diff --git a/web/cm_plugins/link.ts b/web/cm_plugins/link.ts
index 08027c7..ee351c7 100644
--- a/web/cm_plugins/link.ts
+++ b/web/cm_plugins/link.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ export function linkPlugin(editor: Editor) {
             if (isCursorInRange(view.state, [from, to])) {
               return;
             }
+
+            const text = view.state.sliceDoc(from, to);
+            // Links are of the form [hell](https://example.com)
+            const [anchorPart, linkPart] = text.split("]("); // Not pretty
+            if (!linkPart) {
+              // Invalid link
+              return;
+            }
+            const cleanAnchor = anchorPart.substring(1); // cut off the initial [
+            const cleanLink = linkPart.substring(0, linkPart.length - 1); // cut off the final )
+
             // Hide the whole thing
             widgets.push(
               invisibleDecoration.range(
@@ -42,12 +53,6 @@ export function linkPlugin(editor: Editor) {
               ),
             );
 
-            const text = view.state.sliceDoc(from, to);
-            // Links are of the form [hell](https://example.com)
-            const [anchorPart, linkPart] = text.split("]("); // Not pretty
-            const cleanAnchor = anchorPart.substring(1); // cut off the initial [
-            const cleanLink = linkPart.substring(0, linkPart.length - 1); // cut off the final )
-
             widgets.push(
               Decoration.widget({
                 widget: new LinkWidget(
diff --git a/web/editor.tsx b/web/editor.tsx
index 65a9779..8eb557a 100644
--- a/web/editor.tsx
+++ b/web/editor.tsx
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ export class Editor {
         let initialCursorPos = 0;
         const match = frontMatterRegex.exec(pageText);
         if (match) {
-          // Frotnmatter found, put cursor after it
-          initialCursorPos = match[0].length;
+          // Frontmatter found, put cursor after it
+          initialCursorPos = match[0].length + 1;
         }
         // By default scroll to the top
         this.editorView.scrollDOM.scrollTop = 0;