diff --git a/routes/api/notes_move.js b/routes/api/notes_move.js
index 7559107b0..5bb76d1fc 100644
--- a/routes/api/notes_move.js
+++ b/routes/api/notes_move.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ router.put('/:noteTreeId/move-before/:beforeNoteTreeId', async (req, res, next)
     if (beforeNote) {
         await sql.doInTransaction(async () => {
             // we don't change date_modified so other changes are prioritized in case of conflict
+            // also we would have to sync all those modified note trees otherwise hash checks would fail
             await sql.execute("UPDATE notes_tree SET note_pos = note_pos + 1 WHERE note_pid = ? AND note_pos >= ? AND is_deleted = 0",
                 [beforeNote.note_pid, beforeNote.note_pos]);
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ router.put('/:noteTreeId/move-after/:afterNoteTreeId', async (req, res, next) =>
     if (afterNote) {
         await sql.doInTransaction(async () => {
             // we don't change date_modified so other changes are prioritized in case of conflict
+            // also we would have to sync all those modified note trees otherwise hash checks would fail
             await sql.execute("UPDATE notes_tree SET note_pos = note_pos + 1 WHERE note_pid = ? AND note_pos > ? AND is_deleted = 0",
                 [afterNote.note_pid, afterNote.note_pos]);
 
@@ -123,10 +125,10 @@ router.put('/:childNoteId/clone-to/:parentNoteId', auth.checkApiAuth, async (req
         await sql.replace("notes_tree", noteTree);
 
         await sync_table.addNoteTreeSync(noteTree.note_tree_id, sourceId);
+    });
 
-        res.send({
-            success: true
-        });
+    res.send({
+        success: true
     });
 });
 
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ router.put('/:noteId/clone-after/:afterNoteTreeId', async (req, res, next) => {
 
     await sql.doInTransaction(async () => {
         // we don't change date_modified so other changes are prioritized in case of conflict
+        // also we would have to sync all those modified note trees otherwise hash checks would fail
         await sql.execute("UPDATE notes_tree SET note_pos = note_pos + 1 WHERE note_pid = ? AND note_pos > ? AND is_deleted = 0",
             [afterNote.note_pid, afterNote.note_pos]);
 
@@ -177,10 +180,10 @@ router.put('/:noteId/clone-after/:afterNoteTreeId', async (req, res, next) => {
         await sql.replace("notes_tree", noteTree);
 
         await sync_table.addNoteTreeSync(noteTree.note_tree_id, sourceId);
+    });
 
-        res.send({
-            success: true
-        });
+    res.send({
+        success: true
     });
 });
 
diff --git a/services/build.js b/services/build.js
index 6e95d8ecc..13a6403c2 100644
--- a/services/build.js
+++ b/services/build.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-module.exports = { build_date:"2017-12-17T16:57:13-05:00", build_revision: "125012cba779086e526fa763cb0bfde59451fda6" };
+module.exports = { build_date:"2017-12-18T00:01:16-05:00", build_revision: "f96e38fd13152eee4700ead265c5b255b8e6853e" };
diff --git a/services/notes.js b/services/notes.js
index dad86dca3..bd6d1a229 100644
--- a/services/notes.js
+++ b/services/notes.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ async function createNewNote(parentNoteId, note, sourceId) {
 
             newNotePos = afterNote.note_pos + 1;
 
-            await sql.execute('UPDATE notes_tree SET note_pos = note_pos + 1, date_modified = ? WHERE note_pid = ? AND note_pos > ? AND is_deleted = 0',
+            // not updating date_modified to avoig having to sync whole rows
+            await sql.execute('UPDATE notes_tree SET note_pos = note_pos + 1 WHERE note_pid = ? AND note_pos > ? AND is_deleted = 0',
                 [utils.nowDate(), parentNoteId, afterNote.note_pos]);
 
             await sync_table.addNoteReorderingSync(parentNoteId, sourceId);