diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 5f6a1e4..0193d5d 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ var codelanguages = ["xml", "js", "sql"];
 var tagmark = "+";
 
 // globals
-var currentguid = null;
-var notesindex = null;
+var metadata = null;
 var fileindex = 0;
 var workerid = null;
 var backup = "";
@@ -1162,6 +1161,19 @@ function remotecallfailed(error)
 	}
 }
 
+function getguid(title)
+{
+	var guid = null;
+	foreachmetadata( (g,i) =>
+	{
+		if (i.title == title)
+		{
+			guid = g;
+		}
+	});
+	return guid;
+}
+
 function gotoline(line)
 {
 	var i = 0;
@@ -1177,23 +1189,28 @@ function gotoline(line)
 	}
 }
 
+function createnote(title)
+{
+	var guid = genguid();
+	var content = defaultheaders();
+	var item = {
+		title: title,
+		pos: content.length,
+		header: indexheader(content)
+	};
+	metadata[guid] = item;
+	localStorage.setItem("index", JSON.stringify(metadata));
+	localStorage.setItem(guid, content);
+	return guid;
+}
+
 function loadstorage()
 {
-	notesindex = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("index"));
-	if (!notesindex)
+	metadata = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("index"));
+	if (!metadata)
 	{
-		notesindex = {};
-		// todo: refactor in "add new note"
-		var guid = genguid();
-		var content = defaultheaders();
-		var item = {
-			title: timestamp(),
-			pos: content.length,
-			header: indexheader(content)
-		};
-		notesindex[guid] = item;
-		localStorage.setItem("index", JSON.stringify(notesindex));
-		localStorage.setItem(guid, content);
+		metadata = {};
+		createnote(timestamp());
 	}
 
 	var params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
@@ -1230,9 +1247,10 @@ function loadstorage()
 		}
 	}*/
 
-	if (currentguid)
+	if (window.title.value)
 	{
-		bind(currentguid);
+		var guid = getguid(window.title.value);
+		bind(guid);
 		if (line)
 		{
 			gotoline(line);
@@ -1336,6 +1354,7 @@ function migratelegacystorage()
 	var legacy = localStorage.getItem("data");
 	if (legacy)
 	{
+		// todo: use title as key and guid as property. or not.
 		var legacy = JSON.parse(legacy);
 		var index = {};
 		legacy.forEach(note =>
@@ -1578,7 +1597,7 @@ function md2html(content)
 
 function loadlast()
 {
-	loadnote(Object.keys(notesindex)[0]);
+	loadnote(Object.values(metadata)[0].title);
 }
 
 function loadprevious()
@@ -1683,7 +1702,7 @@ function commandpalette()
 				suffix: [s.command]
 			};
 		}))
-		.concat(Object.values(notesindex).map(item =>
+		.concat(Object.values(metadata).map(item =>
 		{
 			return {
 				prefix: "note ",
@@ -1883,7 +1902,8 @@ function setsaved()
 function serialize()
 {
 	// serialize all gui stuff to local storage
-	var item = notesindex[currentguid];
+	var guid = getguid(window.title.value);
+	var item = metadata[guid];
 	item.title = title.value;
 	item.pos = md.selectionStart;
 	item.header = indexheader(md.value);
@@ -1891,8 +1911,8 @@ function serialize()
 	// is it the right place?
 	putontop();
 
-	localStorage.setItem("index", JSON.stringify(notesindex));
-	localStorage.setItem(currentguid, md.value);
+	localStorage.setItem("index", JSON.stringify(metadata));
+	localStorage.setItem(guid, md.value);
 
 }
 
@@ -2343,7 +2363,7 @@ function toggletitle()
 function selectnote()
 {
 	return searchinlist(
-		Object.values(notesindex).map(item =>
+		Object.values(metadata).map(item =>
 		{
 			return {
 				text: item.title,
@@ -2365,9 +2385,7 @@ function searchandloadnote()
 	selectnote().then(selected =>
 	{
 		var title = selected.text || selected;
-		var guid = Object.values(notesindex).find(i => i.title == title);
-		// todo: create a new one if not found
-		loadnote(guid);
+		loadnote(title);
 	});
 }
 
@@ -2625,11 +2643,11 @@ function boldify()
 	md.setSelectionRange(pos.start + offset, pos.end + offset);
 }
 
-function foreachitemindex(callback)
+function foreachmetadata(callback)
 {
-	Object.keys(notesindex).forEach(guid =>
+	Object.keys(metadata).forEach(guid =>
 	{
-		callback(guid, notesindex[guid]);
+		callback(guid, metadata[guid]);
 	});
 }
 
@@ -2696,13 +2714,13 @@ function mainkeydownhandler()
 	{
 		// notes shortcuts
 		var found = false;
-		foreachitemindex((guid, item) =>
+		foreachmetadata((guid, item) =>
 		{
 			if (item.header.shortcut && shortcutmatches(event, item.header.shortcut))
 			{
 				console.log("Loading note '" + item.title + "' from header shortcut " + item.header.shortcut);
 				event.preventDefault();
-				loadnote(guid);
+				loadnote(item.title);
 				found = true;
 			}
 		});
@@ -2977,11 +2995,15 @@ function defaultheaders(tags = "")
 		"",""].join("\n");
 }
 
-function loadnote(guid)
+function loadnote(title)
 {
-	currentguid = guid;
+	var guid = getguid(title);
+	if (!guid)
+	{
+		guid = createnote(title);
+	}
 	var content = localStorage.getItem(guid);
-	var item = notesindex[guid];
+	var item = metadata[guid];
 
 	/*if (gettags(content).includes("journal"))
 	{