diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index 657cab5..b83d249 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {MovieData, MovieSearch, MovieSearchItem, TEST_SEARCH} from "./src/Movieg
 import { MoviegrabberSelectionModal } from 'src/MoviegrabberSelectionModal';
 import { MovieGalleryView, VIEW_TYPE_MOVIE_GALLERY } from 'src/MovieGalleryView';
 import { ConfirmOverwriteModal } from 'src/ConfirmOverwriteModal';
+import { ConfirmCreateNoteModal } from 'src/ConfirmCreateNoteModal';
 
 const OVERWRITE_DELIMITER = /%%==MOVIEGRABBER_KEEP==%%[\s\S]*/
 const IMDBID_REGEX = /^ev\d{1,7}\/\d{4}(-\d)?$|^(ch|co|ev|nm|tt)\d{1,7}$/
@@ -81,14 +82,17 @@ export default class Moviegrabber extends Plugin {
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		// check if search string is valid IMDB-id
+		let isImdbId = IMDBID_REGEX.test(title);
+
 		// build request URL
 		var url = new URL("http://www.omdbapi.com");
 		
 		url.searchParams.append('apikey', this.settings.OMDb_API_Key);
-		url.searchParams.append('s', title);
+		url.searchParams.append(isImdbId ? 'i' : 's', title);
 		url.searchParams.append('type', type);
 
-		console.log(`requesting: ${url}`);
+		// console.log(`requesting: ${url}`);
 
 		// fetch data
 		var response;
@@ -114,6 +118,13 @@ export default class Moviegrabber extends Plugin {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if (isImdbId) {
+			let movie = data as MovieData;
+			new ConfirmCreateNoteModal(this.app, movie, () =>{
+				this.tryCreateNote(movie, type);
+			}).open();
+			return;
+		}
 		new MoviegrabberSelectionModal(this.app, data as MovieSearch, (result) =>
 			{
 				this.tryCreateNote(result, type);
@@ -202,7 +213,7 @@ export default class Moviegrabber extends Plugin {
 		return embed;
 	}
 
-	async tryCreateNote(item : MovieSearchItem, type : 'movie' | 'series') {
+	async tryCreateNote(item : MovieSearchItem | MovieData, type : 'movie' | 'series') {
 		// create path and check for directory before posting the request
 
 		var dir = type == 'movie' ? this.settings.MovieDirectory : this.settings.SeriesDirectory;
@@ -230,9 +241,9 @@ export default class Moviegrabber extends Plugin {
 		this.createNote(item, type, path);
 	}
 
-	async createNote(item : MovieSearchItem, type : 'movie' | 'series', path : string, tFile : TFile | null=null) {
+	async createNote(item : MovieSearchItem | MovieData, type : 'movie' | 'series', path : string, tFile : TFile | null=null) {
 		
-		var itemData = await this.getOmdbData(item);
+		var itemData = ('Response' in item ) ? item : await this.getOmdbData(item);
 		
 		if (itemData == null){
 			var n = new Notice(`something went wrong in fetching ${item.Title} data`)
@@ -285,7 +296,7 @@ export default class Moviegrabber extends Plugin {
 			// find delimiter string if it exists and keep whatever is below.
 			let toKeep = OVERWRITE_DELIMITER.exec(oldContent);
 
-			this.app.vault.modify(tFile, content + '\n' + toKeep);
+			this.app.vault.modify(tFile, content + '\n' + (toKeep != null ? toKeep : ''));
 		}
 
 		if (this.settings.SwitchToCreatedNote) {
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 5397e57..666cb82 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "moviegrabber",
 	"name": "Moviegrabber",
-	"version": "1.1.5",
+	"version": "1.1.6",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "Grab movie data from public APIs and transform it into notes that can be used with dataview and properties",
 	"author": "Superschnizel",
diff --git a/src/ConfirmCreateNoteModal.ts b/src/ConfirmCreateNoteModal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d56bd9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ConfirmCreateNoteModal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { Modal, App, Setting } from "obsidian";
+import { MovieData, MovieSearchItem } from "./MoviegrabberSearchObject";
+
+export class ConfirmCreateNoteModal extends Modal {
+    result: string;
+    onSubmit: () => void;
+    data : MovieData;
+  
+    constructor(app: App, data: MovieData, onSubmit: () => void) {
+      super(app);
+      this.onSubmit = onSubmit;
+      this.data = data;
+    }
+  
+    onOpen() {
+      const { contentEl } = this;
+  
+      contentEl.createEl("h1", { text: `Create Note for ${this.data.Title} (${this.data.Year})?` });
+      
+      var d = contentEl.createEl("div", {cls: "confirm_preview_item"})
+      d.createEl("img", { 
+          attr: {src : this.data.Poster},
+          cls : "confirm_preview_img"}
+          );
+      var dd = d.createEl("div", {cls : "confirm_preview_Text"});
+      dd.createEl("div", { text: this.data.Title , cls : "preview_Title"});
+      dd.createEl("small", { text: `(${this.data.Year})`, cls : "confirm_preview_Year" });
+      
+
+            
+      new Setting(contentEl)
+        .addButton((btn) =>
+          btn
+            .setButtonText("Create")
+            .setCta()
+            .setClass("moviegrabber-confirm-button")
+            .onClick(() => {
+              this.close();
+              this.onSubmit();
+            }))
+        .addButton((btn) =>
+        btn
+          .setButtonText("Cancel")
+          .setCta()
+          .onClick(() => {
+            this.close();
+          }));
+    }
+  
+    onClose() {
+      let { contentEl } = this;
+      contentEl.empty();
+    }
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index e268f77..b64b9a1 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -50,6 +50,29 @@ If your plugin does not need CSS, delete this file.
     background-color: var(--background-modifier-error);
 }
 
+.confirm_preview_item{
+    min-height: fit-content;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    flex-direction: column;
+}
+
+.confirm_preview_img {
+    max-height: 224px;
+}
+
+.confirm_preview_Text{
+    margin: var(--size-4-1);
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+}
+
+.confirm_preview_Year{
+    font-size: small;
+    margin-left: var(--size-4-1);
+}
+
 /* -------------------------------------------------- */
 /* ------------ Moviegrabber Gallery View ----------- */
 /* -------------------------------------------------- */