diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/note/Note.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/note/Note.java
index f088e13c6f6316e018eb0602faab6fde848f7df2..35a43ed57e04af0d1f22a39e7800ac8b66aa53f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/note/Note.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/note/Note.java
@@ -37,18 +37,18 @@ import org.olat.core.id.Persistable;
  * @author Alexander Schneider
  */
 public interface Note extends CreateInfo, ModifiedInfo, Persistable {
-	public abstract Identity getOwner();
-	public abstract String getResourceTypeName();
-	public abstract Long getResourceTypeId();
-	public abstract String getSubtype();
-	public abstract String getNoteTitle();
-	public abstract String getNoteText();
+	public Identity getOwner();
+	public String getResourceTypeName();
+	public Long getResourceTypeId();
+	public String getSubtype();
+	public String getNoteTitle();
+	public String getNoteText();
 	
-	public abstract void setOwner(Identity identity);
-	public abstract void setResourceTypeName(String resourceTypeName);
-	public abstract void setResourceTypeId(Long resourceTypeId);
-	public abstract void setSubtype(String subtype);
-	public abstract void setNoteTitle(String nodeTitle);
-	public abstract void setNoteText(String noteText);
+	public void setOwner(Identity identity);
+	public void setResourceTypeName(String resourceTypeName);
+	public void setResourceTypeId(Long resourceTypeId);
+	public void setSubtype(String subtype);
+	public void setNoteTitle(String nodeTitle);
+	public void setNoteText(String noteText);
     
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/note/NoteController.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/note/NoteController.java
index 8c21bdbbb927770c59f2ffa2895209dea9a09b9b..8428ceefe7c3fe39d5de2a8a7087867eef29a077 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/note/NoteController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/note/NoteController.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class NoteController extends FormBasicController implements GenericEventL
 	private FormSubmit submitButton;
 	
 	@Autowired
-	private NoteManager nm;
+	private NoteManager noteManager;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param ureq
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class NoteController extends FormBasicController implements GenericEventL
 
 	private void init(UserRequest ureq, String resourceTypeName, Long resourceTypeId, String noteTitle) {
 		Identity owner = ureq.getIdentity();
-		n = nm.loadNoteOrCreateInRAM(owner, resourceTypeName, resourceTypeId);
+		n = noteManager.loadNoteOrCreateInRAM(owner, resourceTypeName, resourceTypeId);
 		n.setNoteTitle(noteTitle);
 
 		// register for local event (for the same user), is used to dispose
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ public class NoteController extends FormBasicController implements GenericEventL
 	private void createOrUpdateNote(String content) {
 		n.setNoteText(content);
 		if (n.getKey() == null) {
-			nm.saveNote(n);
+			noteManager.saveNote(n);
 			Long newKey = n.getKey();
 			OLATResourceable ores = OresHelper.createOLATResourceableInstance(Note.class, newKey);
 			sec.fireEventToListenersOf(new NoteEvent(getIdentity().getKey()), ores);
 		} else {
-			nm.updateNote(n);
+			n = noteManager.updateNote(n);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ public class NoteController extends FormBasicController implements GenericEventL
 		createOrUpdateNote(text);
 		
 		// ...and then hide the submit button, show the edit button, and make the field disabled (i.e. display-only) again.
-		this.submitButton.setVisible(false);
-		this.editButton.setVisible(true);
-		this.noteField.setEnabled(false);
+		submitButton.setVisible(false);
+		editButton.setVisible(true);
+		noteField.setEnabled(false);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ public class NoteController extends FormBasicController implements GenericEventL
 		// persisting: see formOK
 		
 		// If the user clicked the edit button, set the rich text input field to enabled and hide the edit button.
-		if ((source == this.editButton) && (this.editButton.isEnabled())) {
-			this.noteField.setEnabled(true);
-			this.editButton.setVisible(false);
-			this.submitButton.setVisible(true);
+		if ((source == editButton) && (editButton.isEnabled())) {
+			noteField.setEnabled(true);
+			editButton.setVisible(false);
+			submitButton.setVisible(true);
 			
 			// this is to force the redraw of the form so that the submit button gets shown:
 			flc.setDirty(true);
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ public class NoteController extends FormBasicController implements GenericEventL
 			// since clicking the edit button is registered as a change on the form, the submit button would get orange,
 			// so we need the following line to set the form back to unchanged since at this point, the user has not
 			// yet really changed anything.
-			this.mainForm.setDirtyMarking(false);
+			mainForm.setDirtyMarking(false);
 		}
 	}
-
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/note/NoteManager.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/note/NoteManager.java
index d99169878375494026367a97b09baa85e263a3aa..34034bd2f7a415070a094b401637f8791816c0eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/note/NoteManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/note/NoteManager.java
@@ -139,8 +139,13 @@ public class NoteManager implements UserDataDeletable {
 	 * @param n
 	 */
 	public Note updateNote(Note n) {
-		n.setLastModified(new Date());
-		Note mergedNote = dbInstance.getCurrentEntityManager().merge(n);
+		Note reloadedNote = dbInstance.getCurrentEntityManager()
+				.find(NoteImpl.class, n.getKey());
+		reloadedNote.setLastModified(new Date());
+		reloadedNote.setNoteTitle(n.getNoteTitle());
+		reloadedNote.setNoteText(n.getNoteText());
+		
+		Note mergedNote = dbInstance.getCurrentEntityManager().merge(reloadedNote);
 		fireBookmarkEvent(n.getOwner());
 		return mergedNote;
 	}