diff --git a/ui/stash.go b/ui/stash.go
index 9dba650..9ea5876 100644
--- a/ui/stash.go
+++ b/ui/stash.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const (
 type markdown struct {
 	markdownType markdownType
 	localPath    string // only relevant to local files and converted files that are newly stashed
+	displayPath  string // what we show in the note field
 	charm.Markdown
 }
 
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ func stashUpdate(msg tea.Msg, m stashModel) (stashModel, tea.Cmd) {
 					// If document was stashed during this session, convert it
 					// back to a local file.
 					m.markdowns[i].markdownType = localMarkdown
+					m.markdowns[i].Note = m.markdowns[i].displayPath
 				} else {
 					// Delete optimistically and remove the stashed item
 					// before we've received a success response.
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index 7af03bd..52251c6 100644
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -585,15 +585,12 @@ func localFileToMarkdown(cwd string, res gitcha.SearchResult) *markdown {
 	md := &markdown{
 		markdownType: localMarkdown,
 		localPath:    res.Path,
+		displayPath:  strings.Replace(res.Path, cwd+"/", "", -1), // strip absolute path
 		Markdown:     charm.Markdown{},
 	}
 
-	// Strip absolute path
-	md.Markdown.Note = strings.Replace(res.Path, cwd+"/", "", -1)
-
-	// Get last modified time
-	t := res.Info.ModTime()
-	md.CreatedAt = t
+	md.Markdown.Note = md.displayPath
+	md.CreatedAt = res.Info.ModTime() // last modified time
 
 	return md
 }