diff --git a/bot/commands/journal.py b/bot/commands/journal.py
index 242b7f0..482988e 100644
--- a/bot/commands/journal.py
+++ b/bot/commands/journal.py
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import datetime
 import os
 from telegram.ext import ConversationHandler, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, filters, CallbackQueryHandler
 from telegram import InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup
-ACTION_CHOICE, DATE_ENTRY, ADD_CONTENT = range(3)
+from telegram.constants import ParseMode
+
+
+ENTRY_OPTIONS, CONTENT_ENTRY = range(2)
+BUTTON_COUNT = 5
+
 
 from .basehandler import BaseHandler
 
@@ -13,17 +18,15 @@ class JournalHandler(BaseHandler):
         self.handler = ConversationHandler(
             entry_points=[CommandHandler(entry_string, self.entry_point)],
             states={
-                ACTION_CHOICE: [
-                    CallbackQueryHandler(self.date_choice, pattern="today|yesterday"),
-                    CallbackQueryHandler(self.date_custom, pattern="custom"),
-                    CallbackQueryHandler(self.option_delete, pattern="delete")
-                    ],
-                DATE_ENTRY: [
+                ENTRY_OPTIONS: [
+                    CallbackQueryHandler(self.date_button, pattern=r"^\d{8}$"), # a serialized date
+                    CallbackQueryHandler(self.date_custom, pattern=r"^\d{1,3}$"), # a ~ small delta
+                    CallbackQueryHandler(self.option_delete, pattern="delete"),
                     MessageHandler(filters.ALL, self.date_entry),
                     ],
-                ADD_CONTENT: [
+                CONTENT_ENTRY: [
                     MessageHandler(filters.ALL, self.content_save),
-                    ]
+                    ],
             },
             fallbacks=[],
         )
@@ -37,30 +40,31 @@ class JournalHandler(BaseHandler):
             await update.message.reply_text("You are not authorized to use this bot")
             return ConversationHandler.END
 
+        dates = [(datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days = i)).date() for i in range(BUTTON_COUNT)][::-1]
+        names = [d.strftime("%d.%m.") for d in dates]
+        callbacks = [d.strftime("%d%m%Y") for d in dates]
+        names[-1] = "Today"
+        names[-2] = "Yesterday"
 
-        options = [[
-                InlineKeyboardButton("Today", callback_data="today"),
-                InlineKeyboardButton("Yesterday", callback_data="yesterday"),
-                InlineKeyboardButton("Custom date", callback_data="custom"),
+        options = [
+            [
+                InlineKeyboardButton("<<", callback_data=BUTTON_COUNT)
+                ] + [
+                InlineKeyboardButton(n, callback_data=c) for n,c in zip(names, callbacks)
             ],
             [
                 InlineKeyboardButton("Delete", callback_data="delete")
             ]
         ]
         keyboard = InlineKeyboardMarkup(options)
-        await update.message.reply_text("Please choose an option for the entry:", reply_markup=keyboard)
-        return ACTION_CHOICE
+        await update.message.reply_text("Please choose a date \(or type it in the format _DDMMYYYY_\)", reply_markup=keyboard, parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2)
+        return ENTRY_OPTIONS
 
 
-    async def date_choice(self, update, context):
+    async def date_button(self, update, context):
         query = update.callback_query
         await query.answer()
-        if query.data == "today":
-            date = datetime.datetime.now().date()
-        elif query.data == "yesterday":
-            date = datetime.datetime.now().date() - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("Invalid date choice")
+        date = datetime.datetime.strptime(query.data, "%d%m%Y").date()
 
         with self.models.db:
             self.current_model, new = self.models.JournalEntry.get_or_create(
@@ -75,15 +79,34 @@ class JournalHandler(BaseHandler):
             await query.edit_message_text(text="An entry already exists for this date")
             return ConversationHandler.END
         
-        return ADD_CONTENT
+        return CONTENT_ENTRY
 
 
     async def date_custom(self, update, context):
         query = update.callback_query
         await query.answer()
-        await query.edit_message_text(text="Please enter the date in the format DDMMYYYY")
-        return DATE_ENTRY
+        delta = int(query.data)
 
+        dates = [(datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days = i + delta)).date() for i in range(BUTTON_COUNT - 1)][::-1]
+        names = [d.strftime("%d.%m.") for d in dates]
+        callbacks = [d.strftime("%d%m%Y") for d in dates]
+
+        options = [
+            [
+                InlineKeyboardButton("<<", callback_data=delta + (BUTTON_COUNT - 1))
+                ] + [
+                InlineKeyboardButton(n, callback_data=c) for n,c in zip(names, callbacks)
+                ] + [
+                InlineKeyboardButton(">>", callback_data=delta - (BUTTON_COUNT - 1))
+            ],
+            [
+                InlineKeyboardButton("Delete", callback_data="delete")
+            ]
+        ]
+        keyboard = InlineKeyboardMarkup(options)
+        await query.edit_message_text("Please choose a date \(or type it in the format _DDMMYYYY_\)", parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2)
+
+        return ENTRY_OPTIONS
 
     async def date_entry(self, update, context):
         date = update.message.text
@@ -91,8 +114,8 @@ class JournalHandler(BaseHandler):
         try:
             date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%d%m%Y").date()
         except ValueError:
-            await update.message.reply_text("Please enter the date in the format DDMMYYYY")
-            return DATE_ENTRY
+            await update.message.reply_text("Please enter the date in the format _DDMMYYYY_", parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2)
+            return ENTRY_OPTIONS
         
         if context.chat_data.get("delete", False): # if not set, delete was not chosen
             with self.models.db:
@@ -118,7 +141,7 @@ class JournalHandler(BaseHandler):
                 await update.message.reply_text(
                     text=f"Journal entry no. {count}. What happened on {self.current_model.date_pretty}?"
                 )
-                return ADD_CONTENT
+                return CONTENT_ENTRY
 
 
     async def content_save(self, update, context):
@@ -148,9 +171,9 @@ class JournalHandler(BaseHandler):
     async def option_delete(self, update, context):
         query = update.callback_query
         await query.answer()
-        await query.edit_message_text(text="Please enter the date in the format DDMMYYYY")
+        await query.edit_message_text(text="Please enter the date in the format _DDMMYYYY_", parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2)
         context.chat_data["delete"] = True
-        return DATE_ENTRY
+        return ENTRY_OPTIONS
 
 
     async def delete_entry(self, update, context):