diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0a56e3f..ab2e9f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /doc/tags
+__pycache__
diff --git a/autoload/mbnotes.vim b/autoload/mbnotes.vim
index 45a4904..ab4bf44 100644
--- a/autoload/mbnotes.vim
+++ b/autoload/mbnotes.vim
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export def BeforeNoteSave()
     var daily_path = g:mbnotes_dir .. "/daily"
 
     # Don't touch daily notes
-    if daily_path != full_path[0 : len(daily_path) - 1]
+    if g:mbnotes_rename_on_save && daily_path != full_path[0 : len(daily_path) - 1]
         var base = expand('%:t')
         var date = base[0 : 9]
 
diff --git a/doc/mbnotes.txt b/doc/mbnotes.txt
index e96baae..137edf6 100644
--- a/doc/mbnotes.txt
+++ b/doc/mbnotes.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ If none of the above are defined, and this variable is not set explicitly, then
 the render commands (e.g. |:MBNotesRenderPDF|) will not open the output file
 after rendering.
 
+g:mbnotes_rename_on_save                          *g:mbnotes_rename_on_save*
+
+This plugin will attempt to intelligently rename a note based on its title,
+which is the first H1 that it finds in the document. Disable this behaviour by
+setting this variable to false >vim
+
+    let g:mbnotes_rename_on_save = 0
+
 ==============================================================================
 4. Commands                                               *mbnotes-commands*
 
diff --git a/plugin/mbnotes.vim b/plugin/mbnotes.vim
index 27662fe..ea1658d 100644
--- a/plugin/mbnotes.vim
+++ b/plugin/mbnotes.vim
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ if !exists("g:mbnotes_date_format_long")
     g:mbnotes_date_format_long = "%A, %-e %B %Y"
 endif
 
+if !exists("g:mbnotes_rename_on_save")
+    g:mbnotes_rename_on_save = 1
+endif
+
 import autoload 'mbnotes.vim'
 
 augroup MBNotes
diff --git a/python3/__pycache__/mbnotes.cpython-313.pyc b/python3/__pycache__/mbnotes.cpython-313.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index c20436d..0000000
Binary files a/python3/__pycache__/mbnotes.cpython-313.pyc and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/python3/mbnotes.py b/python3/mbnotes.py
index 709ce10..4ae196d 100644
--- a/python3/mbnotes.py
+++ b/python3/mbnotes.py
@@ -27,6 +27,4 @@ def generate_daily_note(date_offset = 0):
     date_format = vim.eval("g:mbnotes_date_format_long")
     date = date.strftime(date_format)
 
-    author = vim.eval("g:mbnotes_author")
-
-    return daily_template.substitute(date=date, author=author)
+    return daily_template.substitute(date=date)