diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js
index ae552f573c469ee70ef8b54c5f7d1ba0ae4b4504..c9e603ae38ee06fe57abf08fe0ba79fd9a4ae91c 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { each, keys, includes } from 'lodash'
+import { each, keys, includes, forEach } from 'lodash'
 import {
   ContainerEditor as SubstanceContainerEditor,
   // deleteCharacter,
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class ContainerEditor extends SubstanceContainerEditor {
     super.didMount()
 
     if (this.isEmpty() && this.props.containerId !== 'mini') this.createText()
+    if (this.isEmpty() && this.props.containerId === 'mini') this.createTextMini()
 
     // TODO -- why this and not this.focus ?
     this.el.focus()
@@ -209,6 +210,28 @@ class ContainerEditor extends SubstanceContainerEditor {
     this.editorSession.setSelection(newSel)
   }
 
+  createTextMini () {
+    const notes = this.context.notesProvider.computeEntries()
+
+    this.editorSession.transaction(function (tx) {
+      var container = tx.get(this.props.containerId)
+      var textType = tx.getSchema().getDefaultTextType()
+
+      forEach(notes, function (note, index) {
+        let node = tx.create({
+          'content': note['note-content'],
+          'parentNoteId': note.id,
+          index: index,
+          type: textType
+        })
+        container.show(node.id)
+      })
+    }.bind(this))
+
+    this.rerender()
+    // this.editorSession.setSelection(newSel)
+  }
+
   // only runs if editor is in read-only mode
   // disables all tools, apart from comments
   disableToolbar () {
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteCommand.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteCommand.js
index c29dfbf1eee5ce91099dd6b494aeb23800f44d0e..cbcb44fb2ab13a5dad2832f8017cef18b885d396 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteCommand.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteCommand.js
@@ -13,24 +13,8 @@ class NoteCommand extends InsertInlineNodeCommand {
     editorSession.transaction((tx) => {
       return tx.insertInlineNode(nodeData)
     })
-
-    // let selection = editorSession.getSelection()
-    // let selectionBefore = selection._clone()
-    // selectionBefore.start.offset -= 1
-    // let note = this.getCreatedNote(selectionBefore, editorSession)
-    // const notesProvider = this.getNotesProvider(params)
-    // notesProvider.createIsolatedNote(note)
   }
 
-  // getCreatedNote (selection, editorSession) {
-  //   const note = documentHelpers.getPropertyAnnotationsForSelection(
-  //     editorSession.getDocument(),
-  //     selection,
-  //     { type: 'note' }
-  //   )
-  //   return note[0]
-  // }
-
   getNotesProvider (params) {
     return params.surface.context.notesProvider
   }
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/config.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/config.js
index 9db582758811096a8458837ab1a6d37ac05ab48d..222a72ef9bda7c2cbfcc9b40b4df6d767fe49b7b 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/config.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/config.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let config = {
     config.defineSchema({
       name: 'prose-article',
       ArticleClass: ProseArticle,
-      defaultTextType: 'paragraph'
+      defaultTextType: 'isolated-note'
     })
 
     config.import(BasePackage, {
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/miniEditor.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/miniEditor.js
index 48989fed7a30ab5fa518221d4e3308e34a9b70eb..619326770e805f19b7c9f45e88495e75109cbdf9 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/miniEditor.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/miniEditor.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import ContainerEditor from '../ContainerEditor'
 import Comments from '../panes/Comments/CommentBoxList'
 import CommentsProvider from '../panes/Comments/CommentsProvider'
 import TrackChangesProvider from '../elements/track_change/TrackChangesProvider'
-import {forEach, values, reverse} from 'lodash'
+import {forEach, values} from 'lodash'
 class MiniEditor extends ProseEditor {
 
   didMount () {
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/Notes.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/Notes.js
index 541e9c6868416b130c0ed09b354c3108c7845b4d..4fb031f4fd189f3627065bfc8493647d207a1c85 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/Notes.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/Notes.js
@@ -70,16 +70,16 @@ class Notes extends Component {
     configurator.addImporter('html', Importer)
     const importer = configurator.createImporter('html')
 
-    const provider = this.getProvider()
-
-    const notes = provider.computeEntries()
-    let noteContent = ''
-
-    for (var i = 0; i < notes.length; i++) {
-      noteContent += notes[i]['note-content']
-    }
-
-    const doc = importer.importDocument(noteContent)
+    // const provider = this.getProvider()
+    //
+    // const notes = provider.computeEntries()
+    // let noteContent = ''
+    //
+    // for (var i = 0; i < notes.length; i++) {
+    //   noteContent = ''
+    // }
+
+    const doc = importer.importDocument()
 
     const editorSession = new EditorSession(doc, {
       configurator: configurator
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/NotesProvider.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/NotesProvider.js
index 7bf40267d672ebcf078f5835e449ac6c9be2fe11..9c7211c0a0f3ba419992c234ac9c5a576f5304b2 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/NotesProvider.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Notes/NotesProvider.js
@@ -49,71 +49,6 @@ class NotesProvider extends TOCProvider {
     const miniNote = _.find(notes.mini, ['parentNoteId', note.id])
     if (miniNote) this.config.miniEditorContext.editor.emit('noteSelected', miniNote.id)
   }
-
-  createNodeData (note) {
-    return {
-      'type': 'isolated-note',
-      'content': '',
-      'parentNoteId': note.id
-    }
-  }
-
-  createIsolatedNote (note) {
-    const notes = this.computeEntries()
-
-    let surface = this.getSurface()
-    if (notes.mini) {
-      let container = surface.getContainer()
-
-      let findIndex = _.findIndex(notes.main, ['id', note.id])
-
-      let nodeData = this.createNodeData(note)
-      this.config.miniEditorSession.transaction(function (tx) {
-        if (!tx.get(nodeData.id)) {
-          let blockNode = tx.create(nodeData)
-          tx.update(container.getContentPath(), { type: 'insert', pos: findIndex, value: blockNode.id })
-        }
-      })
-    }
-  }
-
-  findDeletedNote (entries) {
-    let position
-    let note
-    if (entries.main.length === 0) {
-      position = 0
-      note = entries.mini[0]
-    } else {
-      _.forEach(entries.main, function (mainNote) {
-        _.forEach(entries.mini, function (miniNote) {
-          if (miniNote.parentNoteId !== mainNote.id) {
-            position = _.findIndex(entries.mini, ['id', miniNote.id])
-            note = miniNote
-          }
-        })
-      })
-    }
-
-    this.removeIsolatedNote(position, note)
-  }
-
-  removeIsolatedNote (position, note) {
-    let surface = this.getSurface()
-    let container = surface.getContainer()
-    this.config.miniEditorSession.transaction(function (tx) {
-      tx.update(container.getContentPath(), { type: 'delete', pos: position })
-      tx.delete(note.id)
-    })
-  }
-
-  getMiniContainerId () {
-    return this.config.miniEditorContext.editor.props.containerId
-  }
-
-  getSurface () {
-    const containerId = this.getMiniContainerId()
-    return this.config.miniEditorContext.surfaceManager.getSurface(containerId)
-  }
 }
 
 NotesProvider.tocTypes = ['note']