diff --git a/frontend/menus/CollectionMenu.js b/frontend/menus/CollectionMenu.js
index 9fdff8ac3..ccaab464d 100644
--- a/frontend/menus/CollectionMenu.js
+++ b/frontend/menus/CollectionMenu.js
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ import { DropdownMenu, DropdownMenuItem } from 'components/DropdownMenu';
     collection: Collection,
   };
 
+  onNewDocument = () => {
+    const { collection, history } = this.props;
+    history.push(`${collection.url}/new`);
+  };
+
   onEdit = () => {
     const { collection } = this.props;
     this.props.ui.setActiveModal('collection-edit', { collection });
@@ -31,6 +36,10 @@ import { DropdownMenu, DropdownMenuItem } from 'components/DropdownMenu';
 
     return (
       <DropdownMenu label={label || <Icon type="MoreHorizontal" />}>
+        {collection &&
+          <DropdownMenuItem onClick={this.onNewDocument}>
+            New document
+          </DropdownMenuItem>}
         {collection &&
           <DropdownMenuItem onClick={this.onEdit}>Edit</DropdownMenuItem>}
         {allowDelete &&
diff --git a/frontend/models/Document.js b/frontend/models/Document.js
index 95504f48b..e13df65f6 100644
--- a/frontend/models/Document.js
+++ b/frontend/models/Document.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Document extends BaseModel {
   starred: boolean = false;
   text: string = '';
   title: string = '';
-  parentDocument: ?Document;
+  parentDocument: ?string;
   updatedAt: string;
   updatedBy: User;
   url: string;
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ class Document extends BaseModel {
     );
   }
 
+  @computed get parentDocumentId(): ?string {
+    return this.pathToDocument.length > 1
+      ? this.pathToDocument[this.pathToDocument.length - 1].id
+      : null;
+  }
+
   /* Actions */
 
   @action star = async () => {
@@ -166,9 +172,10 @@ class Document extends BaseModel {
           title: this.title,
           text: this.text,
         };
-        // if (this.parentDocument) {
-        //   data.parentDocument = this.parentDocument.id;
-        // }
+        if (this.parentDocument) {
+          data.parentDocument = this.parentDocument;
+        }
+        debugger;
         res = await client.post('/documents.create', data);
       }
       runInAction('Document#save', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/scenes/Document/Document.js b/frontend/scenes/Document/Document.js
index 4a2a077f4..0900761ce 100644
--- a/frontend/scenes/Document/Document.js
+++ b/frontend/scenes/Document/Document.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Are you sure you want to discard them?
 type Props = {
   match: Object,
   history: Object,
+  location: Object,
   keydown: Object,
   documents: DocumentsStore,
   newDocument?: boolean,
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ type Props = {
     if (props.newDocument) {
       const newDocument = new Document({
         collection: { id: props.match.params.id },
+        parentDocument: new URLSearchParams(props.location.search).get(
+          'parentDocument'
+        ),
         title: '',
         text: '',
       });
@@ -139,7 +143,10 @@ type Props = {
 
   onClickNew = () => {
     if (!this.document) return;
-    this.props.history.push(`${this.document.collection.url}/new`);
+    let newUrl = `${this.document.collection.url}/new`;
+    if (this.document.parentDocumentId)
+      newUrl = `${newUrl}?parentDocument=${this.document.parentDocumentId}`;
+    this.props.history.push(newUrl);
   };
 
   handleCloseMoveModal = () => (this.moveModalOpen = false);