diff --git a/.config/shell/bin/ned b/.config/shell/bin/ned
index 634b3ab..2a5798b 100755
--- a/.config/shell/bin/ned
+++ b/.config/shell/bin/ned
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ new() {
    fi
 
    # Note dir
-   NEW_NOTE_DIR="$BASE_DIR/$(cd "$BASE_DIR" && fd -d 1 | sed 's-\./--g' | $FZF_SEARCH "$2")" || exit
+   NEW_NOTE_DIR="$BASE_DIR/$(cd "$BASE_DIR" && fd -d 1 | sed 's-\./--g' | $FZF_SEARCH "$2")/notes" || exit
+
+   [ -d "${NEW_NOTE_DIR%/*}" ] || mkdir "${NEW_NOTE_DIR%/*}"
 
    if [ -f "$NEW_NOTE_DIR/$NEW_NOTE_NAME" ]; then
       open_file "$NEW_NOTE_DIR/$NEW_NOTE_NAME"
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ new() {
       cd "$NEW_NOTE_DIR" || exit
       # apply a template for notes
 		cat <<-EOF >> "$NEW_NOTE_DIR/$NEW_NOTE_NAME"
-			# ${NEW_NOTE_NAME%%$DEFAULT_NEW_NOTE_EXT}
+			# ${NEW_NOTE_NAME%%"$DEFAULT_NEW_NOTE_EXT"}
 
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 			-->