diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/context_menu.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/context_menu.ts
index a9cf68be1..af463027b 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/context_menu.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/context_menu.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,17 @@ export function showRowContextMenu(_e: UIEvent, row: RowComponent, parentNote: F
                 title: "Insert row above",
                 uiIcon: "bx bx-list-plus",
                 handler: () => {
-
+                    const target = e.target;
+                    if (!target) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    const component = $(target).closest(".component").prop("component");
+                    component.triggerCommand("addNewRow", {
+                        customOpts: {
+                            target: "before",
+                            targetBranchId: rowData.branchId,
+                        }
+                    });
                 }
             },
             {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/api/notes.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/api/notes.ts
index 40a955be9..b53bb1a2a 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/api/notes.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/api/notes.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function createNote(req: Request) {
 
     const { target, targetBranchId } = req.query;
 
-    if (target !== "into" && target !== "after") {
+    if (target !== "into" && target !== "after" && target !== "before") {
         throw new ValidationError("Invalid target type.");
     }
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/notes.ts b/apps/server/src/services/notes.ts
index 4c82c0e8c..998da821b 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/notes.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/notes.ts
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ function createNewNote(params: NoteParams): {
     });
 }
 
-function createNewNoteWithTarget(target: "into" | "after", targetBranchId: string | undefined, params: NoteParams) {
+function createNewNoteWithTarget(target: "into" | "after" | "before", targetBranchId: string | undefined, params: NoteParams) {
     if (!params.type) {
         const parentNote = becca.notes[params.parentNoteId];
 
@@ -277,6 +277,19 @@ function createNewNoteWithTarget(target: "into" | "after", targetBranchId: strin
 
         entityChangesService.putNoteReorderingEntityChange(params.parentNoteId);
 
+        return retObject;
+    } else if (target === "before" && targetBranchId) {
+        const beforeBranch = becca.branches[targetBranchId];
+
+        // not updating utcDateModified to avoid having to sync whole rows
+        sql.execute("UPDATE branches SET notePosition = notePosition - 10 WHERE parentNoteId = ? AND notePosition < ? AND isDeleted = 0", [params.parentNoteId, beforeBranch.notePosition]);
+
+        params.notePosition = beforeBranch.notePosition - 10;
+
+        const retObject = createNewNote(params);
+
+        entityChangesService.putNoteReorderingEntityChange(params.parentNoteId);
+
         return retObject;
     } else {
         throw new Error(`Unknown target '${target}'`);