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 27d812560..4b6fa4a73 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/RelationMap.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/RelationMap.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { TypeWidgetProps } from "../type_widget";
-import { jsPlumbInstance } from "jsplumb";
+import { jsPlumbInstance, OnConnectionBindInfo } from "jsplumb";
 import { useEditorSpacedUpdate, useTriliumEvent, useTriliumEvents } from "../../react/hooks";
 import FNote from "../../../entities/fnote";
 import { RefObject } from "preact";
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ import { CreateChildrenResponse, RelationMapPostResponse, RelationMapRelation }
 import RelationMapApi, { MapData, MapDataNoteEntry } from "./api";
 import setupOverlays, { uniDirectionalOverlays } from "./overlays";
 import { JsPlumb } from "./jsplumb";
-import { getMousePosition, getZoom, noteIdToId } from "./utils";
+import { getMousePosition, getZoom, idToNoteId, noteIdToId } from "./utils";
 import { NoteBox } from "./NoteBox";
+import utils from "../../../services/utils";
+import attribute_autocomplete from "../../../services/attribute_autocomplete";
 
 interface Clipboard {
     noteId: string;
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ export default function RelationMap({ note, ntxId }: TypeWidgetProps) {
         mapApiRef
     });
 
+    const connectionCallback = useRelationCreation({ mapApiRef, jsPlumbApiRef: pbApiRef });
+
     usePanZoom({
         ntxId,
         containerRef,
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ export default function RelationMap({ note, ntxId }: TypeWidgetProps) {
                         HoverPaintStyle: { stroke: "#777", strokeWidth: 1 },
                     }}
                     onInstanceCreated={setupOverlays}
+                    onConnection={connectionCallback}
                 >
                     {data?.notes.map(note => (
                         <NoteBox {...note} mapApiRef={mapApiRef} />
@@ -304,3 +309,49 @@ function useNoteCreation({ ntxId, note, containerRef, mapApiRef }: {
     }, []);
     return onClickHandler;
 }
+
+function useRelationCreation({ mapApiRef, jsPlumbApiRef }: { mapApiRef: RefObject<RelationMapApi>, jsPlumbApiRef: RefObject<jsPlumbInstance> }) {
+    const connectionCallback = useCallback(async (info: OnConnectionBindInfo, originalEvent: Event) => {
+        // if there's no event, then this has been triggered programmatically
+        if (!originalEvent || !mapApiRef.current) return;
+
+        const connection = info.connection;
+        let name = await dialog.prompt({
+            message: t("relation_map.specify_new_relation_name"),
+            shown: ({ $answer }) => {
+                if (!$answer) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                $answer.on("keyup", () => {
+                    // invalid characters are simply ignored (from user perspective they are not even entered)
+                    const attrName = utils.filterAttributeName($answer.val() as string);
+
+                    $answer.val(attrName);
+                });
+
+                attribute_autocomplete.initAttributeNameAutocomplete({
+                    $el: $answer,
+                    attributeType: "relation",
+                    open: true
+                });
+            }
+        });
+
+        // Delete the newly created connection if the dialog was dismissed.
+        if (!name || !name.trim()) {
+            jsPlumbApiRef.current?.deleteConnection(connection);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const targetNoteId = idToNoteId(connection.target.id);
+        const sourceNoteId = idToNoteId(connection.source.id);
+        const result = await mapApiRef.current.connect(name, sourceNoteId, targetNoteId);
+        if (!result) {
+            await dialog.info(t("relation_map.connection_exists", { name }));
+            jsPlumbApiRef.current?.deleteConnection(connection);
+        }
+    }, []);
+
+    return connectionCallback;
+}
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 16b25a634..693aeecd2 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/api.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/api.ts
@@ -79,4 +79,14 @@ export default class RelationMapApi {
         this.onDataChange(false);
     }
 
+    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);
+
+        if (relationExists) return false;
+        await server.put(`notes/${sourceNoteId}/relations/${name}/to/${targetNoteId}`);
+        this.onDataChange(true);
+        return true;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/jsplumb.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/jsplumb.tsx
index dc8be39eb..ef531e911 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/jsplumb.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/relation_map/jsplumb.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
-import { jsPlumb, Defaults, jsPlumbInstance, DragOptions } from "jsplumb";
+import { jsPlumb, Defaults, jsPlumbInstance, DragOptions, OnConnectionBindInfo } from "jsplumb";
 import { ComponentChildren, createContext, RefObject } from "preact";
 import { HTMLProps } from "preact/compat";
 import { useContext, useEffect, useRef } from "preact/hooks";
 
 const JsPlumbInstance = createContext<RefObject<jsPlumbInstance> | undefined>(undefined);
 
-export function JsPlumb({ className, props, children, containerRef: externalContainerRef, apiRef, onInstanceCreated }: {
+export function JsPlumb({ className, props, children, containerRef: externalContainerRef, apiRef, onInstanceCreated, onConnection }: {
     className?: string;
     props: Omit<Defaults, "container">;
     children: ComponentChildren;
     containerRef?: RefObject<HTMLElement>;
     apiRef?: RefObject<jsPlumbInstance>;
     onInstanceCreated?: (jsPlumbInstance: jsPlumbInstance) => void;
+    onConnection?: (info: OnConnectionBindInfo, originalEvent: Event) => void;
 }) {
     const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+    const jsPlumbRef = useRef<jsPlumbInstance>();
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!containerRef.current) return;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ export function JsPlumb({ className, props, children, containerRef: externalCont
         if (apiRef) {
             apiRef.current = jsPlumbInstance;
         }
+        jsPlumbRef.current = jsPlumbInstance;
 
         onInstanceCreated?.(jsPlumbInstance);
         return () => {
@@ -36,6 +39,14 @@ export function JsPlumb({ className, props, children, containerRef: externalCont
         };
     }, [ apiRef ]);
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const jsPlumbInstance = jsPlumbRef.current;
+        if (!jsPlumbInstance || !onConnection) return;
+
+        jsPlumbInstance.bind("connection", onConnection);
+        return () => jsPlumbInstance.unbind("connection", onConnection);
+    }, [ onConnection ]);
+
     return (
         <div ref={containerRef} className={className}>
             <JsPlumbInstance.Provider value={apiRef}>
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 58b84ea70..467fd0f73 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/relation_map.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/relation_map.ts
@@ -116,12 +116,9 @@ export default class RelationMapTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
         if (!this.jsPlumbInstance) {
             return;
         }
-
-        this.jsPlumbInstance.bind("connection", (info, originalEvent) => this.connectionCreatedHandler(info, originalEvent));
     }
 
     async connectionCreatedHandler(info: ConnectionMadeEventInfo, originalEvent: Event) {
-        const connection = info.connection;
 
         connection.bind("contextmenu", (obj: unknown, event: MouseEvent) => {
             if (connection.getType().includes("link")) {
@@ -156,58 +153,6 @@ export default class RelationMapTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
                 });
             }
         });
-
-        // if there's no event, then this has been triggered programmatically
-        if (!originalEvent || !this.jsPlumbInstance) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let name = await dialogService.prompt({
-            message: t("relation_map.specify_new_relation_name"),
-            shown: ({ $answer }) => {
-                if (!$answer) {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                $answer.on("keyup", () => {
-                    // invalid characters are simply ignored (from user perspective they are not even entered)
-                    const attrName = utils.filterAttributeName($answer.val() as string);
-
-                    $answer.val(attrName);
-                });
-
-                attributeAutocompleteService.initAttributeNameAutocomplete({
-                    $el: $answer,
-                    attributeType: "relation",
-                    open: true
-                });
-            }
-        });
-
-        if (!name || !name.trim()) {
-            this.jsPlumbInstance.deleteConnection(connection);
-
-            return;
-        }
-
-        name = utils.filterAttributeName(name);
-
-        const targetNoteId = this.idToNoteId(connection.target.id);
-        const sourceNoteId = this.idToNoteId(connection.source.id);
-
-        const relationExists = this.relations?.some((rel) => rel.targetNoteId === targetNoteId && rel.sourceNoteId === sourceNoteId && rel.name === name);
-
-        if (relationExists) {
-            await dialogService.info(t("relation_map.connection_exists", { name }));
-
-            this.jsPlumbInstance.deleteConnection(connection);
-
-            return;
-        }
-
-        await server.put(`notes/${sourceNoteId}/relations/${name}/to/${targetNoteId}`);
-
-        this.loadNotesAndRelations();
     }
 
     saveData() {