# Org-roam-node-insert: use title as text when selecting via alias?

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-node-insert-use-title-as-text-when-selecting-via-alias/2011>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [September 6, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-node-insert-use-title-as-text-when-selecting-via-alias/2011 "2021-09-06T18:28:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lawrence](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/Lawrence)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-roam-node-insert-use-title-as-text-when-selecting-via-alias/2011/1 "2021-09-06T18:28:57Z")

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Hi all,  
I made heavy use of aliases, both in writing files and searching for them using org-roam-node-insert with helm.

Currently, and as expected, when I identify a node by its alias using org-roam-node-add and helm, org-roam creates a link in which the node’s alias is the text. I.e. [[id:5f3720bc-071d-48d8-994e-75c0d504a80f][note\_alias]].

Question: Can I can force org-roam-node-insert/helm to always use the note’s title, regardless of what alias is used to identify it? I.e. org-roam-node-insert and searching (helm) for ‘note\_alias’ results in the creation of [[id:5f3720bc-071d-48d8-994e-75c0d504a80f][note\_title]].

Thanks in advance!  
Lawrence