diff --git a/static/js/app.mjs b/static/js/app.mjs
index 4a1faec..89c0011 100644
--- a/static/js/app.mjs
+++ b/static/js/app.mjs
@@ -161,7 +161,12 @@ export class App {
 			return
 
 		const nn = Node.create(name, this.currentNode.UUID)
-		nn.save()
+		await nn.save()
+
+		// Treenode is forcefully rerendered and children refetched to both show the new node
+		// and to get it resorted.
+		const treenode = this.sidebar.getTreeNode(this.currentNode.UUID)
+		treenode.render(true, true)
 	}//}}}
 	async goToNode(nodeUUID, dontPush, dontExpand) {//{{{
 		if (nodeUUID === null || nodeUUID === undefined)
diff --git a/static/js/page_node.mjs b/static/js/page_node.mjs
index 8f4feb1..40997e2 100644
--- a/static/js/page_node.mjs
+++ b/static/js/page_node.mjs
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ export class Node {
 			Name: name,
 			ParentUUID: parentUUID,
 			Markdown: false,
-			History: false,
 		})
 
 		// Newly created node (not constructed from existing data) is considered modified
diff --git a/static/js/sidebar.mjs b/static/js/sidebar.mjs
index 23c78c0..8d5bcbd 100644
--- a/static/js/sidebar.mjs
+++ b/static/js/sidebar.mjs
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ export class N2Sidebar extends CustomHTMLElement {
 	isSelected(node) {//{{{
 		return this.selectedNode?.UUID === node.UUID
 	}//}}}
+	getTreeNode(uuid) {// {{{
+		return this.treeNodeComponents[uuid]
+	}// }}}
 
 	async keyHandler(event) {//{{{
 		let handled = true
@@ -514,8 +517,8 @@ export class N2TreeNode extends CustomHTMLElement {
 		if (this.rendered && force_update !== true)
 			return this
 
-		if (this.sidebar.getNodeExpanded(this.node.UUID))
-			await this.fetchChildren()
+		if (this.sidebar.getNodeExpanded(this.node.UUID) || force_refetch_children)
+			await this.fetchChildren(force_refetch_children)
 
 		// Update the name and selected status.
 		this.elName.querySelector('span').innerText = this.node.get('Name')