diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 0193d5d..23bf489 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -19,37 +19,18 @@ var defaultsettings =
 };
 
 //builtin
-var markerslist = ["* ", "- ", "    * ", "    - ", ">> ", "> ", "=> ", "— ", "[ ] ", "    ", "• ", "- [ ]", "[x] ", "- [x]"];
-var codelanguages = ["xml", "js", "sql"];
-var tagmark = "+";
+const markerslist = ["* ", "- ", "    * ", "    - ", ">> ", "> ", "=> ", "— ", "[ ] ", "    ", "• ", "- [ ]", "[x] ", "- [x]"];
+const codelanguages = ["xml", "js", "sql"];
+const tagmark = "+";
 
 // globals
+var previoustitle = "";
 var metadata = null;
 var fileindex = 0;
 var workerid = null;
-var backup = "";
-var saved = true;
-var lastsaved = "";
-var pending = false;
-var settings = null;
+var backup = "";var settings = null;
 var tags = null;
 
-var stat =
-{
-	ses:
-	{
-		q: 0,
-		t: timestamp(),
-		d: 0
-	},
-	cur:
-	{
-		q: 0,
-		t: timestamp(),
-		d: 0
-	}
-}
-
 var commands = [
 {
 	hint: "Close menu"
@@ -57,9 +38,7 @@ var commands = [
 {
 	shortcut: "ctrl+shift+P",
 	hint: "Command palette",
-	allowunsaved: true,
 	action: commandpalette,
-	excludepalette: true
 },
 {
 	shortcut: "ctrl+p",
@@ -78,14 +57,12 @@ var commands = [
 },
 {
 	hint: "Force save",
-	action: save,
-	shortcut: "ctrl+s",
-	allowunsaved: true
+	action: serialize,
+	shortcut: "ctrl+s"
 },
 {
 	hint: "Share note",
-	action: share,
-	allowunsaved: true
+	action: share
 },
 {
 	hint: "Share note (html)",
@@ -99,20 +76,17 @@ var commands = [
 {
 	shortcut: "ctrl+i",
 	hint: "Toggle title",
-	action: toggletitle,
-	allowunsaved: true
+	action: toggletitle
 },
 {
 	shortcut: "ctrl+m",
 	hint: "Toggle preview",
-	action: togglepreview,
-	allowunsaved: true
+	action: togglepreview
 },
 {
 	shortcut: "ctrl+shift+M",
 	hint: "Toggle preview with merged subnotes",
-	action: togglepreviewwithsubs,
-	allowunsaved: true
+	action: togglepreviewwithsubs
 },
 {
 	shortcut: "ctrl+d",
@@ -125,8 +99,7 @@ var commands = [
 },
 {
 	hint: "Insert markdown header",
-	action: insertheader,
-	allowunsaved: true
+	action: insertheader
 },
 {
 	hint: "Show help",
@@ -166,8 +139,7 @@ var commands = [
 {
 	hint: "Note outline",
 	action: showoutline,
-	shortcut: "ctrl+o",
-	allowunsaved: true
+	shortcut: "ctrl+o"
 },
 {
 	hint: "Show connected notes",
@@ -177,13 +149,11 @@ var commands = [
 {
 	hint: "Show stats",
 	action: showinfo,
-	shortcut: "ctrl+w",
-	allowunsaved: true
+	shortcut: "ctrl+w"
 },
 {
 	hint: "Toggle spell check",
 	action: togglespellcheck,
-	allowunsaved: true,
 	shortcut: "F7"
 },
 {
@@ -255,8 +225,7 @@ var commands = [
 },
 {
 	hint: "Sort text",
-	action: sortselection,
-	allowunsaved: true
+	action: sortselection
 },
 {
 	hint: "Show backlinks",
@@ -264,8 +233,7 @@ var commands = [
 },
 {
 	hint: "Remove completed tasks",
-	action: purgetodo,
-	allowunsaved: true
+	action: purgetodo
 }];
 
 var snippets = [
@@ -316,21 +284,19 @@ function genguid()
 	return crypto.randomUUID();
 }
 
-function purgetodo() {
+function purgetodo()
+{
 	if (currentistodo() && confirm("Remove completed tasks?"))
 	{
 		seteditorcontent(currentnote.content.replace(/\nx .*/g, ""));
 	}
 }
 
-function seteditorcontent(content, silent)
+function seteditorcontent(content)
 {
 	md.value = content;
 	applycolors();
-	if (!silent)
-	{
-		datachanged();
-	}
+	serialize();
 	resize();
 }
 
@@ -453,7 +419,7 @@ function includesub()
 
 			if (confirm("Delete '" + title + "'?"))
 			{
-				deletenote(subnote);
+				deletenote(title);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -490,19 +456,12 @@ function showinfo()
 	var tags = gettags(currentnote);
 	showtemporaryinfo(
 		[
-			"saved: " + saved + (lastsaved? " (" + lastsaved + ")": ""),
 			"sync: " + (settings.sync ? "en" : "dis") + "abled",
 			"title: " + currentnote.title,
 			"line count: " + md.value.split("\n").length,
 			"word count: " + getwords(),
 			"cursor position: " + md.selectionStart + " (" + pospercent() + "%)",
 			(tags ? "tags: " + tags : ""),
-			"current note start: " + stat.cur.t,
-			"current note queries: " + stat.cur.q,
-			"current note data sent: " + formatsize(stat.cur.d),
-			"session start: " + stat.ses.t,
-			"session queries: " + stat.ses.q,
-			"session data sent: " + formatsize(stat.ses.d),
 			"notes count: " + localdata.length,
 			"spell check: " + (md.spellcheck ? "en" : "dis") + "abled"
 		].join("\n"));
@@ -877,11 +836,7 @@ function restoresettings()
 
 function editsettings()
 {
-	bind(
-	{
-		title: "settings.json",
-		content: JSON.stringify(settings, null, "    ")
-	});
+	bind("settings.json", JSON.stringify(settings, null, "    "));
 }
 
 function editsetting(name)
@@ -932,11 +887,7 @@ function decryptnote()
 
 function editpgpkeys()
 {
-	bind(
-	{
-		title: "pgpkeys",
-		content: localStorage.getItem("pgpkeys") || ""
-	});
+	bind("pgpkeys", localStorage.getItem("pgpkeys") || "");
 }
 
 function showtemporaryinfo(info)
@@ -1101,14 +1052,24 @@ function headerandtext(content)
 
 function inserttodo(text)
 {
-	var todo = getorcreate("todo", "");
-	var split = headerandtext(todo);
-	todo.content = split.header + text + "\n" + split.text;
-	if (todo == currentnote)
+	var guid = getguid("todo");
+	if (!guid)
 	{
-		seteditorcontent(todo.content, true);
+		guid = createnote("todo");
+	}
+	var content = localStorage.getItem(guid);
+	var split = headerandtext(content);
+	content = split.header + text + "\n" + split.text;
+	if (title.value == "todo")
+	{
+		seteditorcontent(content);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		localStorage.setItem(guid, content);
+		metadata[guid].lastchanged = Date.now();
+		serialize();
 	}
-	return datachanged();
 }
 
 function promptinserttodo()
@@ -1228,7 +1189,8 @@ function loadstorage()
 		msg.innerText = "Clipping...";
 		notepage.appendChild(msg);
 
-		inserttodo("@clip " + clip).then(window.close);
+		inserttodo("@clip " + clip)
+		window.close();
 	}
 
 	// when multiple tabs or split?
@@ -1249,8 +1211,7 @@ function loadstorage()
 
 	if (window.title.value)
 	{
-		var guid = getguid(window.title.value);
-		bind(guid);
+		bind(window.title.value);
 		if (line)
 		{
 			gotoline(line);
@@ -1354,14 +1315,14 @@ 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 =>
+		legacy.reverse().forEach(note =>
 		{
 			var guid = genguid();
 			localStorage.setItem(guid, note.content);
 			note.header = indexheader(note.content);
+			note.lastchanged = Date.now();
 			delete note.content;
 			index[guid] = note;
 		});
@@ -1448,9 +1409,6 @@ function queryremote(params)
 {
 	return new Promise( (apply, failed) => {
 
-		stat.cur.q++;
-		stat.ses.q++;
-
 		params.password = settings.password;
 
 		var paramlist = [];
@@ -1459,9 +1417,6 @@ function queryremote(params)
 			paramlist.push(i + "=" + encodeURIComponent(params[i]));
 		}
 
-		stat.cur.d += paramlist.join("&").length;
-		stat.ses.d += paramlist.join("&").length;
-
 		var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
 		xhr.open("POST", "handler.php");
 		xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
@@ -1661,11 +1616,7 @@ function showgrepresult(needle, grepresult)
 		grepcontent.push("No result.");
 	}
 
-	bind(
-	{
-		title: "Search result",
-		content: grepcontent.join("\n")
-	});
+	bind("Search result", grepcontent.join("\n"));
 
 	if (preview.hidden)
 	{
@@ -1877,12 +1828,6 @@ function resize()
 	}
 }
 
-function putontop()
-{
-	console.warn("todo: put on top");
-	return;
-}
-
 function postpone()
 {
 	return new Promise(function(resolve)
@@ -1892,31 +1837,37 @@ function postpone()
 	});
 }
 
-function setsaved()
-{
-	unsavedmark.hidden = true;
-	saved = true;
-	lastsaved = timestamp();
-}
-
 function serialize()
 {
-	// serialize all gui stuff to local storage
+	clearTimeout(workerid);
+	workerid = null;
+
 	var guid = getguid(window.title.value);
-	var item = metadata[guid];
-	item.title = title.value;
-	item.pos = md.selectionStart;
-	item.header = indexheader(md.value);
-
-	// is it the right place?
-	putontop();
-
-	localStorage.setItem("index", JSON.stringify(metadata));
-	localStorage.setItem(guid, md.value);
+	if (guid)
+	{
+		var item = metadata[guid];
+		item.title = title.value;
+		item.pos = md.selectionStart;
+		item.header = indexheader(md.value);
+		item.lastchanged = Date.now();
 
+		localStorage.setItem("index", JSON.stringify(metadata));
+		localStorage.setItem(guid, md.value);
+	}
+	else if (title.value == "settings.json")
+	{
+		settings = JSON.parse(md.value);
+		savesettings();
+		loadsettings();
+	}
+	else if (title.value == "pgpkeys")
+	{
+		localStorage.setItem("pgpkeys", md.value);
+	}
+	console.log("data serialized");
 }
 
-function save()
+/*function save()
 {
 	return new Promise(function(resolve, reject)
 	{
@@ -2001,7 +1952,7 @@ function save()
 			}
 		}
 	});
-}
+}*/
 
 function escapeHtml(unsafe) {
 	return unsafe
@@ -2263,19 +2214,10 @@ function editorinput()
 	// criteria to improve. Or redraw only after?
 	var multiline = md.value.substring(md.selectionStart, md.selectionEnd).includes("\n");
 	applycolors(!multiline && event.data && (event.inputType == "insertText" || event.inputType == "deleteContentBackward" || event.inputType == "deleteContentForward"));
-	datachanged();
+	postpone().then(serialize);
 	resize();
 }
 
-function datachanged()
-{
-	saved = false;
-	unsavedmark.hidden = !settings.sync;
-
-	return postpone()
-	.then(save);
-}
-
 function timestamp()
 {
 	var utc = new Date();
@@ -2286,17 +2228,17 @@ function timestamp()
 
 function quicknewnote()
 {
+	serialize();
 	loadnote(timestamp());
-	datachanged();
 }
 
 function startnewnote()
 {
+	serialize();
 	var title = prompt("Note title: ", timestamp());
 	if (title)
 	{
 		loadnote(title);
-		datachanged();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2334,11 +2276,7 @@ function showhelp()
 	help.push("##Sources");
 	help.push("https://github.com/quenousimporte/notes");
 
-	bind(
-	{
-		title: "Help",
-		content: help.join("\n")
-	});
+	bind("Help", help.join("\n"));
 
 	if (preview.hidden)
 	{
@@ -2362,6 +2300,7 @@ function toggletitle()
 
 function selectnote()
 {
+	// todo: sort by lastchanged
 	return searchinlist(
 		Object.values(metadata).map(item =>
 		{
@@ -2491,6 +2430,7 @@ function renamereferences(newname)
 
 function restoredeleted()
 {
+	// todo: parse local storage starting with "deleted" and reindex with a new guid
 	var trash = window.localStorage.getItem("trash");
 	if (trash)
 	{
@@ -2518,24 +2458,22 @@ function restoredeleted()
 	}
 }
 
-function deletenote(note)
+function deletenote(title)
 {
-	var trash = JSON.parse(window.localStorage.getItem("trash") || "[]");
-	note.deletiondate = timestamp();
-	trash.push(note);
-	window.localStorage.setItem("trash", JSON.stringify(trash));
-
-	localdata = localdata.filter(n => n != note);
-
-	renamereferences(note.title + " (deleted)");
-	datachanged();
+	var guid = getguid(title);
+	delete metadata[guid];
+	renameinternallinks(title, title + " (deleted)");
+	var content = localStorage.getItem(guid);
+	localStorage.removeItem(guid);
+	localStorage.setItem("deleted_" + title, content);
+	localStorage.setItem("index", JSON.stringify(metadata));
 }
 
 function deletecurrentnote()
 {
-	if (confirm('delete "' + currentnote.title + '"?'))
+	if (confirm('delete "' + title.value + '"?'))
 	{
-		deletenote(currentnote);
+		deletenote(title.value);
 		loadlast();
 	}
 }
@@ -2578,11 +2516,7 @@ function shortcutmatches(event, shortcut)
 
 function executecommand(command)
 {
-	if (!command.allowunsaved && !saved)
-	{
-		showtemporaryinfo("Cannot perform '" + command.hint + "' because current note is not saved.");
-	}
-	else if (command.remoteonly && !settings.sync)
+	if (command.remoteonly && !settings.sync)
 	{
 		showtemporaryinfo(command.hint + " is not available in local mode.");
 	}
@@ -2748,31 +2682,41 @@ function setwindowtitle()
 	document.title = title.value;
 }
 
+function renameinternallinks(from, to)
+{
+	foreachmetadata( (guid, item) =>
+	{
+		var content = localStorage.getItem(guid);
+		var newcontent = content.replaceAll("[[" + from + "]]", "[[" + to + "]]");
+		if (content != newcontent)
+		{
+			localStorage.setItem(guid, newcontent);
+		}
+	});
+}
+
 function ontitlechange()
 {
-	if (localdata.find(n => n.title == title.value))
+	var guid = getguid(title.value);
+	if (guid)
 	{
 		showtemporaryinfo(title.value + " alreday exists");
-		title.value = currentnote.title;
-		return;
+		title.value = previoustitle;
 	}
-
-	// rename internal references
-	localdata
-	.filter(note => note != currentnote)
-	.forEach(note =>
+	else
 	{
-		note.content = note.content.replaceAll("[[" + currentnote.title + "]]", "[[" + title.value + "]]");
-	});
+		renameinternallinks(previoustitle, title.value);
 
-	currentnote.title = title.value;
+		guid = getguid(previoustitle);
+		previoustitle = title.value;
+		metadata[guid].title = title.value;
+		setwindowtitle();
+		serialize();
 
-	datachanged();
-	setwindowtitle();
-
-	if (!settings.titlebydefault)
-	{
-		toggletitle();
+		if (!settings.titlebydefault)
+		{
+			toggletitle();
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2961,18 +2905,16 @@ function togglepreviewwithsubs()
 
 function bind(title, content, pos)
 {
-	var changed = title.value != title;
-
+	previoustitle = title;
 	backup = content;
+
 	window.title.value = title;
 	setwindowtitle();
 
-	seteditorcontent(content || "", true);
+	md.value = content || "";
+	applycolors();
 
-	if (changed)
-	{
-		md.style.height = "0px";
-	}
+	md.style.height = "0px";
 	resize();
 
 	setpos(pos || 0);
@@ -3027,10 +2969,6 @@ function loadnote(title)
 
 	bind(item.title, content, item.pos);
 
-	stat.cur.q = 0;
-	stat.cur.d = 0;
-	stat.cur.t = timestamp();
-
 	if (!preview.hidden || (preview.hidden && (gettags(md.value).indexOf("preview") !== -1)))
 	{
 		togglepreview();