# Why does creating a new node create a PROPERTIES drawer in the document I started from?

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**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 21, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/why-does-creating-a-new-node-create-a-properties-drawer-in-the-document-i-started-from/1802 "2021-07-21T23:28:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![JeffBrown](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/jeffbrown/32/254_2.png) [@JeffBrown](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/JeffBrown)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/why-does-creating-a-new-node-create-a-properties-drawer-in-the-document-i-started-from/1802/1 "2021-07-21T23:28:02Z")

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If I’m in one org-roam node X, and try to create a new node Y, often Emacs will create a PROPERTIES drawer in X, around wherever my cursor is.

It only happens if the cursor is inside a headline. If it is before the headlines begin, this doesn’t happen.

In case it’s relevant, here’s [my .emacs dotfile file](https://github.com/JeffreyBenjaminBrown/play/blob/master/dot-emacs.el).

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**Author:** ![cube48](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/cube48/32/429_2.png) [@cube48](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/cube48)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/why-does-creating-a-new-node-create-a-properties-drawer-in-the-document-i-started-from/1802/2 "2021-07-22T08:13:38Z")

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+1 … I’m curious too. Although I didn’t use v1 much so I don’t know what should be the expected behaviour.

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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:** [July 22, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/why-does-creating-a-new-node-create-a-properties-drawer-in-the-document-i-started-from/1802/3 "2021-07-22T21:15:03Z")

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I am not able to reproduce the issue in my normal set up or test environment with only Org-roam and completion frameworks (e.g. Ivy, Helm). I’m on Windows with Emacs 27.2.

You might like to try Emacs -Q with Org-roam and its prerequisites only to see if you can repro the issue.