diff --git a/src/public/app/entities/note_short.js b/src/public/app/entities/note_short.js
index 03f39f630..1fa815344 100644
--- a/src/public/app/entities/note_short.js
+++ b/src/public/app/entities/note_short.js
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ class NoteShort {
         this.type = row.type;
         /** @param {string} content-type, e.g. "application/json" */
         this.mime = row.mime;
-        /** @param {boolean} */
-        this.isDeleted = !!row.isDeleted;
     }
 
     addParent(parentNoteId, branchId) {
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/tree.js b/src/public/app/services/tree.js
index f8d03e4db..c87798f8b 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/tree.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/tree.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async function resolveNotePathToSegments(notePath, hoistedNoteId = 'root', logEr
                 if (logErrors) {
                     const parent = froca.getNoteFromCache(parentNoteId);
 
-                    console.log(utils.now(), `Did not find parent ${parentNoteId} (${parent ? parent.title : 'n/a'}) for child ${childNoteId} (${child.title}), available parents: ${parents.map(p => `${p.noteId} (${p.title})`)}`);
+                    console.debug(utils.now(), `Did not find parent ${parentNoteId} (${parent ? parent.title : 'n/a'}) for child ${childNoteId} (${child.title}), available parents: ${parents.map(p => `${p.noteId} (${p.title})`)}. You can ignore this message as it is mostly harmless.`);
                 }
 
                 const someNotePath = getSomeNotePath(child, hoistedNoteId);
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/ws.js b/src/public/app/services/ws.js
index bec71d677..d94236036 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/ws.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/ws.js
@@ -219,8 +219,13 @@ async function processEntityChanges(entityChanges) {
         const note = froca.notes[ec.entityId];
 
         if (note) {
-            note.update(ec.entity);
-            loadResults.addNote(ec.entityId, ec.sourceId);
+            if (ec.entity.isDeleted) {
+                delete froca.notes[ec.entityId];
+            }
+            else {
+                note.update(ec.entity);
+                loadResults.addNote(ec.entityId, ec.sourceId);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/ws.js b/src/services/ws.js
index 0fbddf4bd..15c4cb750 100644
--- a/src/services/ws.js
+++ b/src/services/ws.js
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ function sendMessageToAllClients(message) {
 }
 
 function fillInAdditionalProperties(entityChange) {
+    // most of these could be filled by becca
+    // the exception is isDeleted - in that case becca doesn't contain such entity at all
+    // this would have to be handled separately
+
     // fill in some extra data needed by the frontend
     if (entityChange.entityName === 'attributes') {
         entityChange.entity = sql.getRow(`SELECT * FROM attributes WHERE attributeId = ?`, [entityChange.entityId]);