diff --git a/src/public/app/services/utils.js b/src/public/app/services/utils.js
index 07ad8c89b..ec2bd13f7 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/utils.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/utils.js
@@ -296,9 +296,13 @@ function dynamicRequire(moduleName) {
     }
 }
 
-function timeLimit(promise, limitMs) {
+function timeLimit(promise, limitMs, errorMessage) {
+    if (!promise || !promise.then) { // it's not actually a promise
+        return promise;
+    }
+
     // better stack trace if created outside of promise
-    const error = new Error('Process exceeded time limit ' + limitMs);
+    const error = new Error(errorMessage || `Process exceeded time limit ${limitMs}`);
 
     return new Promise((res, rej) => {
         let resolved = false;
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/ws.js b/src/public/app/services/ws.js
index 8ce16118c..af839cdf2 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/ws.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/ws.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ const processedEntityChangeIds = new Set();
 function logRows(entityChanges) {
     const filteredRows = entityChanges.filter(row =>
         !processedEntityChangeIds.has(row.id)
-        && row.entityName !== 'recent_notes'
         && (row.entityName !== 'options' || row.entityId !== 'openTabs'));
 
     if (filteredRows.length > 0) {
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ function waitForEntityChangeId(desiredEntityChangeId) {
         return Promise.resolve();
     }
 
-    console.debug("Waiting for", desiredEntityChangeId, 'current is', lastProcessedEntityChangeId);
+    console.debug(`Waiting for ${desiredEntityChangeId}, last processed is ${lastProcessedEntityChangeId}, last accepted ${lastAcceptedEntityChangeId}`);
 
     return new Promise((res, rej) => {
         entityChangeIdReachedListeners.push({
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ function checkEntityChangeIdListeners() {
         .filter(l => l.desiredEntityChangeId > lastProcessedEntityChangeId);
 
     entityChangeIdReachedListeners.filter(l => Date.now() > l.start - 60000)
-        .forEach(l => console.log(`Waiting for entityChangeId ${l.desiredEntityChangeId} while current is ${lastProcessedEntityChangeId} for ${Math.floor((Date.now() - l.start) / 1000)}s`));
+        .forEach(l => console.log(`Waiting for entityChangeId ${l.desiredEntityChangeId} while last processed is ${lastProcessedEntityChangeId} (last accepted ${lastAcceptedEntityChangeId}) for ${Math.floor((Date.now() - l.start) / 1000)}s`));
 }
 
 async function runSafely(syncHandler, syncData) {
@@ -230,25 +229,6 @@ subscribeToMessages(message => {
 });
 
 async function processEntityChanges(entityChanges) {
-    const missingNoteIds = [];
-
-    for (const {entityName, entity} of entityChanges) {
-        if (entityName === 'branches' && !(entity.parentNoteId in treeCache.notes)) {
-            missingNoteIds.push(entity.parentNoteId);
-        }
-        else if (entityName === 'attributes'
-              && entity.type === 'relation'
-              && entity.name === 'template'
-              && !(entity.noteId in treeCache.notes)) {
-
-            missingNoteIds.push(entity.value);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (missingNoteIds.length > 0) {
-        await treeCache.reloadNotes(missingNoteIds);
-    }
-
     const loadResults = new LoadResults(treeCache);
 
     for (const ec of entityChanges.filter(ec => ec.entityName === 'notes')) {
@@ -391,6 +371,25 @@ async function processEntityChanges(entityChanges) {
         loadResults.addOption(ec.entity.name);
     }
 
+    const missingNoteIds = [];
+
+    for (const {entityName, entity} of entityChanges) {
+        if (entityName === 'branches' && !(entity.parentNoteId in treeCache.notes)) {
+            missingNoteIds.push(entity.parentNoteId);
+        }
+        else if (entityName === 'attributes'
+            && entity.type === 'relation'
+            && entity.name === 'template'
+            && !(entity.value in treeCache.notes)) {
+
+            missingNoteIds.push(entity.value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (missingNoteIds.length > 0) {
+        await treeCache.reloadNotes(missingNoteIds);
+    }
+
     if (!loadResults.isEmpty()) {
         if (loadResults.hasAttributeRelatedChanges()) {
             noteAttributeCache.invalidate();
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/component.js b/src/public/app/widgets/component.js
index 8073d45ee..9a28e4925 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/component.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/component.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export default class Component {
             console.log(`Call to ${fun.name} in ${this.componentId} took ${took}ms`);
         }
 
-        await promise;
+        await utils.timeLimit(promise, 25000, `Time limit failed on ${this.constructor.name} with ${fun.name}`);
 
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js b/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js
index 0530f1f77..4cd75a53c 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js
@@ -1126,6 +1126,10 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends TabAwareWidget {
                 node = await this.expandToNote(nextNotePath, false);
 
                 if (node) {
+                    // FIXME: this is conceptually wrong
+                    //        here note tree is responsible for updating global state of the application
+                    //        this should be done by tabcontext / tabmanager and note tree should only listen to
+                    //        changes in active note and just set the "active" state
                     await appContext.tabManager.getActiveTabContext().setNote(nextNotePath);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/services/utils.js b/src/services/utils.js
index c915d1024..f195ca817 100644
--- a/src/services/utils.js
+++ b/src/services/utils.js
@@ -246,9 +246,13 @@ function getNoteTitle(filePath, replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces, noteMeta) {
     }
 }
 
-function timeLimit(promise, limitMs) {
+function timeLimit(promise, limitMs, errorMessage) {
+    if (!promise || !promise.then) { // it's not actually a promise
+        return promise;
+    }
+
     // better stack trace if created outside of promise
-    const error = new Error('Process exceeded time limit ' + limitMs);
+    const error = new Error(errorMessage || `Process exceeded time limit ${limitMs}`);
 
     return new Promise((res, rej) => {
         let resolved = false;