diff --git a/ui/stash.go b/ui/stash.go
index c3739b2..6e9d7fe 100644
--- a/ui/stash.go
+++ b/ui/stash.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/spinner"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textinput"
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/glow/v2/utils"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
 	"github.com/muesli/reflow/ansi"
@@ -860,7 +861,7 @@ func loadLocalMarkdown(md *markdown) tea.Cmd {
 			log.Debug("error reading local file", "error", err)
 			return errMsg{err}
 		}
-		md.Body = string(data)
+		md.Body = string(utils.RemoveFrontmatter(data))
 		return fetchedMarkdownMsg(md)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index 3537d3f..2b27a2e 100644
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func newModel(cfg Config, content string) tea.Model {
 		m.state = stateShowDocument
 		m.pager.currentDocument = markdown{
 			localPath: path,
+			Body:      content,
 			Note:      stripAbsolutePath(path, cwd),
 			Modtime:   info.ModTime(),
 		}