# Ivy-bibtex doesn't create new notes using orb

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/ivy-bibtex-doesnt-create-new-notes-using-orb/768>\
**Category:** Requests\
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/ivy-bibtex-doesnt-create-new-notes-using-orb/768 "2020-09-17T17:19:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jam20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@jam20](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/jam20)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/ivy-bibtex-doesnt-create-new-notes-using-orb/768/1 "2020-09-17T17:19:42Z")

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Hay everyone, I’m trying to get ivy-bibtex working as helm-bibtex. I’ve set it up and now I can open a pdf file from my bibtex, however, when I do edit-note, if the notes doesn’t exists the following templete get used bibtex-completion-notes-template-multiple-files.  
I use doom emacs and here is my config so far for ivy-bibtex and org-roam-bibtex

```auto
  (setq ivy-bibtex-default-action 'ivy-bibtex-edit-notes)
  (map! :leader :desc "Search bibliography" "nb" #'ivy-bibtex)
  (ivy-add-actions 'ivy-bibtex '(("o" ivy-bibtex-open-any "Open PDF, URL, or DOI")))
  (setq bibtex-completion-pdf-open-function 'find-file )
  (setq org-ref-completion-library 'org-ref-ivy-cite
            org-ref-notes-function 'orb-edit-notes
            org-ref-get-pdf-filename-function 'org-ref-get-pdf-filename )

  (use-package! org-roam-bibtex
    :requires bibtex-completion
    :hook (org-roam-mode . org-roam-bibtex-mode)
    :custom
    (orb-preformat-keywords
     '(("citekey" . "=key=")
        "title"
        "url"
        "author-or-editor-abbrev"
        "abstract"
        "author-or-editor"
        "keywords")))

```

Thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![mshevchuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mshevchuk](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/mshevchuk)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/ivy-bibtex-doesnt-create-new-notes-using-orb/768/2 "2020-09-18T06:16:44Z")

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Must be some loading issues. Try running `org-roam-bibtex-mode` manually and see if it works.

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**Author:** ![mshevchuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mshevchuk](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/mshevchuk)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/ivy-bibtex-doesnt-create-new-notes-using-orb/768/3 "2020-09-18T06:24:56Z")

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See also [a similar issue discussed on Slack](https://orgroam.slack.com/archives/C011XLMELUB/p1597230012000100?thread_ts=1590878531.170800&cid=C011XLMELUB).