diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58ceee9..3908d8c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.5.1 (unreleased)
+
+- Fix deleting markdown file in `zola serve`
+
+
 ## 0.5.0 (2018-11-17)
 
 ### Breaking
diff --git a/components/library/src/content/page.rs b/components/library/src/content/page.rs
index 122df16..96fe524 100644
--- a/components/library/src/content/page.rs
+++ b/components/library/src/content/page.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use content::ser::SerializingPage;
 
 lazy_static! {
     // Check whether a string starts with yyyy-mm-dd{-,_}
-    static ref DATE_IN_FILENAME: Regex = Regex::new(r"^^([12]\d{3}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01]))(_|-)").unwrap();
+    static ref DATE_IN_FILENAME: Regex = Regex::new(r"^([12]\d{3}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01]))(_|-)").unwrap();
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
diff --git a/components/rebuild/src/lib.rs b/components/rebuild/src/lib.rs
index 454e2c5..dad6ede 100644
--- a/components/rebuild/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/rebuild/src/lib.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ pub fn after_content_change(site: &mut Site, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
     if is_md {
         // only delete if it was able to be added in the first place
         if !index.exists() && !path.exists() {
-            delete_element(site, path, is_section)?;
+            return delete_element(site, path, is_section);
         }
 
         // Added another .md in a assets directory