703cef 100644
--- a/src/cli/log.rs
+++ b/src/cli/log.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use chrono::NaiveDate;
 use crate::files::Files;
 
 use super::error::Error;
+use super::util;
 
 pub fn log(files: &mut Files, date: NaiveDate) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let desc = files
@@ -10,10 +11,7 @@ pub fn log(files: &mut Files, date: NaiveDate) -> Result<(), Error> {
         .map(|log| log.value.desc.join("\n"))
         .unwrap_or_default();
 
-    let mut builder = edit::Builder::new();
-    builder.suffix(".md");
-    let edited = edit::edit_with_builder(desc, &builder)
-        .map_err(|error| Error::EditingLog { date, error })?;
+    let edited = util::edit_with_suffix(&desc, ".md")?;
 
     let edited = edited
         .lines()
diff --git a/src/cli/util.rs b/src/cli/util.rs
index bad291a..5d1c3d5 100644
--- a/src/cli/util.rs
+++ b/src/cli/util.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use colored::{ColoredString, Colorize};
 
+use super::error::{Error, Result};
 use super::layout::line::LineKind;
 
 pub fn display_kind(kind: LineKind) -> ColoredString {
@@ -11,3 +12,13 @@ pub fn display_kind(kind: LineKind) -> ColoredString {
         LineKind::Birthday => "B".yellow().bold(),
     }
 }
+
+pub fn edit(input: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    edit::edit(input).map_err(Error::EditingIo)
+}
+
+pub fn edit_with_suffix(input: &str, suffix: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    let mut builder = edit::Builder::new();
+    builder.suffix(suffix);
+    edit::edit_with_builder(input, &builder).map_err(Error::EditingIo)
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5d5922f..c55f748 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #![warn(clippy::all)]
 #![warn(clippy::use_self)]
 
+// TODO Switch to new format syntax project-wide
+
 mod cli;
 mod error;
 mod eval;