diff --git a/src/routes/api/note_map.js b/src/routes/api/note_map.js
index 4ef64a399..d0b2c1254 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/note_map.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/note_map.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function getNeighbors(note, depth) {
 
         const targetNote = relation.getTargetNote();
 
-        if (!targetNote || targetNote.hasLabel('excludeFromNoteMap')) {
+        if (!targetNote || targetNote.isLabelTruthy('excludeFromNoteMap')) {
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function getNeighbors(note, depth) {
 
         const sourceNote = relation.getNote();
 
-        if (!sourceNote || sourceNote.hasLabel('excludeFromNoteMap')) {
+        if (!sourceNote || sourceNote.isLabelTruthy('excludeFromNoteMap')) {
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function getLinkMap(req) {
     const mapRootNote = becca.getNote(req.params.noteId);
     // if the map root itself has exclude attribute (journal typically) then there wouldn't be anything to display, so
     // we'll just ignore it
-    const ignoreExcludeFromNoteMap = mapRootNote.hasLabel('excludeFromNoteMap');
+    const ignoreExcludeFromNoteMap = mapRootNote.isLabelTruthy('excludeFromNoteMap');
     let unfilteredNotes;
 
     if (mapRootNote.type === 'search') {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function getLinkMap(req) {
 
     const noteIds = new Set(
         unfilteredNotes
-            .filter(note => ignoreExcludeFromNoteMap || !note.hasLabel('excludeFromNoteMap'))
+            .filter(note => ignoreExcludeFromNoteMap || !note.isLabelTruthy('excludeFromNoteMap'))
             .map(note => note.noteId)
     );
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ function getTreeMap(req) {
     const mapRootNote = becca.getNote(req.params.noteId);
     // if the map root itself has ignore (journal typically) then there wouldn't be anything to display, so
     // we'll just ignore it
-    const ignoreExcludeFromNoteMap = mapRootNote.hasLabel('excludeFromNoteMap');
+    const ignoreExcludeFromNoteMap = mapRootNote.isLabelTruthy('excludeFromNoteMap');
     const subtree = mapRootNote.getSubtree({
         includeArchived: false,
         resolveSearch: true,
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function getTreeMap(req) {
     });
 
     const notes = subtree.notes
-        .filter(note => ignoreExcludeFromNoteMap || !note.hasLabel('excludeFromNoteMap'))
+        .filter(note => ignoreExcludeFromNoteMap || !note.isLabelTruthy('excludeFromNoteMap'))
         .filter(note => {
             if (note.type !== 'image' || note.getChildNotes().length > 0) {
                 return true;