diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/services/tree.js b/src/public/javascripts/services/tree.js
index dbbaa84be..e938f188a 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/services/tree.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/services/tree.js
@@ -649,11 +649,9 @@ async function createNote(node, parentNoteId, target, extraOptions = {}) {
 
     const newNoteName = extraOptions.title || "new note";
 
-    const {note, branch} = await server.post('notes/' + parentNoteId + '/children', {
+    const {note, branch} = await server.post(`notes/${parentNoteId}/children?target=${target}&targetBranchId=${node.data.branchId}`, {
         title: newNoteName,
         content: extraOptions.content,
-        target: target,
-        target_branchId: node.data.branchId,
         isProtected: extraOptions.isProtected,
         type: extraOptions.type
     });
diff --git a/src/routes/api/notes.js b/src/routes/api/notes.js
index 210776074..330bf8182 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/notes.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/notes.js
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ async function createNote(req) {
     const params = Object.assign({}, req.body); // clone
     params.parentNoteId = req.params.parentNoteId;
 
-    const { note, branch } = await noteService.createNewNote(params);
+    const { target, targetBranchId } = req.query;
+
+    const { note, branch } = await noteService.createNewNoteWithTarget(target, targetBranchId, params);
 
     note.cssClass = (await note.getLabels("cssClass")).map(label => label.value).join(" ");
 
diff --git a/src/services/notes.js b/src/services/notes.js
index 4cd3e081d..7f2f89045 100644
--- a/src/services/notes.js
+++ b/src/services/notes.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async function copyChildAttributes(parentNote, childNote) {
  * - {string} parentNoteId
  * - {string} title
  * - {*} content
- * - {string} type
+ * - {string} type - text, code, file, image, search, book, relation-map
  *
  * Following are optional (have defaults)
  * - {string} mime - value is derived from default mimes for type
@@ -128,6 +128,28 @@ async function createNewNote(params) {
     };
 }
 
+async function createNewNoteWithTarget(target, targetBranchId, params) {
+    if (target === 'into') {
+        return await createNewNote(params);
+    }
+    else if (target === 'after') {
+        const afterNote = await sql.getRow('SELECT notePosition FROM branches WHERE branchId = ?', [noteData.target_branchId]);
+
+        // not updating utcDateModified to avoig having to sync whole rows
+        await sql.execute('UPDATE branches SET notePosition = notePosition + 10 WHERE parentNoteId = ? AND notePosition > ? AND isDeleted = 0',
+            [params.parentNoteId, afterNote.notePosition]);
+
+        params.notePosition = afterNote.notePosition + 10;
+
+        await createNewNote(params);
+
+        await syncTableService.addNoteReorderingSync(params.parentNoteId);
+    }
+    else {
+        throw new Error(`Unknown target ${target}`);
+    }
+}
+
 // methods below should be probably just backend API methods
 async function createJsonNote(parentNoteId, title, content = {}, params = {}) {
     params.parentNoteId = parentNoteId;
@@ -512,6 +534,7 @@ sqlInit.dbReady.then(() => {
 
 module.exports = {
     createNewNote,
+    createNewNoteWithTarget,
     updateNote,
     deleteBranch,
     protectNoteRecursively,