diff --git a/src/public/app/components/note_context.js b/src/public/app/components/note_context.js
index 47161069f..d5ebbbcf1 100644
--- a/src/public/app/components/note_context.js
+++ b/src/public/app/components/note_context.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class NoteContext extends Component {
         this.notePath = null;
         this.noteId = null;
         this.parentNoteId = null;
-        this.hoistedNoteId = 'root';
+        // hoisted note is kept intentionally
 
         this.triggerEvent('noteSwitched', {
             noteContext: this,
@@ -187,9 +187,13 @@ class NoteContext extends Component {
     }
 
     async setHoistedNoteId(noteIdToHoist) {
+        if (this.hoistedNoteId === noteIdToHoist) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         this.hoistedNoteId = noteIdToHoist;
 
-        if (!this.notePathArray?.includes(noteIdToHoist)) {
+        if (!this.notePathArray?.includes(noteIdToHoist) && !utils.isMobile()) {
             await this.setNote(noteIdToHoist);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js b/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js
index 8868000ba..92e467a65 100644
--- a/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js
+++ b/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js
@@ -25,14 +25,10 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
                 return;
             }
 
-            console.log("Pre-saving", this.noteContexts);
-
             const openTabs = this.noteContexts
                 .map(nc => nc.getTabState())
                 .filter(t => !!t);
 
-            console.log("Saving", openTabs);
-
             await server.put('options', {
                 openTabs: JSON.stringify(openTabs)
             });
@@ -58,15 +54,23 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
 
         let filteredTabs = [];
 
-        console.log(document.location.hash, tabsToOpen);
+        // preload all notes at once
+        await froca.getNotes([
+            tabsToOpen.map(tab => treeService.getNoteIdFromNotePath(tab.notePath)),
+            tabsToOpen.map(tab => tab.hoistedNoteId),
+        ], true);
 
         for (const openTab of tabsToOpen) {
-            const noteId = treeService.getNoteIdFromNotePath(openTab.notePath);
-
-            if (await froca.noteExists(noteId)) {
+            if (openTab.notePath && !(treeService.getNoteIdFromNotePath(openTab.notePath) in froca.notes)) {
                 // note doesn't exist so don't try to open tab for it
-                filteredTabs.push(openTab);
+                continue;
             }
+
+            if (!froca.getNoteFromCache(openTab.hoistedNoteId)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            filteredTabs.push(openTab);
         }
 
         if (utils.isMobile()) {
@@ -76,9 +80,9 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
 
         if (filteredTabs.length === 0) {
             filteredTabs.push({
-                notePath: this.isMainWindow ? 'root' : '',
+                notePath: glob.extraHoistedNoteId || 'root',
                 active: true,
-                extraHoistedNoteId: glob.extraHoistedNoteId || 'root'
+                hoistedNoteId: glob.extraHoistedNoteId || 'root'
             });
         }
 
@@ -193,14 +197,9 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
     }
 
     async switchToNoteContext(ntxId, notePath) {
-        console.log("Looking for " + ntxId);
-        console.log("Existing", this.noteContexts);
-
         const noteContext = this.noteContexts.find(nc => nc.ntxId === ntxId)
             || await this.openEmptyTab();
 
-        console.log(noteContext);
-
         await this.activateNoteContext(noteContext.ntxId);
 
         if (notePath) {
@@ -219,9 +218,19 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
     async openEmptyTab(ntxId = null, hoistedNoteId = 'root', mainNtxId = null) {
         const noteContext = new NoteContext(ntxId, hoistedNoteId, mainNtxId);
 
-        const existingNoteContext = this.children.find(nc => nc.ntxId === noteContext.ntxId);
+        let existingNoteContext
+
+        if (utils.isMobile()) {
+            // kind of hacky way to enforce a single tab on mobile interface - all requests to create a new one
+            // are forced to reuse the existing ab instead
+            existingNoteContext = this.getActiveContext();
+        } else {
+            existingNoteContext = this.children.find(nc => nc.ntxId === noteContext.ntxId);
+        }
 
         if (existingNoteContext) {
+            await existingNoteContext.setHoistedNoteId(hoistedNoteId);
+
             return existingNoteContext;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/froca.js b/src/public/app/services/froca.js
index 34ff49c59..db40d8275 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/froca.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/froca.js
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ class Froca {
 
     /** @returns {Promise<NoteShort[]>} */
     async getNotes(noteIds, silentNotFoundError = false) {
+        noteIds = Array.from(new Set(noteIds)); // make unique
         const missingNoteIds = noteIds.filter(noteId => !this.notes[noteId]);
 
         await this.reloadNotes(missingNoteIds);
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
index 8f53e7207..261719859 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ const TPL = `
         height: 100%;
     }
     
+    body.mobile .note-detail-editable-text {
+        padding-left: 4px;
+    }
+    
     .note-detail-editable-text a:hover {
         cursor: pointer;
     }
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/read_only_text.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/read_only_text.js
index f8f13debd..ff02138db 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/read_only_text.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/read_only_text.js
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ const TPL = `
         min-height: 50px;
         position: relative;
     }
+    
+    body.mobile .note-detail-readonly-text {
+        padding-left: 10px;
+    }
         
     .note-detail-readonly-text p:first-child, .note-detail-readonly-text::before {
         margin-top: 0;