diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/services/frontend_script_api.js b/src/public/javascripts/services/frontend_script_api.js
index df7d33103..ebdfa7ef7 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/services/frontend_script_api.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/services/frontend_script_api.js
@@ -203,6 +203,19 @@ function FrontendScriptApi(startNote, currentNote, originEntity = null) {
      */
     this.getCurrentNoteContent = noteDetailService.getCurrentNoteContent;
 
+    /**
+     * This method checks whether user navigated away from the note from which the scripts has been started.
+     * This is necessary because script execution is async and by the time it is finished, the user might have
+     * already navigated away from this page - the end result would be that script might return data for the wrong
+     * note.
+     *
+     * @method
+     * @return {boolean} returns true if the original note is still loaded, false if user switched to another
+     */
+    this.isNoteStillLoaded = () => {
+        return this.originEntity.noteId === noteDetailService.getCurrentNoteId();
+    };
+
     /**
      * @method
      * @param {function} func - callback called on note change as user is typing (not necessarily tied to save event)