# Org-store-link regular org-links

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-store-link-regular-org-links/2827>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [October 22, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-store-link-regular-org-links/2827 "2022-10-22T02:38:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![jingxlim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@jingxlim](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/jingxlim)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-store-link-regular-org-links/2827/1 "2022-10-22T02:38:28Z")

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Hello. New user of `org-roam` here. Ever since I installed `org-roam`, `org-store-link` now converts my org-heading into a node and stores an ID instead of a regular org-link. The advantage to this is that the link will always work (whereas an org-link will not once you rename the org file or have a duplicated heading in the same file). However, sometimes I want to refer to headings without having it as a node on `org-roam`. Is this possible?

I apologize in advance if this is not standard `org-roam` behavior as I mostly took my config from a tutorial without understanding each and every setting.

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**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-store-link-regular-org-links/2827/2 "2022-10-22T05:49:37Z")

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I suggest that you check the value of `org-id-link-to-org-use-id`.

Org’s user manual: [Handling Links (The Org Manual)](https://orgmode.org/manual/Handling-Links.html)

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**Author:** ![jingxlim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@jingxlim](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/jingxlim)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-store-link-regular-org-links/2827/3 "2022-11-01T17:49:36Z")

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Thanks for responding, @nobiot!

I didn’t realize that `org-id`s were already integral to `org-mode`.

I can see a definite advantage of using `org-id`s. Is there a way for `org-id`s to refer to a `org-heading` without having it becoming a node in `org-roam`?

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**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/org-store-link-regular-org-links/2827/4 "2022-11-03T14:57:20Z")

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Any file and headline with an Org-ID in org-roam-directory is by definition an org-roam node. And I do not recall a user option to configure this, so I believe you’d need to do something with Elisp code.