diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 84611c7..cfdcf96 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -211,10 +211,6 @@ var commands = [
 	hint: "Restore deleted note",
 	action: restoredeleted
 },
-{
-	hint: "Notes by size",
-	action: notesbysize
-},
 {
 	hint: "Replace",
 	shortcut: "ctrl+h",
@@ -289,7 +285,7 @@ function purgetodo()
 {
 	if (currentistodo() && confirm("Remove completed tasks?"))
 	{
-		seteditorcontent(currentnote.content.replace(/\nx .*/g, ""));
+		seteditorcontent(md.value.replace(/\nx .*/g, ""));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -373,29 +369,29 @@ function createsubnote()
 		setpos(md.selectionStart);
 		md.focus();
 	}
-	else if (getnote(title))
-	{
-		showtemporaryinfo("'" + title + "' already exists");
-		setpos(md.selectionStart);
-		md.focus();
-	}
 	else
 	{
-		var range = currentrange();
-		var content = getrangecontent(range);
-		var newnote =
+		var guid = getguid(title);
+		if (guid)
 		{
-			title: title,
-			content: content
+			showtemporaryinfo("'" + title + "' already exists");
+			setpos(md.selectionStart);
+			md.focus();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			var range = currentrange();
+			var content = getrangecontent(range);
+			guid = createnote(title);
+			localStorage.setItem(guid, content);
+
+			seteditorcontent(md.value.substring(0, range.start)
+				+ "[[" + title + "]]"
+				+ md.value.substring(range.end));
 		}
-		localdata.unshift(newnote);
-		seteditorcontent(md.value.substring(0, range.start)
-			+ "[[" + title + "]]"
-			+ md.value.substring(range.end));
 	}
 }
 
-
 function comment()
 {
 	seteditorcontent(md.value.substring(0, md.selectionStart)
@@ -454,16 +450,16 @@ function pospercent()
 
 function showinfo()
 {
-	var tags = gettags(currentnote);
+	var tags = gettags(md.value);
 	showtemporaryinfo(
 		[
 			"sync: " + (settings.sync ? "en" : "dis") + "abled",
-			"title: " + currentnote.title,
+			"title: " + title.value,
 			"line count: " + md.value.split("\n").length,
 			"word count: " + getwords(),
 			"cursor position: " + md.selectionStart + " (" + pospercent() + "%)",
 			(tags ? "tags: " + tags : ""),
-			"notes count: " + localdata.length,
+			"notes count: " + sortedlist().length,
 			"spell check: " + (md.spellcheck ? "en" : "dis") + "abled"
 		].join("\n"));
 }
@@ -490,19 +486,20 @@ function descendants(note)
 	return result;
 }
 
-function children(note)
+function children(guid)
 {
-	return (note.content
+	var content = localStorage.getItem(guid);
+	return (content
 		.match(/\[\[([^\]]*)\]\]/g) || [])
 		.map(l => l.replace("[[", "").replace("]]", ""))
 		.filter(l => !l.includes("(deleted)"))
-		.map(l => getnote(l));
+		.map(l => getguid(l));
 }
 
-function parents(note)
+function parents(guid)
 {
-	return localdata
-		.filter(n => n.content.indexOf("[[" + note.title + "]]") != -1);
+	return Object.keys(metadata)
+	.filter(g => localStorage.getItem(g).indexOf("[[" + metadata[guid].title + "]]") != -1);
 }
 
 function connected(note)
@@ -532,11 +529,6 @@ function toggleeditor(hidden)
 	}
 }
 
-function id(note)
-{
-	return localdata.indexOf(note);
-}
-
 function shownotelinks()
 {
 	if (settings.enablenetwork)
@@ -547,17 +539,17 @@ function shownotelinks()
 		var nodes = [];
 		var edges = [];
 
-		var list = [currentnote];
+		var list = [getguid(title.value)];
 
 		while (list.length)
 		{
 			var current = list.shift();
-			if (!nodes.find(n => n.id == id(current)))
+			if (!nodes.find(n => n.id == current))
 			{
 				nodes.push(
 					{
-						id: id(current),
-						label: current.title
+						id: current,
+						label: metadata[current].title
 					});
 
 				var buddies = children(current).concat(parents(current));
@@ -566,11 +558,11 @@ function shownotelinks()
 
 				buddies.
 				forEach(buddy => {
-					if (!edges.find(edge => (edge.to == id(current) && edge.from == id(buddy)) || (edge.to == id(buddy) && edge.from == id(current))))
+					if (!edges.find(edge => (edge.to == current && edge.from == buddy) || (edge.to == buddy && edge.from == current)))
 					{
 						edges.push({
-							from: id(current),
-							to: id(buddy)
+							from: current,
+							to: buddy
 						});
 					}
 				});
@@ -609,7 +601,7 @@ function shownotelinks()
 		});
 		graph.setSelection(
 		{
-			nodes : [id(currentnote)]
+			nodes : [getguid(title.value)]
 		});
 	}
 	else
@@ -964,7 +956,7 @@ function share()
 		navigator.share(
 		{
 			text: md.value,
-			title: currentnote.title
+			title: title.value
 		});
 	}
 }
@@ -974,14 +966,14 @@ function sharehtml()
 	if (navigator.share)
 	{
 		var file = new File(['<html><body>' + md2html(md.value) + '</body></html>'],
-			currentnote.title + ".html",
+			title.value + ".html",
 			{
 				type: "text/html",
 			});
 
 		navigator.share(
 		{
-			title: currentnote.title,
+			title: title.value,
 			files: [file]
 		});
 	}
@@ -1107,7 +1099,7 @@ function downloadnotewithsubs()
 
 function downloadnote()
 {
-	download(currentnote.title + ".md", md.value);
+	download(title.value + ".md", md.value);
 }
 
 function remotecallfailed(error)
@@ -1142,7 +1134,7 @@ function gotoline(line)
 	var pos = 0;
 	while (i < line && pos > -1)
 	{
-		pos = currentnote.content.indexOf("\n", pos + 1);
+		pos = md.value.indexOf("\n", pos + 1);
 		i++;
 	}
 	if (pos > -1)
@@ -1156,6 +1148,7 @@ function createnote(title)
 	var guid = genguid();
 	var content = defaultheaders();
 	var item = {
+		lastchanged: Date.now(),
 		title: title,
 		pos: content.length,
 		header: indexheader(content)
@@ -1194,29 +1187,10 @@ function loadstorage()
 		window.close();
 	}
 
-	// when multiple tabs or split?
-	/*if (currentnote)
-	{
-		currentnote = getnote(currentnote.title);
-	}
-	else if (title)
-	{
-		currentnote = getnote(title);
-		if (!currentnote)
-		{
-			var newcontent = params.get("description") || defaultheaders(tags);
-			currentnote = {title: title, content: newcontent, pos: newcontent.length};
-			localdata.unshift(currentnote);
-		}
-	}*/
-
 	if (window.title.value)
 	{
-		bind(window.title.value);
-		if (line)
-		{
-			gotoline(line);
-		}
+		// reload current
+		loadnote(window.title.value);
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -1489,7 +1463,7 @@ function getlinesrange()
 function backlinks()
 {
 	searchinlist(localdata
-		.filter(n => n.content.includes("[[" + currentnote.title + "]]"))
+		.filter(n => n.content.includes("[[" + title.value + "]]"))
 		.map(n => n.title))
 	.then(loadnote);
 }
@@ -1553,11 +1527,12 @@ function md2html(content)
 
 function loadlast()
 {
-	loadnote(Object.values(metadata)[0].title);
+	loadnote(sortedlist()[0].title);
 }
 
 function loadprevious()
 {
+	//var list = sortedlist();
 	var index = localdata.indexOf(currentnote);
 	if (index > -1 && index < localdata.length - 1)
 	{
@@ -1574,24 +1549,31 @@ function loadnext()
 	}
 }
 
+function sortedlist(deleted)
+{
+	// todo: fix deleted stuff
+	deleted = deleted === true;
+	return Object.values(metadata).filter(i => !deleted || i.deleted).sort( (i,j) => j.lastchanged - i.lastchanged);
+}
+
 function grep(needle)
 {
 	var result = {};
 
-	localdata
-	.filter(note => note.title != "events.json")
-	.forEach(note =>
+	sortedlist()
+	.forEach(item =>
 	{
-		if (note.title.toLowerCase().includes(needle.toLowerCase()))
+		if (item.title.toLowerCase().includes(needle.toLowerCase()))
 		{
-			result[note.title] = {};
+			result[item.title] = {};
 		}
-		note.content.split("\n")
+		var content = localStorage.getItem(getguid(item.title));
+		content.split("\n")
 		.forEach((line, nb) => {
 			if (line.toLowerCase().includes(needle.toLowerCase()))
 			{
-				result[note.title] = result[note.title] || {};
-				result[note.title][nb] = line;
+				result[item.title] = result[item.title] || {};
+				result[item.title][nb] = line;
 			}
 		});
 	});
@@ -1654,9 +1636,8 @@ function commandpalette()
 				suffix: [s.command]
 			};
 		}))
-		.concat(Object.values(metadata)
-		.filter(item => !item.deleted)
-		.sort( (i,j) => j.lastchanged - i.lastchanged)
+		.concat(
+		sortedlist()
 		.map(item =>
 		{
 			return {
@@ -2305,10 +2286,7 @@ function toggletitle()
 function selectnote()
 {
 	return searchinlist(
-		Object
-		.values(metadata)
-		.filter(item => !item.deleted)
-		.sort( (i,j) => j.lastchanged - i.lastchanged)
+		sortedlist()
 		.map(item =>
 		{
 			return {
@@ -2335,20 +2313,14 @@ function searchandloadnote()
 	});
 }
 
-function istodo(note)
-{
-	return note.title.includes("todo") || gettags(note).includes("todo");
-}
-
 function currentistodo()
 {
-	//return istodo(currentnote);
 	return title.value.includes("todo") || gettags(md.value).includes("todo");
 }
 
-function sorttodotxt(note)
+function sorttodotxt(content)
 {
-	var hat = headerandtext(note);
+	var hat = headerandtext(content);
 	var olditems = hat.text.split("\n");
 	var prio = [];
 	var std = [];
@@ -2377,15 +2349,15 @@ function sorttodotxt(note)
 	prio = prio.sort((a,b) => a.localeCompare(b));
 	done = done.sort((a,b) => a.localeCompare(b));
 	var all = prio.concat(std).concat(done);
-	note.content = hat.header + all.join("\n");
+	return hat.header + all.join("\n");
 }
 
 function sortcurrentastodo()
 {
 	if (currentistodo())
 	{
-		sorttodotxt(currentnote);
-		seteditorcontent(currentnote.content);
+		var content = sorttodotxt(md.value);
+		seteditorcontent(content);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2412,32 +2384,9 @@ function searchandreplace()
 	seteditorcontent(md.value.replaceAll(oldvalue, newvalue));
 }
 
-function notesbysize()
-{
-	var sortedtitles = localdata.sort( (n1,n2) => { return n2.content.length - n1.content.length})
-	.map(n => n.title + ": " + formatsize(n.content.length));
-
-	searchinlist(sortedtitles)
-	.then(titlewithsize =>
-	{
-		var title = titlewithsize.substring(0, titlewithsize.lastIndexOf(": "));
-		loadnote(title);
-	});
-}
-
-function renamereferences(newname)
-{
-	localdata
-	.filter(note => note != currentnote)
-	.forEach(note =>
-	{
-		note.content = note.content.replaceAll("[[" + currentnote.title + "]]", "[[" + newname + "]]");
-	});
-}
-
 function restoredeleted()
 {
-	searchinlist(Object.values(metadata).filter(i => i.deleted).sort( (i,j) => j.lastchanged - i.lastchanged).map(i => i.title))
+	searchinlist(sortedlist(true).map(i => i.title))
 	.then(title =>
 	{
 		if (confirm("Restore " + title + "?"))
@@ -2530,7 +2479,7 @@ function esc(event)
 	{
 		removelinkdialog();
 	}
-	else if (currentnote.title == "Help" || currentnote.title == "Search result")
+	else if (title.value == "Help" || title.value == "Search result")
 	{
 		loadlast();
 	}
@@ -2942,20 +2891,20 @@ function loadnote(title)
 	var content = localStorage.getItem(guid);
 	var item = metadata[guid];
 
-	/*if (gettags(content).includes("journal"))
+	if (item.header.tags.includes("journal"))
 	{
 		// remove empty entries
 		content = content.replace(/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}\n*(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})/g, "$1");
 
 		// create new entry for today
-		var hat = headerandtext(note);
+		var hat = headerandtext(content);
 		var today = timestamp().substr(0,10);
 		if (!hat.text.startsWith(today) && !hat.text.startsWith("\n" + today))
 		{
-			note.content = hat.header + "\n" + today + "\n\n" + hat.text;
-			note.pos = hat.header.length + 12;
+			content = hat.header + "\n" + today + "\n\n" + hat.text;
+			item.pos = hat.header.length + 12;
 		}
-	}*/
+	}
 
 	/*if (settings.autosorttodo && istodo(note))
 	{