diff --git a/lib/note.js b/lib/note.js
index cd3816f97..a73d2d1d8 100644
--- a/lib/note.js
+++ b/lib/note.js
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ function newNote(id, owner, callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function findOrNewNote(id, permission, callback) {
+function findOrNewNote(id, owner, callback) {
     findNote(id, function (err, note) {
         if (err || !note) {
-            newNote(id, permission, function (err, note) {
+            newNote(id, owner, function (err, note) {
                 if (err) {
                     logger.error('find or new note failed: ' + err);
                     callback(err, null);
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ function findOrNewNote(id, permission, callback) {
             });
         } else {
             if (!note.permission) {
+                var permission = "freely";
+                if (owner && owner != "null") {
+                    permission = "editable";
+                }
                 note.permission = permission;
                 note.updated = Date.now();
                 note.save(function (err) {
diff --git a/lib/realtime.js b/lib/realtime.js
index d0db60729..a732711ab 100644
--- a/lib/realtime.js
+++ b/lib/realtime.js
@@ -394,10 +394,13 @@ function startConnection(socket) {
             //find or new note
             Note.findOrNewNote(notename, owner, function (err, note) {
                 if (err) {
-                    responseError(res, "404", "Not Found", "oops.");
+                    socket.emit('info', {
+                        code: 404
+                    });
+                    socket.disconnect(true);
 					clearSocketQueue(connectionSocketQueue, socket);
 					isConnectionBusy = false;
-                    return;
+                    return logger.error(err);
                 }
 
                 var body = LZString.decompressFromBase64(data.rows[0].content);
diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index e27411c85..e656d5503 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -175,15 +175,15 @@ function showNote(req, res, next) {
             return response.errorNotFound(res);
         }
     }
-    Note.findNote(noteId, function (err, note) {
-        if (err || !note) {
+    db.readFromDB(noteId, function (err, data) {
+        if (err) {
             return response.errorNotFound(res);
         }
-        db.readFromDB(note.id, function (err, data) {
-            if (err) {
+        var notedata = data.rows[0];
+        Note.findOrNewNote(noteId, notedata.owner, function (err, note) {
+            if (err || !note) {
                 return response.errorNotFound(res);
             }
-            var notedata = data.rows[0];
             //check view permission
             if (note.permission == 'private') {
                 if (!req.isAuthenticated() || notedata.owner != req.user._id)