diff --git a/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js b/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js
index 53c3ccbbd2..580651c120 100644
--- a/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js
+++ b/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js
@@ -293,6 +293,15 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
         const hoistedNoteId = opts.hoistedNoteId || 'root';
         const viewMode = opts.viewMode || "default";
 
+        const targetNoteId = await treeService.getNoteIdFromNotePath(notePath);
+        for (const openedNoteContext of this.getNoteContexts()) {
+            if (openedNoteContext.note && openedNoteContext.note.noteId === targetNoteId) {
+                this.activateNoteContext(openedNoteContext.ntxId, true);
+
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         const noteContext = await this.openEmptyTab(ntxId, hoistedNoteId, mainNtxId);
 
         if (notePath) {
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js b/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js
index a1c2fadb6c..a1e9b75cbd 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/note_tree.js
@@ -366,7 +366,18 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
                         this.tree.reactivate(true);
                     }
                     else {
-                        node.setActive();
+                        const openNoteIn = options.get("openNoteIn")
+                        if (openNoteIn === 'curtab') {
+                            node.setActive();
+                        } else {
+                            const noteId = node.data.noteId;
+                            const notePath = treeService.getNotePath(node);
+                            if (noteId.startsWith('_')) {
+                                node.setActive();
+                            } else {
+                                appContext.tabManager.openTabWithNoteWithHoisting(notePath, true);
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
 
                     return false;
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.js
index 477e0571e9..db0a5b340b 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import BackupOptions from "./options/backup.js";
 import SyncOptions from "./options/sync.js";
 import SearchEngineOptions from "./options/other/search_engine.js";
 import TrayOptions from "./options/other/tray.js";
+import OpenNoteInOptions from "./options/other/open_note_in.js"
 import NoteErasureTimeoutOptions from "./options/other/note_erasure_timeout.js";
 import NoteRevisionsSnapshotIntervalOptions from "./options/other/note_revisions_snapshot_interval.js";
 import NetworkConnectionsOptions from "./options/other/network_connections.js";
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ const CONTENT_WIDGETS = {
         TrayOptions,
         NoteErasureTimeoutOptions,
         NoteRevisionsSnapshotIntervalOptions,
-        NetworkConnectionsOptions
+        NetworkConnectionsOptions,
+        OpenNoteInOptions
     ],
     _optionsAdvanced: [
         DatabaseIntegrityCheckOptions,
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/open_note_in.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/open_note_in.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74aafac2e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/open_note_in.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import OptionsWidget from "../options_widget.js";
+
+const TPL = `
+<div class="options-section">
+    <h4>Open Note In</h4>
+    <select class="open-note-in form-control">
+        <option value="curtab">Current Tab</option>
+        <option value="newtab">New Tab</option>
+    </select>
+</div>`;
+
+export default class OpenNoteInOptions extends OptionsWidget {
+    doRender() {
+        this.$widget = $(TPL);
+        this.$body = $("body");
+        this.$openNoteIn = this.$widget.find(".open-note-in");
+        this.$openNoteIn.on('change', () => {
+            const newopenNoteIn = this.$openNoteIn.val();
+
+            this.updateOption('openNoteIn', newopenNoteIn);
+        });
+    }
+
+    async optionsLoaded(options) {
+        this.$openNoteIn.val(options.openNoteIn);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/api/options.js b/src/routes/api/options.js
index ba8bc7943e..d5190034b5 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/options.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/options.js
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const ALLOWED_OPTIONS = new Set([
     'disableTray',
     'customSearchEngineName',
     'customSearchEngineUrl',
+    'openNoteIn',
 ]);
 
 function getOptions() {
diff --git a/src/services/options_init.js b/src/services/options_init.js
index b8026d371e..97ec9c16ea 100644
--- a/src/services/options_init.js
+++ b/src/services/options_init.js
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ const defaultOptions = [
     { name: 'disableTray', value: 'false', isSynced: false },
     { name: 'customSearchEngineName', value: 'Duckduckgo', isSynced: false },
     { name: 'customSearchEngineUrl', value: 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={keyword}', isSynced: false },
+    { name: 'openNoteIn', value: 'curtab', isSynced: true },
 ];
 
 function initStartupOptions() {