diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js b/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js
index 2411a0bf8..08e80d916 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
                 }
             }
 
-            if (!ecBranch.isDeleted) {
+            if (!ecBranch.isDeleted && ecBranch.noteId !== 'hidden') {
                 for (const parentNode of this.getNodesByNoteId(ecBranch.parentNoteId)) {
                     if (parentNode.isFolder() && !parentNode.isLoaded()) {
                         continue;
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
                         await froca.getNote(ecBranch.noteId);
                         const frocaBranch = froca.getBranch(ecBranch.branchId);
 
-                            // we're forcing lazy since it's not clear if the whole required subtree is in froca
+                        // we're forcing lazy since it's not clear if the whole required subtree is in froca
                         parentNode.addChildren([this.prepareNode(frocaBranch, true)]);
 
                         this.sortChildren(parentNode);
diff --git a/src/public/stylesheets/tree.css b/src/public/stylesheets/tree.css
index a8beb9302..4ce2dd191 100644
--- a/src/public/stylesheets/tree.css
+++ b/src/public/stylesheets/tree.css
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ span.fancytree-node.fancytree-hide {
 .fancytree-title {
     margin-left: 7px;
     outline: none;
+    position: relative;
+    top: 2px;
 }
 
 .fancytree-expander {