diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/entities/note_short.js b/src/public/javascripts/entities/note_short.js
index d5a18bc09..55cb896e9 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/entities/note_short.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/entities/note_short.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class NoteShort {
     }
 
     async getChildBranches() {
-        if (!this.treeCache.children) {
+        if (!this.treeCache.children[this.noteId]) {
             return [];
         }
 
diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/services/note_detail.js b/src/public/javascripts/services/note_detail.js
index cbf648f74..fa287b599 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/services/note_detail.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/services/note_detail.js
@@ -176,12 +176,18 @@ async function loadNoteDetail(noteId) {
     // after loading new note make sure editor is scrolled to the top
     $noteDetailWrapper.scrollTop(0);
 
-    await loadLabelList();
+    const labels = await loadLabelList();
 
-    await showChildrenOverview();
+    const hideChildrenOverview = labels.some(label => label.name === 'hideChildrenOverview');
+    await showChildrenOverview(hideChildrenOverview);
 }
 
-async function showChildrenOverview() {
+async function showChildrenOverview(hideChildrenOverview) {
+    if (hideChildrenOverview) {
+        $childrenOverview.hide();
+        return;
+    }
+
     const note = getCurrentNote();
 
     $childrenOverview.empty();
@@ -197,6 +203,8 @@ async function showChildrenOverview() {
         const childEl = $('<div class="child-overview">').html(link);
         $childrenOverview.append(childEl);
     }
+
+    $childrenOverview.show();
 }
 
 async function loadLabelList() {
@@ -216,6 +224,8 @@ async function loadLabelList() {
     else {
         $labelList.hide();
     }
+
+    return labels;
 }
 
 async function loadNote(noteId) {
diff --git a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
index 6292e1735..8b3bc0a0b 100644
--- a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
+++ b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     border: 0 !important;
     box-shadow: none !important;
     /* This is because with empty content height of editor is 0 and it's impossible to click into it */
-    min-height: 400px;
+    min-height: 200px;
     overflow: auto;
 }
 
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ div.ui-tooltip {
 }
 
 #children-overview {
-    padding-top: 20px;
 }
 
 .child-overview {
@@ -305,6 +304,7 @@ div.ui-tooltip {
     border-radius: 15px;
     overflow: hidden;
     text-align: center;
+    margin-top: 15px;
 }
 
 .child-overview a {
diff --git a/src/services/labels.js b/src/services/labels.js
index 203844fbd..75ecd591a 100644
--- a/src/services/labels.js
+++ b/src/services/labels.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const BUILTIN_LABELS = [
     'run',
     'manualTransactionHandling',
     'disableInclusion',
-    'appCss'
+    'appCss',
+    'hideChildrenOverview'
 ];
 
 async function getNotesWithLabel(name, value) {
diff --git a/src/views/index.ejs b/src/views/index.ejs
index b1e358f38..b98616b69 100644
--- a/src/views/index.ejs
+++ b/src/views/index.ejs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
           <input type="file" id="file-upload" style="display: none" />
         </div>
 
-        <div id="children-overview" style="flex-grow: 1000; flex-shrink: 1000; flex-basis: 1px; height: 100px; overflow: hidden; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap">
+        <div id="children-overview" style="flex-grow: 1000; flex-shrink: 1000; flex-basis: 0px; height: 100px; overflow: auto; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap">
         </div>
       </div>