diff --git a/.config/shell/bin/ted b/.config/shell/bin/ted
index 7235fc1..4b248d2 100755
--- a/.config/shell/bin/ted
+++ b/.config/shell/bin/ted
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016
 
 set -eu
+shopt -s nullglob  # prevent ./foo.* from erroring if there are no results
 
 pname="${0##*/}"
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ backup_git() {
       # Add new files and commit them
       git add "$1"
       git commit -m "ted-backup: add $dirname"
+      git push
    fi
 }
 
@@ -61,17 +63,22 @@ case "${1:-}" in
    -h|--help) usage; exit;;
 esac
 
-filename="$1"; shift
-dirname="${filename%%.*}"
 tests_dir="${XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR:-"$HOME"/Documents}/code-tests"
-date="$(date +%F)"
-
-tempdir_arr=("$tests_dir/"*"$dirname")
-tempdir="${tempdir_arr[0]:-"$tests_dir/$date-$dirname"}"
+tempdir="$tests_dir"
 mkdir -p "$tempdir"
+ed_args=()
+if [ "$1" != -- ]; then
+   filename="$1"; shift
+   dirname="${filename%%.*}"
+   date="$(date +%F)"
+
+   tempdir_arr=("$tests_dir/"*"$dirname")
+   tempdir="${tempdir_arr[0]:-"$tests_dir/$date-$dirname"}"
+
+   # build an argument list for the editor
+   ed_args=("$filename")
+fi
 
-# build an argument list for the editor
-ed_args=("$filename")
 cmds=("$SHELL")
 for a;do
    shift
@@ -85,8 +92,10 @@ done
 
 cd "$tempdir"
 
-# launch editor
-ed "${ed_args[@]}"
+if [ "${#ed_args[@]}" != 0 ]; then
+   # launch editor
+   ed "${ed_args[@]}"
+fi
 
 # launch the command
 if [ "${#cmds}" != 0 ]; then