diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/RelationMap.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/RelationMap.tsx
index ed62dce7d..deb2b6caa 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/RelationMap.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/RelationMap.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { TypeWidgetProps } from "../type_widget";
 import { jsPlumbInstance, OnConnectionBindInfo } from "jsplumb";
 import { useEditorSpacedUpdate, useTriliumEvent, useTriliumEvents } from "../../react/hooks";
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { NoteBox } from "./NoteBox";
 import utils from "../../../services/utils";
 import attribute_autocomplete from "../../../services/attribute_autocomplete";
 import { buildRelationContextMenuHandler } from "./context_menu";
+import { HTMLProps } from "preact/compat";
 
 interface Clipboard {
     noteId: string;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ export default function RelationMap({ note, ntxId }: TypeWidgetProps) {
         ntxId,
         mapApiRef
     });
+    const dragProps = useNoteDragging({ containerRef, mapApiRef });
 
     const connectionCallback = useRelationCreation({ mapApiRef, jsPlumbApiRef: pbApiRef });
 
@@ -115,7 +117,11 @@ export default function RelationMap({ note, ntxId }: TypeWidgetProps) {
 
     return (
         <div className="note-detail-relation-map note-detail-printable">
-            <div className="relation-map-wrapper" onClick={clickCallback}>
+            <div
+                className="relation-map-wrapper"
+                onClick={clickCallback}
+                {...dragProps}
+            >
                 <JsPlumb
                     apiRef={pbApiRef}
                     containerRef={containerRef}
@@ -305,6 +311,46 @@ function useNoteCreation({ ntxId, note, containerRef, mapApiRef }: {
     return onClickHandler;
 }
 
+function useNoteDragging({ containerRef, mapApiRef }: {
+    containerRef: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
+    mapApiRef: RefObject<RelationMapApi>;
+}): Pick<HTMLProps<HTMLDivElement>, "onDrop" | "onDragOver"> {
+    const dragProps = useMemo(() => ({
+        onDrop(ev: DragEvent) {
+            const container = containerRef.current;
+            if (!container) return;
+
+            const dragData = ev.dataTransfer?.getData("text");
+            if (!dragData) return;
+            const notes = JSON.parse(dragData);
+
+            let { x, y } = getMousePosition(ev, container, getZoom(container));
+            const entries: (MapDataNoteEntry & { title: string })[] = [];
+
+            for (const note of notes) {
+                entries.push({
+                    ...note,
+                    x, y
+                });
+
+                if (x > 1000) {
+                    y += 100;
+                    x = 0;
+                } else {
+                    x += 200;
+                }
+            }
+
+            mapApiRef.current?.addMultipleNotes(entries);
+        },
+        onDragOver(ev) {
+            ev.preventDefault();
+        }
+    }), [ containerRef, mapApiRef ]);
+
+    return dragProps;
+}
+
 function useRelationCreation({ mapApiRef, jsPlumbApiRef }: { mapApiRef: RefObject<RelationMapApi>, jsPlumbApiRef: RefObject<jsPlumbInstance> }) {
     const connectionCallback = useCallback(async (info: OnConnectionBindInfo, originalEvent: Event) => {
         const connection = info.connection;
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/api.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/api.ts
index cf9c2c280..f3e258db6 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/api.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/api.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { t } from "../../../services/i18n";
 import server from "../../../services/server";
 import utils from "../../../services/utils";
 import { RelationMapRelation } from "@triliumnext/commons";
+import toast from "../../../services/toast";
 
 export interface MapDataNoteEntry {
     noteId: string;
@@ -103,6 +104,23 @@ export default class RelationMapApi {
         this.onDataChange(false);
     }
 
+    addMultipleNotes(entries: (MapDataNoteEntry & { title: string })[]) {
+        if (!entries.length) return;
+
+        for (const entry of entries) {
+            const exists = this.data.notes.some((n) => n.noteId === entry.noteId);
+
+            if (exists) {
+                toast.showError(t("relation_map.note_already_in_diagram", { title: entry.title }));
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            this.data.notes.push(entry);
+        }
+
+        this.onDataChange(true);
+    }
+
     async connect(name: string, sourceNoteId: string, targetNoteId: string) {
         name = utils.filterAttributeName(name);
         const relationExists = this.relations?.some((rel) => rel.targetNoteId === targetNoteId && rel.sourceNoteId === sourceNoteId && rel.name === name);
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/relation_map.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/relation_map.ts
index c414cdcac..109e7657b 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/relation_map.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/relation_map.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ export default class RelationMapTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
         this.clipboard = null;
 
         this.$widget.on("drop", (ev) => this.dropNoteOntoRelationMapHandler(ev));
-        this.$widget.on("dragover", (ev) => ev.preventDefault());
 
         this.initialized = new Promise(async (res) => {
             // Weird typecast is needed probably due to bad typings in the module itself.
@@ -122,38 +121,4 @@ export default class RelationMapTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
         this.spacedUpdate.scheduleUpdate();
     }
 
-    async dropNoteOntoRelationMapHandler(ev: JQuery.DropEvent) {
-        ev.preventDefault();
-
-        const dragData = ev.originalEvent?.dataTransfer?.getData("text");
-        if (!dragData) {
-            return;
-        }
-        const notes = JSON.parse(dragData);
-
-        let { x, y } = this.getMousePosition(ev);
-
-        for (const note of notes) {
-            const exists = this.mapData?.notes.some((n) => n.noteId === note.noteId);
-
-            if (exists) {
-                toastService.showError(t("relation_map.note_already_in_diagram", { title: note.title }));
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            this.mapData?.notes.push({ noteId: note.noteId, x, y });
-
-            if (x > 1000) {
-                y += 100;
-                x = 0;
-            } else {
-                x += 200;
-            }
-        }
-
-        this.saveData();
-
-        this.loadNotesAndRelations();
-    }
-
 }