diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js
index 938ba96df60e88a8ce713464093b925c1c665fcc..db78b1facfb12012bbc3c8ca34fea453adb32dba 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class ContainerEditor extends SubstanceContainerEditor {
 
   didMount () {
     super.didMount()
-    const containerId = this.getContainerId()
-    if (this.isEmpty() && containerId !== 'mini') this.createText()
+
+    if (this.isEmpty()) this.createText()
 
     // TODO -- why this and not this.focus ?
     this.el.focus()
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteComponent.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteComponent.js
index 5d549d055883fc54026ca80d4ba9e75e4cebc133..cd061b4421f931ada6dc09cbbfff56bad3ff4402 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteComponent.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteComponent.js
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class NoteComponent extends Component {
 
     const session = this.context.editorSession
     const sel = session.getSelection()
-    console.log('selsel', sel)
 
     const notes = documentHelpers.getPropertyAnnotationsForSelection(
       session.getDocument(),
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/NotesProvider.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/NotesProvider.js
index bfedf073d040d5b97f1c039f9d7c7ca50bab4523..877a5d035442460aa7cbc3864c327e581115d94f 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/NotesProvider.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/NotesProvider.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class NotesProvider extends TOCProvider {
     if (entriesMini && entriesMain.length < entriesMini.length) {
       this.findDeletedNote(entries)
     }
+
     return entries
   }
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class NotesProvider extends TOCProvider {
 
     const containerId = this.getMiniContainerId()
     let surface = this.config.miniEditorContext.surfaceManager.getSurface(containerId)
-    if (notes.mini && notes.mini.length > 0) {
+    if (notes.mini) {
       let container = surface.getContainer()
 
       let findIndex = _.findIndex(notes.main, ['id', note.id])
@@ -114,13 +115,15 @@ class NotesProvider extends TOCProvider {
           tx.update(container.getContentPath(), { type: 'insert', pos: findIndex, value: blockNode.id })
         }
       })
-    } else {
-      surface.createText()
-      this.config.miniEditorSession.transaction(function (tx) {
-        let nodeData = this.createNodeData(note)
-        tx.insertBlockNode(nodeData)
-      }.bind(this))
     }
+
+    //  else {
+    //   surface.createText()
+    //   this.config.miniEditorSession.transaction(function (tx) {
+    //     let nodeData = this.createNodeData(note)
+    //     tx.insertBlockNode(nodeData)
+    //   }.bind(this))
+    // }
   }
 
   findDeletedNote (entries) {