diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a31ffc4..51c04603 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # vnote
 A pleasant note-taking platform.
 
+![CI-Windows](https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/workflows/CI-Windows/badge.svg) ![CI-Linux](https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/workflows/CI-Linux/badge.svg)
+
 > At early 2019, I decided to refactor VNote as VNoteX. Now a fresh VNote is ready!  
 > VNoteX is closed source and is intended to keep several premium features compared to VNote. Most of VNoteX's code base will be open source as VNote 3.0, so VNote will share most of the code base with VNoteX and continue to be open source from 3.0.  
 > **Welcome to VNoteX and VNote 3.0!**
@@ -14,8 +16,6 @@ The obsolete code base of VNote 2.0 is available at the [vnote2.0](https://githu
 
 For more information, please visit [**VNote's Homepage**](https://vnotex.github.io/vnote).
 
-![CI-Win](https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/workflows/CI-Win/badge.svg) ![CI-Linux](https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/workflows/CI-Linux/badge.svg)
-
 ![VNote](pics/vnote.png)
 
 ## Description
diff --git a/src/widgets/notebookexplorer.cpp b/src/widgets/notebookexplorer.cpp
index cf505fde..1a496d0e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/notebookexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/notebookexplorer.cpp
@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ void NotebookExplorer::newFolder()
         return;
     }
 
-    if (m_currentNotebook->isRecycleBinNode(node)
-        || m_currentNotebook->isNodeInRecycleBin(node)) {
+    if (m_currentNotebook->isRecycleBinNode(node)) {
+        node = m_currentNotebook->getRootNode().data();
+    } else if (m_currentNotebook->isNodeInRecycleBin(node)) {
         MessageBoxHelper::notify(MessageBoxHelper::Information,
                                  tr("Could not create folder within Recycle Bin."),
                                  VNoteX::getInst().getMainWindow());
@@ -221,8 +222,9 @@ void NotebookExplorer::newNote()
         return;
     }
 
-    if (m_currentNotebook->isRecycleBinNode(node)
-        || m_currentNotebook->isNodeInRecycleBin(node)) {
+    if (m_currentNotebook->isRecycleBinNode(node)) {
+        node = m_currentNotebook->getRootNode().data();
+    } else if (m_currentNotebook->isNodeInRecycleBin(node)) {
         MessageBoxHelper::notify(MessageBoxHelper::Information,
                                  tr("Could not create note within Recycle Bin."),
                                  VNoteX::getInst().getMainWindow());
@@ -285,8 +287,9 @@ void NotebookExplorer::importFile()
         return;
     }
 
-    if (m_currentNotebook->isRecycleBinNode(node)
-        || m_currentNotebook->isNodeInRecycleBin(node)) {
+    if (m_currentNotebook->isRecycleBinNode(node)) {
+        node = m_currentNotebook->getRootNode().data();
+    } else if (m_currentNotebook->isNodeInRecycleBin(node)) {
         MessageBoxHelper::notify(MessageBoxHelper::Information,
                                  tr("Could not create file within Recycle Bin."),
                                  VNoteX::getInst().getMainWindow());
@@ -325,8 +328,9 @@ void NotebookExplorer::importFolder()
         return;
     }
 
-    if (m_currentNotebook->isRecycleBinNode(node)
-        || m_currentNotebook->isNodeInRecycleBin(node)) {
+    if (m_currentNotebook->isRecycleBinNode(node)) {
+        node = m_currentNotebook->getRootNode().data();
+    } else if (m_currentNotebook->isNodeInRecycleBin(node)) {
         MessageBoxHelper::notify(MessageBoxHelper::Information,
                                  tr("Could not create folder within Recycle Bin."),
                                  VNoteX::getInst().getMainWindow());