diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 1200d4b..6f85109 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ export default class MediaDbPlugin extends Plugin {
 		try {
 			console.debug('MDB | creating new note');
 
+			options.openNote = this.settings.openNoteInNewTab;
+
 			const fileContent = await this.generateMediaDbNoteContents(mediaTypeModel, options);
 
 			if (!options.folder) {
diff --git a/src/settings/Settings.ts b/src/settings/Settings.ts
index 8df0db2..80f473e 100644
--- a/src/settings/Settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings/Settings.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface MediaDbPluginSettings {
 	useCustomYamlStringifier: boolean;
 	templates: boolean;
 	customDateFormat: string;
+	openNoteInNewTab: boolean;
 
 	movieTemplate: string;
 	seriesTemplate: string;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MediaDbPluginSettings = {
 	useCustomYamlStringifier: true,
 	templates: true,
 	customDateFormat: 'L',
+	openNoteInNewTab: true,
 
 	movieTemplate: '',
 	seriesTemplate: '',
@@ -206,6 +208,16 @@ export class MediaDbSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 					});
 			});
 
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Open note in new tab')
+			.setDesc('Open the newly created note in a new tab.')
+			.addToggle(cb => {
+				cb.setValue(this.plugin.settings.openNoteInNewTab).onChange(data => {
+					this.plugin.settings.openNoteInNewTab = data;
+					this.plugin.saveSettings();
+				});
+			});
+
 		containerEl.createEl('h3', { text: 'New File Location' });
 		// region new file location
 		new Setting(containerEl)