diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js b/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js
index cb28a8d3..0d98ac9e 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
+import invariant from 'invariant';
 import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import type { Location, RouterHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { observable } from 'mobx';
@@ -73,10 +74,26 @@ class DataLoader extends React.Component<Props> {
   onSearchLink = async (term: string) => {
     const results = await this.props.documents.search(term);
 
-    return results.map((result, index) => ({
-      title: result.document.title,
-      url: result.document.url,
-    }));
+    return results
+      .filter(result => result.document.title)
+      .map((result, index) => ({
+        title: result.document.title,
+        url: result.document.url,
+      }));
+  };
+
+  onCreateLink = async (title: string) => {
+    const document = this.document;
+    invariant(document, 'document must be loaded to create link');
+
+    const newDocument = await this.props.documents.create({
+      collectionId: document.collectionId,
+      parentDocumentId: document.parentDocumentId,
+      title,
+      text: '',
+    });
+
+    return newDocument.url;
   };
 
   loadRevision = async () => {
@@ -165,6 +182,7 @@ class DataLoader extends React.Component<Props> {
           location={location}
           readOnly={!this.isEditing}
           onSearchLink={this.onSearchLink}
+          onCreateLink={this.onCreateLink}
         />
       </SocketPresence>
     );
diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/components/Document.js b/app/scenes/Document/components/Document.js
index da1a6855..39f8d23d 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Document/components/Document.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/components/Document.js
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ type Props = {
   document: Document,
   revision: Revision,
   readOnly: boolean,
-  onSearchLink: (term: string) => mixed,
+  onCreateLink: (title: string) => string,
+  onSearchLink: (term: string) => any,
   theme: Object,
   auth: AuthStore,
   ui: UiStore,
@@ -435,6 +436,7 @@ class DocumentScene extends React.Component<Props> {
                   onImageUploadStart={this.onImageUploadStart}
                   onImageUploadStop={this.onImageUploadStop}
                   onSearchLink={this.props.onSearchLink}
+                  onCreateLink={this.props.onCreateLink}
                   onChangeTitle={this.onChangeTitle}
                   onChange={this.onChange}
                   onSave={this.onSave}
@@ -491,7 +493,5 @@ const MaxWidth = styled(Flex)`
 `;
 
 export default withRouter(
-  inject('ui', 'auth', 'documents', 'policies', 'revisions')(
-    withTheme(DocumentScene)
-  )
+  inject('ui', 'auth', 'policies', 'revisions')(withTheme(DocumentScene))
 );
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a066166f..4dbdd40f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     "react-portal": "^4.0.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^5.1.2",
     "react-waypoint": "^9.0.2",
-    "rich-markdown-editor": "^10.0.3-1",
+    "rich-markdown-editor": "^10.1.0-3",
     "sequelize": "^5.21.1",
     "sequelize-cli": "^5.5.0",
     "sequelize-encrypted": "^0.1.0",
@@ -191,4 +191,4 @@
     "js-yaml": "^3.13.1"
   },
   "version": "0.18.0"
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 17ab9bac..ffc0b86b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8595,10 +8595,10 @@ retry-as-promised@^3.2.0:
   dependencies:
     any-promise "^1.3.0"
 
-rich-markdown-editor@^10.0.3-1:
-  version "10.0.3-1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rich-markdown-editor/-/rich-markdown-editor-10.0.3-1.tgz#a0a07900d2c4c37b4f017382c22a9937f7e90e2a"
-  integrity sha512-p59ydbcmQbz2coeDa1LMnZcm0UtAG3d5FExbmLFue85mBZKqrMyQMo0LokW7MZoXTw0KeIvUeFM8inKYc8qdaA==
+rich-markdown-editor@^10.1.0-3:
+  version "10.1.0-3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rich-markdown-editor/-/rich-markdown-editor-10.1.0-3.tgz#e11cfb073419c9f8275d10d2d826e1421c8873c3"
+  integrity sha512-kFw8l/urOHbdjrMGKO/vp+46CY1hGy983fwJz8ZmiIo5LNRby2Mkgt7rYdiysujNclKJ9hVqcawxh3aK8GN7Xw==
   dependencies:
     copy-to-clipboard "^3.0.8"
     lodash "^4.17.11"