diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 636fb4a..1553852 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "folder-notes",
 	"name": "Folder notes",
-	"version": "1.7.1",
+	"version": "1.7.2",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "Create notes within folders that can be accessed without collapsing the folder, similar to the functionality offered in Notion.",
 	"author": "Lost Paul",
diff --git a/src/functions/folderNoteFunctions.ts b/src/functions/folderNoteFunctions.ts
index 69032e7..b592ec5 100644
--- a/src/functions/folderNoteFunctions.ts
+++ b/src/functions/folderNoteFunctions.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export async function turnIntoFolderNote(plugin: FolderNotesPlugin, file: TFile,
 
 export async function openFolderNote(plugin: FolderNotesPlugin, file: TAbstractFile, evt?: MouseEvent) {
 	const path = file.path;
-	if (plugin.app.workspace.getActiveFile()?.path === path) { return; }
+	if (plugin.app.workspace.getActiveFile()?.path === path && !(Keymap.isModEvent(evt) == 'tab')) { return; }
 	const leaf = plugin.app.workspace.getLeaf(Keymap.isModEvent(evt) || plugin.settings.openInNewTab);
 	if (file instanceof TFile) {
 		await leaf.openFile(file);
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 1857be3..b45d35f 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ export default class FolderNotesPlugin extends Plugin {
 						.forEach((element: HTMLElement) => {
 							if (element.onclick) return;
 							if (Platform.isMobile && this.settings.disableOpenFolderNoteOnClick) return;
+							// handle middle click
+							element.addEventListener('auxclick', (event: MouseEvent) => {
+								handleFolderClick(event, this)
+							}, { capture: true });
 							element.onclick = (event: MouseEvent) => handleFolderClick(event, this);
 							this.registerDomEvent(element, 'pointerover', (event: MouseEvent) => {
 								this.hoveredElement = element;