diff --git a/incorporealcms/journal.py b/incorporealcms/journal.py
index 833e29d..32296fb 100644
--- a/incorporealcms/journal.py
+++ b/incorporealcms/journal.py
@@ -4,7 +4,20 @@ from flask import Blueprint
 bp = Blueprint('journal_views', __name__, url_prefix='/')
 
 
-@bp.route('/', defaults={'path': 'INDEX'})
+@bp.route('/', defaults={'path': 'index'})
 @bp.route('/<path:path>')
 def display_journal_entry(path):
     return path
+
+
+def journal_file_resolver(path):
+    """Manipulate the request path to find appropriate journal files.
+
+    * convert dir requests to index files
+
+    Worth noting, Flask already does stuff like convert '/foo/../../../bar' to
+    '/bar', so we don't need to take care around file access here.
+    """
+    if path.endswith('/'):
+        path = f'{path}index'
+    return path
diff --git a/tests/test_journal.py b/tests/test_journal.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fa1d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_journal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""Test journal views and helper methods."""
+from incorporealcms.journal import journal_file_resolver
+
+
+def test_journal_file_resolver_dir_to_index():
+    assert journal_file_resolver('/foo/') == '/foo/index'
+
+
+def test_journal_file_resolver_subdir_to_index():
+    assert journal_file_resolver('/foo/bar/') == '/foo/bar/index'
+
+
+def test_journal_file_resolver_other_requests_fine():
+    assert journal_file_resolver('/foo/baz') == '/foo/baz'