diff --git a/client/components/new-post/description/index.tsx b/client/components/new-post/description/index.tsx
index bf4983f7..e4a05a11 100644
--- a/client/components/new-post/description/index.tsx
+++ b/client/components/new-post/description/index.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const Description = ({ onChange, description }: props) => {
 				label="Description"
 				maxLength={256}
 				width="100%"
+				placeholder="A short description of your post"
 			/>
 		</div>
 	)
diff --git a/client/components/new-post/index.tsx b/client/components/new-post/index.tsx
index 8171d17a..8814c12c 100644
--- a/client/components/new-post/index.tsx
+++ b/client/components/new-post/index.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import {
 	Button,
 	useToasts,
 	ButtonDropdown,
-	Toggle,
 	Input,
-	useClickAway
 } from "@geist-ui/core"
 import { useRouter } from "next/router"
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react"
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ import type {
 	Document as DocumentType
 } from "@lib/types"
 import PasswordModal from "./password-modal"
-import getPostPath from "@lib/get-post-path"
 import EditDocumentList from "@components/edit-document-list"
 import { ChangeEvent } from "react"
 import DatePicker from "react-datepicker"
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ const Post = ({
 
 			if (res.ok) {
 				const json = await res.json()
-				router.push(getPostPath(json.visibility, json.id))
+				router.push(`/post/${json.id}`)
 			} else {
 				const json = await res.json()
 				setToast({
diff --git a/client/components/post-list/list-item.tsx b/client/components/post-list/list-item.tsx
index 3127046d..ccd94275 100644
--- a/client/components/post-list/list-item.tsx
+++ b/client/components/post-list/list-item.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import NextLink from "next/link"
 import VisibilityBadge from "../badges/visibility-badge"
-import getPostPath from "@lib/get-post-path"
 import {
 	Link,
 	Text,
@@ -36,6 +35,10 @@ const ListItem = ({
 		router.push(`/new/from/${post.id}`)
 	}
 
+	const viewParentClick = () => {
+		router.push(`/post/${post.parent?.id}`)
+	}
+
 	return (
 		<FadeIn>
 			<li key={post.id}>
@@ -44,7 +47,8 @@ const ListItem = ({
 						<Text h3 className={styles.title}>
 							<NextLink
 								passHref={true}
-								href={getPostPath(post.visibility, post.id)}
+								href={`/post/[id]`}
+								as={`/post/${post.id}`}
 							>
 								<Link color marginRight={"var(--gap)"}>
 									{post.title}
@@ -57,14 +61,7 @@ const ListItem = ({
 											<Button
 												auto
 												icon={<Parent />}
-												onClick={() =>
-													router.push(
-														getPostPath(
-															post.parent!.visibility,
-															post.parent!.id
-														)
-													)
-												}
+												onClick={viewParentClick}
 											/>
 										</Tooltip>
 									)}
@@ -102,9 +99,7 @@ const ListItem = ({
 								<div key={file.id}>
 									<Link
 										color
-										href={`${getPostPath(post.visibility, post.id)}#${
-											file.title
-										}`}
+										href={`/post/${post.id}#${file.title}`}
 									>
 										{file.title || "Untitled file"}
 									</Link>
diff --git a/client/components/post-page/index.tsx b/client/components/post-page/index.tsx
index 7496b09f..0d6ee01d 100644
--- a/client/components/post-page/index.tsx
+++ b/client/components/post-page/index.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { useRouter } from "next/router"
 import ExpirationBadge from "@components/badges/expiration-badge"
 import CreatedAgoBadge from "@components/badges/created-ago-badge"
 import Cookies from "js-cookie"
-import getPostPath from "@lib/get-post-path"
 import PasswordModalPage from "./password-modal-wrapper"
 import VisibilityControl from "@components/badges/visibility-control"
 
@@ -86,6 +85,12 @@ const PostPage = ({ post: initialPost, isProtected }: Props) => {
 		router.push(`/new/from/${post.id}`)
 	}
 
+	const viewParentClick = () => {
+		router.push(
+			`/post/${post.parent!.id}`
+		)
+	}
+
 	if (isLoading) {
 		return <></>
 	}
@@ -122,11 +127,7 @@ const PostPage = ({ post: initialPost, isProtected }: Props) => {
 								<Button
 									auto
 									icon={<Parent />}
-									onClick={() =>
-										router.push(
-											getPostPath(post.parent!.visibility, post.parent!.id)
-										)
-									}
+									onClick={viewParentClick}
 								>
 									View Parent
 								</Button>
diff --git a/client/lib/get-post-path.ts b/client/lib/get-post-path.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7950e517..00000000
--- a/client/lib/get-post-path.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import type { PostVisibility } from "./types"
-
-export default function getPostPath(visibility: PostVisibility, id: string) {
-	switch (visibility) {
-		case "private":
-		// return `/post/private/${id}`
-		case "protected":
-		// return `/post/protected/${id}`
-		case "unlisted":
-		case "public":
-			return `/post/${id}`
-		default:
-			console.error(`Unknown visibility: ${visibility}`)
-			return `/post/${id}`
-	}
-}
diff --git a/client/pages/post/[id].tsx b/client/pages/post/[id].tsx
index 4366f4e4..10531bac 100644
--- a/client/pages/post/[id].tsx
+++ b/client/pages/post/[id].tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { GetServerSideProps, GetStaticPaths, GetStaticProps } from "next"
+import type { GetServerSideProps } from "next"
 
 import type { Post } from "@lib/types"
 import PostPage from "@components/post-page"
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async ({
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	return {
 		props: {
-			post: json
+			post: json,
+			key: params?.id
 		}
 	}
 }