diff --git a/apps/client/src/services/note_create.ts b/apps/client/src/services/note_create.ts
index 52a4e71d4..a98857266 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/services/note_create.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/services/note_create.ts
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ import dateNoteService from "../services/date_notes.js";
  *
  * * Hierarchy of general to specific categories(hypernyms -> hyponyms):
  *
- * BaseCreateNoteSharedOpts
+ * * BaseCreateNoteSharedOpts
  * |
  * \-- BaseCreateNoteOpts
  *     |
  *     +-- CreateNoteAtUrlOpts
  *     |   +-- CreateNoteIntoURLOpts
- *     |   +-- CreateNoteBeforeURLOpts
- *     |   \-- CreateNoteAfterURLOpts
+ *     |   \-- CreateNoteSiblingURLOpts
+ *     |       +-- CreateNoteBeforeURLOpts
+ *     |       \-- CreateNoteAfterURLOpts
  *     |
  *     \-- CreateNoteIntoInboxURLOpts
  */
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ type BaseCreateNoteSharedOpts = {
     templateNoteId?: string;
     activate?: boolean;
     focus?: "title" | "content";
-    targetBranchId?: string;
     textEditor?: CKTextEditor;
 }
 
@@ -79,17 +79,16 @@ type CreateNoteAtUrlOpts = BaseCreateNoteOpts & {
     // `Url` means either parentNotePath or parentNoteId.
     // The vocabulary  is inspired by its loose semantics of getNoteIdFromUrl.
     parentNoteUrl: string;
+    /*
+     * targetBranchId disambiguates the position for cloned notes. This is a
+     * concern whenever we are given a note URL.
+     */
+    targetBranchId: string;
 }
 
 export type CreateNoteIntoURLOpts = CreateNoteAtUrlOpts;
 
-/*
- * targetBranchId disambiguates the position for cloned notes. This is only a
- * concern for siblings. The reason for that is specified in the backend.
- */
-type CreateNoteSiblingURLOpts = Omit<CreateNoteAtUrlOpts, "targetBranchId"> & {
-    targetBranchId: string;
-};
+type CreateNoteSiblingURLOpts = CreateNoteAtUrlOpts;
 export type CreateNoteBeforeURLOpts = CreateNoteSiblingURLOpts;
 export type CreateNoteAfterURLOpts = CreateNoteSiblingURLOpts;
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/context_menu.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/context_menu.ts
index 2898eb098..2de55e8f7 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/context_menu.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/context_menu.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import branches from "../../../services/branches.js";
 import Component from "../../../components/component.js";
 import NoteColorPicker from "../../../menus/custom-items/NoteColorPicker.jsx";
 import { RefObject } from "preact";
-import { CreateNoteTarget } from "../../../services/note_create.js";
+import { CreateNoteAfterURLOpts, CreateNoteBeforeURLOpts, CreateNoteTarget } from "../../../services/note_create.js";
 
 export function useContextMenu(parentNote: FNote, parentComponent: Component | null | undefined, tabulator: RefObject<Tabulator>): Partial<EventCallBackMethods> {
     const events: Partial<EventCallBackMethods> = {};
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export function showRowContextMenu(parentComponent: Component, e: MouseEvent, ro
                     customOpts: {
                         target: CreateNoteTarget.BeforeNoteURL,
                         targetBranchId: rowData.branchId,
-                    }
+                    } as CreateNoteBeforeURLOpts
                 })
             },
             {
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export function showRowContextMenu(parentComponent: Component, e: MouseEvent, ro
                         customOpts: {
                             target: CreateNoteTarget.AfterNoteURL,
                             targetBranchId: branchId,
-                        }
+                        } as CreateNoteAfterURLOpts
                     });
                 }
             },
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export function showRowContextMenu(parentComponent: Component, e: MouseEvent, ro
                     customOpts: {
                         target: CreateNoteTarget.AfterNoteURL,
                         targetBranchId: rowData.branchId,
-                    }
+                    } as CreateNoteAfterURLOpts
                 })
             },
             { kind: "separator" },