diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/orgzly/android/ui/main/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/orgzly/android/ui/main/MainActivity.java
index 36adb0444..4171dcdef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/orgzly/android/ui/main/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/orgzly/android/ui/main/MainActivity.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import com.orgzly.android.db.dao.NoteDao;
 import com.orgzly.android.db.entity.Book;
 import com.orgzly.android.db.entity.Note;
+import com.orgzly.android.db.entity.NoteView;
 import com.orgzly.android.db.entity.Repo;
 import com.orgzly.android.db.entity.SavedSearch;
 import com.orgzly.android.prefs.AppPreferences;
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import kotlin.Pair;
+
 public class MainActivity extends CommonActivity
         implements
         ActionModeListener,
@@ -397,6 +400,15 @@ private void setupViewModel() {
                     File file = (File) userData;
                     openFileIfExists(file);
                 }
+                else if (userData instanceof Pair) {
+                    if (((Pair) userData).getFirst() instanceof  Book && ((Pair) userData).getSecond() instanceof NoteView) {
+                        NoteView noteView = (NoteView) ((Pair) userData).getSecond();
+                        Intent intent = new Intent(AppIntent.ACTION_OPEN_NOTE);
+                        intent.putExtra(AppIntent.EXTRA_NOTE_ID, noteView.getNote().getId());
+                        intent.putExtra(AppIntent.EXTRA_BOOK_ID, ((Book) ((Pair) userData).getFirst()).getId());
+                        LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).sendBroadcast(intent);
+                    }
+                }
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/orgzly/android/usecase/LinkFindTarget.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/orgzly/android/usecase/LinkFindTarget.kt
index 5a86228a4..35eebff75 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/orgzly/android/usecase/LinkFindTarget.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/orgzly/android/usecase/LinkFindTarget.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.orgzly.android.usecase
 import android.os.Environment
 import com.orgzly.android.BookName
 import com.orgzly.android.data.DataRepository
+import com.orgzly.android.db.entity.Book
+import com.orgzly.android.db.entity.NoteView
 import java.io.File
 
 class LinkFindTarget(val path: String) : UseCase() {
@@ -15,9 +17,23 @@ class LinkFindTarget(val path: String) : UseCase() {
     }
 
     private fun openLink(dataRepository: DataRepository, path: String): Any {
+        val regex = """(.*)\:\:(.*)""".toRegex()
         return if (isAbsolute(path)) {
             File(path)
-
+        } else if (regex.matches(path)) {
+            val matchResults = regex.matchEntire(path)
+            val (_, notebook, heading) = matchResults!!.groupValues
+            isMaybeBook(notebook)?.let { bookName ->
+                dataRepository.getBook(bookName.name)?.let {
+                    val allNotes = dataRepository.getNotes(it.name)
+                    for (note in allNotes) {
+                        if (note.note.title == heading.substring(1)) { // fist char of heading is '*'
+                            return Pair<Book, NoteView>(it, note);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), path)
         } else {
             isMaybeBook(path)?.let { bookName ->
                 dataRepository.getBook(bookName.name)?.let {
@@ -29,12 +45,12 @@ class LinkFindTarget(val path: String) : UseCase() {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun isAbsolute(path: String): Boolean {
-        return path.startsWith('/')
+    private fun isAbsolute(bookPath: String): Boolean {
+        return bookPath.startsWith('/')
     }
 
-    private fun isMaybeBook(path: String): BookName? {
-        val file = File(path)
+    private fun isMaybeBook(bookPath: String): BookName? {
+        val file = File(bookPath)
 
         return if (!hasParent(file) && BookName.isSupportedFormatFileName(file.name)) {
             BookName.fromFileName(file.name)