diff --git a/src/elements/linkCreator/inboundCreator.ts b/src/elements/linkCreator/inboundCreator.ts
index 4b470d0..3135ede 100644
--- a/src/elements/linkCreator/inboundCreator.ts
+++ b/src/elements/linkCreator/inboundCreator.ts
@@ -66,11 +66,10 @@ export class InboundCreator extends PluginCEBase {
 
   async accept(io: any) {
     if (!this.targetNote) return;
-    const content = await this.getContentToInsert();
     this.notePicker.saveRecentNotes();
 
     io.targetNoteID = this.targetNote.id;
-    io.content = content;
+    io.sourceNoteIDs = [this.currentNote!.id];
     io.lineIndex = this.getIndexToInsert();
   }
 
@@ -216,21 +215,11 @@ export class InboundCreator extends PluginCEBase {
 
   async getContentToInsert() {
     if (!this.currentNote || !this.targetNote) return "";
-    const forwardLink = this._addon.api.convert.note2link(this.currentNote, {});
-    const content = await this._addon.api.template.runTemplate(
-      "[QuickInsertV2]",
-      "link, linkText, subNoteItem, noteItem",
-      [
-        forwardLink,
-        this.currentNote.getNoteTitle().trim() || forwardLink,
-        this.currentNote,
-        this.targetNote,
-      ],
-      {
-        dryRun: true,
-      },
+    return await this._addon.api.template.runQuickInsertTemplate(
+      this.currentNote,
+      this.targetNote,
+      { dryRun: true },
     );
-    return content;
   }
 
   getIndexToInsert() {
diff --git a/src/elements/linkCreator/outboundCreator.ts b/src/elements/linkCreator/outboundCreator.ts
index 86f4004..13e037e 100644
--- a/src/elements/linkCreator/outboundCreator.ts
+++ b/src/elements/linkCreator/outboundCreator.ts
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ export class OutboundCreator extends PluginCEBase {
 
   async accept(io: any) {
     if (!this.targetNotes) return;
-    const content = await this.getContentToInsert();
     this.notePicker.saveRecentNotes();
 
     io.targetNoteID = this.currentNote!.id;
+    io.sourceNoteIDs = this.targetNotes.map((item) => item.id).filter(Boolean);
     io.content = content;
     io.lineIndex = this.getIndexToInsert();
   }
@@ -240,19 +240,10 @@ export class OutboundCreator extends PluginCEBase {
     if (!this.currentNote || !this.targetNotes?.length) return "";
     let content = "";
     for (const note of this.targetNotes) {
-      const forwardLink = this._addon.api.convert.note2link(note, {});
-      content += await this._addon.api.template.runTemplate(
-        "[QuickInsertV2]",
-        "link, linkText, subNoteItem, noteItem",
-        [
-          forwardLink,
-          note.getNoteTitle().trim() || forwardLink,
-          note,
-          this.currentNote,
-        ],
-        {
-          dryRun: true,
-        },
+      content += await this._addon.api.template.runQuickInsertTemplate(
+        note,
+        this.currentNote,
+        { dryRun: true },
       );
       content += "\n";
     }
diff --git a/src/utils/linkCreator.ts b/src/utils/linkCreator.ts
index 268337a..475e70c 100644
--- a/src/utils/linkCreator.ts
+++ b/src/utils/linkCreator.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,20 @@ async function openLinkCreator(
   await io.deferred.promise;
 
   const targetNote = Zotero.Items.get(io.targetNoteID);
-  const content = io.content;
-  const lineIndex = io.lineIndex;
 
-  if (!targetNote || !content) return;
+  if (!targetNote) return;
+
+  const sourceNotes = Zotero.Items.get(io.sourceNoteIDs as number[]);
+  let content = "";
+  for (const note of sourceNotes) {
+    content += await addon.api.template.runQuickInsertTemplate(
+      note,
+      targetNote,
+      { dryRun: false },
+    );
+    content += "\n";
+  }
+  const lineIndex = io.lineIndex;
 
   await addLineToNote(targetNote, content, lineIndex);
 }