diff --git a/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js b/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
index dd62fa19c..02cba8895 100644
--- a/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
+++ b/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import RightPaneContainer from "../widgets/containers/right_pane_container.js";
 import EditButton from "../widgets/buttons/edit_button.js";
 import CalendarMenuWidget from "../widgets/buttons/calendar_menu.js";
 import EditedNotesWidget from "../widgets/ribbon_widgets/edited_notes.js";
+import OpenNoteButtonWidget from "../widgets/buttons/open_note_button_widget.js";
 
 export default class DesktopLayout {
     constructor(customWidgets) {
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ export default class DesktopLayout {
                     .icon("bx-send")
                     .title("Jump to note")
                     .command("jumpToNote"))
+                .child(new OpenNoteButtonWidget()
+                    .icon("bx-map-alt")
+                    .title("Global link map")
+                    .targetNote('globallinkmap'))
                 .child(new ButtonWidget()
                     .icon("bx-history")
                     .title("Show recent changes")
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/tab_manager.js b/src/public/app/services/tab_manager.js
index 286b3955c..0e51864ec 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/tab_manager.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/tab_manager.js
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
     /**
      * If the requested notePath is within current note hoisting scope then keep the note hoisting also for the new tab.
      */
-    async openTabWithNoteWithHoisting(notePath) {
+    async openTabWithNoteWithHoisting(notePath, activate = false) {
         const noteContext = this.getActiveContext();
         let hoistedNoteId = 'root';
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
             }
         }
 
-        return this.openContextWithNote(notePath, false, null, hoistedNoteId);
+        return this.openContextWithNote(notePath, activate, null, hoistedNoteId);
     }
 
     async openContextWithNote(notePath, activate, ntxId, hoistedNoteId = 'root', mainNtxId = null) {
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/open_note_button_widget.js b/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/open_note_button_widget.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05f3b8244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/open_note_button_widget.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import ButtonWidget from "./button_widget.js";
+import appContext from "../../services/app_context.js";
+
+export default class OpenNoteButtonWidget extends ButtonWidget {
+    targetNote(noteId) {
+        this.onClick(() => appContext.tabManager.openTabWithNoteWithHoisting(noteId, true));
+
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/note_detail.js b/src/public/app/widgets/note_detail.js
index 8027393eb..7747e049f 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/note_detail.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/note_detail.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import ReadOnlyTextTypeWidget from "./type_widgets/read_only_text.js";
 import ReadOnlyCodeTypeWidget from "./type_widgets/read_only_code.js";
 import NoneTypeWidget from "./type_widgets/none.js";
 import attributeService from "../services/attributes.js";
+import GlobalLinkMapTypeWidget from "./type_widgets/global_link_map.js";
 
 const TPL = `
 <div class="note-detail">
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ const typeWidgetClasses = {
     'render': RenderTypeWidget,
     'relation-map': RelationMapTypeWidget,
     'protected-session': ProtectedSessionTypeWidget,
-    'book': BookTypeWidget
+    'book': BookTypeWidget,
+    'globallinkmap': GlobalLinkMapTypeWidget
 };
 
 export default class NoteDetailWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
@@ -166,6 +168,10 @@ export default class NoteDetailWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
             type = 'editable-code';
         }
 
+        if (type === 'special') {
+            type = note.noteId;
+        }
+
         if (note.isProtected && !protectedSessionHolder.isProtectedSessionAvailable()) {
             type = 'protected-session';
         }
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/file.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/file.js
index ac4f32f77..f6d3409ae 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/file.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/file.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import openService from "../../services/open.js";
 import TypeWidget from "./type_widget.js";
-import fileWatcher from "../../services/file_watcher.js";
-import server from "../../services/server.js";
 
 const TPL = `
 <div class="note-detail-file note-detail-printable">
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/global_link_map.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/global_link_map.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d7161b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/global_link_map.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import TypeWidget from "./type_widget.js";
+
+const TPL = `<div class="note-detail-global-link-map note-detail-printable">WHATSUP</div>`;
+
+export default class GlobalLinkMapTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
+    static getType() { return "globallinkmap"; }
+
+    doRender() {
+        this.$widget = $(TPL);
+
+        super.doRender();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/consistency_checks.js b/src/services/consistency_checks.js
index e534eda16..7816e471c 100644
--- a/src/services/consistency_checks.js
+++ b/src/services/consistency_checks.js
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class ConsistencyChecks {
                     SELECT noteId, type
                     FROM notes
                     WHERE isDeleted = 0
-                      AND type NOT IN ('text', 'code', 'render', 'file', 'image', 'search', 'relation-map', 'book')`,
+                      AND type NOT IN ('text', 'code', 'render', 'file', 'image', 'search', 'relation-map', 'book', 'special')`,
             ({noteId, type}) => {
                 if (this.autoFix) {
                     const note = becca.getNote(noteId);
diff --git a/src/services/special_notes.js b/src/services/special_notes.js
index 652c3cc23..5887539f0 100644
--- a/src/services/special_notes.js
+++ b/src/services/special_notes.js
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ function getSinglesNoteRoot() {
 }
 
 function getGlobalLinkMapNote() {
-    let globalLinkMapNote = becca.getNote('global-link-map');
+    let globalLinkMapNote = becca.getNote('globallinkmap');
 
     if (!globalLinkMapNote) {
         globalLinkMapNote = noteService.createNewNote({
-            noteId: 'global-link-map',
-            title: 'global-link-map',
-            type: 'global-link-map',
+            noteId: 'globallinkmap',
+            title: 'Global Link Map',
+            type: 'special',
             content: '',
             parentNoteId: getSinglesNoteRoot().noteId
         }).note;