diff --git a/broker.go b/broker.go
index f1fc0ef..0870184 100644
--- a/broker.go
+++ b/broker.go
@@ -198,12 +198,16 @@ func (b *broker) PostEntry(e *entry, isPage bool) error {
 	return b.Store(newEntry, b.LocalPath(newEntry), "")
 }
 
-func (b *broker) RemoveEntry(e *entry, p string) error {
+func (b *broker) RemoveEntry(e *entry) error {
 	err := b.Client.DeleteEntry(e.EditURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return os.Remove(p)
+	p := b.LocalPath(e)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(p); err == nil {
+		return os.Remove(p)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func atomEndpointURLRoot(bc *blogConfig) string {
diff --git a/entry.go b/entry.go
index 1e65504..4163534 100644
--- a/entry.go
+++ b/entry.go
@@ -227,6 +227,21 @@ func entryFromReader(source io.Reader) (*entry, error) {
 	return entry, nil
 }
 
+func entryFromFile(fpath string) (*entry, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(fpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	e, err := entryFromReader(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	e.localPath = fpath
+	return e, nil
+}
+
 func asEntry(atomEntry *atom.Entry, err error) (*entry, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 16d58f2..43900f6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -231,14 +231,7 @@ var commandPush = &cli.Command{
 					return err
 				}
 			}
-
-			f, err := os.Open(path)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			defer f.Close()
-
-			entry, err := entryFromReader(f)
+			entry, err := entryFromFile(path)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -248,7 +241,6 @@ var commandPush = &cli.Command{
 				ti := time.Now()
 				entry.LastModified = &ti
 			}
-			entry.localPath = path
 
 			if entry.EditURL == "" {
 				// post new entry
@@ -406,13 +398,7 @@ var commandRemove = &cli.Command{
 		}
 
 		for _, path := range c.Args().Slice() {
-			f, err := os.Open(path)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			defer f.Close()
-
-			entry, err := entryFromReader(f)
+			entry, err := entryFromFile(path)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -427,7 +413,7 @@ var commandRemove = &cli.Command{
 				return fmt.Errorf("cannot find blog for %s", path)
 			}
 
-			err = newBroker(bc, c.App.Writer).RemoveEntry(entry, path)
+			err = newBroker(bc, c.App.Writer).RemoveEntry(entry)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}