diff --git a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
index 00c6c4ee9..e0f15d551 100644
--- a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class NotesController {
       let bodyText: string = await getRawBody(req, 'utf-8');
       bodyText = bodyText.trim();
       this.logger.debug('Got raw markdown:\n' + bodyText);
-      return this.noteService.createNote(bodyText);
+      return this.noteService.createNoteDto(bodyText);
     } else {
       // TODO: Better error message
       throw new BadRequestException('Invalid body');
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class NotesController {
       let bodyText: string = await getRawBody(req, 'utf-8');
       bodyText = bodyText.trim();
       this.logger.debug('Got raw markdown:\n' + bodyText);
-      return this.noteService.createNote(bodyText, noteAlias);
+      return this.noteService.createNoteDto(bodyText, noteAlias);
     } else {
       // TODO: Better error message
       throw new BadRequestException('Invalid body');
diff --git a/src/notes/notes.service.ts b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
index c82ecf471..ec76150ec 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.service.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
@@ -58,11 +58,20 @@ export class NotesService {
     ];
   }
 
-  async createNote(
+  async createNoteDto(
     noteContent: string,
     alias?: NoteMetadataDto['alias'],
     owner?: User,
   ): Promise<NoteDto> {
+    const note = await this.createNote(noteContent, alias, owner);
+    return this.toNoteDto(note);
+  }
+
+  async createNote(
+    noteContent: string,
+    alias?: NoteMetadataDto['alias'],
+    owner?: User,
+  ): Promise<Note> {
     const newNote = Note.create();
     newNote.revisions = Promise.resolve([
       Revision.create(noteContent, noteContent),
@@ -73,12 +82,7 @@ export class NotesService {
     if (owner) {
       newNote.owner = owner;
     }
-    const savedNote = await this.noteRepository.save(newNote);
-    return {
-      content: await this.getCurrentContent(savedNote),
-      metadata: await this.getMetadata(savedNote),
-      editedByAtPosition: [],
-    };
+    return this.noteRepository.save(newNote);
   }
 
   async getCurrentContent(note: Note) {