diff --git a/lib/models/note.js b/lib/models/note.js
index d7109d44..ad968e7b 100644
--- a/lib/models/note.js
+++ b/lib/models/note.js
@@ -92,20 +92,22 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize, DataTypes) {
         return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
           // if no content specified then use default note
           if (!note.content) {
-            var body = null
-            let filePath = null
-            if (!note.alias) {
-              filePath = config.defaultNotePath
-            } else {
-              filePath = path.join(config.docsPath, note.alias + '.md')
+            let filePath = config.defaultNotePath
+
+            if (note.alias) {
+              const notePathInDocPath = path.join(config.docsPath, path.basename(note.alias) + '.md')
+              if (Note.checkFileExist(notePathInDocPath)) {
+                filePath = notePathInDocPath
+              }
             }
+
             if (Note.checkFileExist(filePath)) {
-              var fsCreatedTime = moment(fs.statSync(filePath).ctime)
-              body = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8')
-              note.title = Note.parseNoteTitle(body)
-              note.content = body
+              const noteInFS = readFileSystemNote(filePath)
+              note.title = noteInFS.title
+              note.content = noteInFS.content
               if (filePath !== config.defaultNotePath) {
-                note.createdAt = fsCreatedTime
+                note.createdAt = noteInFS.lastchangeAt
+                note.lastchangeAt = noteInFS.lastchangeAt
               }
             }
           }
@@ -196,6 +198,29 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize, DataTypes) {
       })
     })
   }
+
+  async function syncNote (noteInFS, note) {
+    const contentLength = noteInFS.content.length
+
+    let note2 = await note.update({
+      title: noteInFS.title,
+      content: noteInFS.content,
+      lastchangeAt: noteInFS.lastchangeAt
+    })
+    const revision = await sequelize.models.Revision.saveNoteRevisionAsync(note2)
+    // update authorship on after making revision of docs
+    const patch = dmp.patch_fromText(revision.patch)
+    const operations = Note.transformPatchToOperations(patch, contentLength)
+    let authorship = note2.authorship
+    for (let i = 0; i < operations.length; i++) {
+      authorship = Note.updateAuthorshipByOperation(operations[i], null, authorship)
+    }
+    note2 = await note.update({
+      authorship: authorship
+    })
+    return note2.id
+  }
+
   Note.parseNoteId = function (noteId, callback) {
     async.series({
       parseNoteIdByAlias: function (_callback) {
@@ -204,65 +229,35 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize, DataTypes) {
           where: {
             alias: noteId
           }
-        }).then(function (note) {
-          if (note) {
-            const filePath = path.join(config.docsPath, noteId + '.md')
-            if (Note.checkFileExist(filePath)) {
-              // if doc in filesystem have newer modified time than last change time
-              // then will update the doc in db
-              var fsModifiedTime = moment(fs.statSync(filePath).mtime)
-              var dbModifiedTime = moment(note.lastchangeAt || note.createdAt)
-              var body = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8')
-              var contentLength = body.length
-              var title = Note.parseNoteTitle(body)
-              if (fsModifiedTime.isAfter(dbModifiedTime) && note.content !== body) {
-                note.update({
-                  title: title,
-                  content: body,
-                  lastchangeAt: fsModifiedTime
-                }).then(function (note) {
-                  sequelize.models.Revision.saveNoteRevision(note, function (err, revision) {
-                    if (err) return _callback(err, null)
-                    // update authorship on after making revision of docs
-                    var patch = dmp.patch_fromText(revision.patch)
-                    var operations = Note.transformPatchToOperations(patch, contentLength)
-                    var authorship = note.authorship
-                    for (let i = 0; i < operations.length; i++) {
-                      authorship = Note.updateAuthorshipByOperation(operations[i], null, authorship)
-                    }
-                    note.update({
-                      authorship: authorship
-                    }).then(function (note) {
-                      return callback(null, note.id)
-                    }).catch(function (err) {
-                      return _callback(err, null)
-                    })
-                  })
-                }).catch(function (err) {
-                  return _callback(err, null)
-                })
+        }).then(async function (note) {
+          const filePath = path.join(config.docsPath, path.basename(noteId) + '.md')
+          if (Note.checkFileExist(filePath)) {
+            try {
+              if (note) {
+                // if doc in filesystem have newer modified time than last change time
+                // then will update the doc in db
+                const noteInFS = readFileSystemNote(filePath)
+                if (shouldSyncNote(note, noteInFS)) {
+                  const noteId = await syncNote(noteInFS, note)
+                  return callback(null, noteId)
+                }
               } else {
+                // create new note with alias, and will sync md file in beforeCreateHook
+                const note = await Note.create({
+                  alias: noteId,
+                  owner: null,
+                  permission: 'locked'
+                })
                 return callback(null, note.id)
               }
-            } else {
-              return callback(null, note.id)
-            }
-          } else {
-            var filePath = path.join(config.docsPath, noteId + '.md')
-            if (Note.checkFileExist(filePath)) {
-              Note.create({
-                alias: noteId,
-                owner: null,
-                permission: 'locked'
-              }).then(function (note) {
-                return callback(null, note.id)
-              }).catch(function (err) {
-                return _callback(err, null)
-              })
-            } else {
-              return _callback(null, null)
+            } catch (err) {
+              return callback(err, null)
             }
           }
+          if (!note) {
+            return callback(null, null)
+          }
+          return callback(null, note.id)
         }).catch(function (err) {
           return _callback(err, null)
         })
@@ -589,5 +584,21 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize, DataTypes) {
     return operations
   }
 
+  function readFileSystemNote (filePath) {
+    const fsModifiedTime = moment(fs.statSync(filePath).mtime)
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8')
+
+    return {
+      lastchangeAt: fsModifiedTime,
+      title: Note.parseNoteTitle(content),
+      content: content
+    }
+  }
+
+  function shouldSyncNote (note, noteInFS) {
+    const dbModifiedTime = moment(note.lastchangeAt || note.createdAt)
+    return noteInFS.lastchangeAt.isAfter(dbModifiedTime) && note.content !== noteInFS.content
+  }
+
   return Note
 }
diff --git a/lib/models/revision.js b/lib/models/revision.js
index b628d96d..5f91b7d8 100644
--- a/lib/models/revision.js
+++ b/lib/models/revision.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var moment = require('moment')
 var childProcess = require('child_process')
 var shortId = require('shortid')
 var path = require('path')
+var util = require('util')
 
 var Op = Sequelize.Op
 
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ module.exports = function (sequelize, DataTypes) {
       return callback(err, null)
     })
   }
+  Revision.saveNoteRevisionAsync = util.promisify(Revision.saveNoteRevision)
   Revision.finishSaveNoteRevision = function (note, revision, callback) {
     note.update({
       savedAt: revision.updatedAt