diff --git a/bin/effecteval b/bin/effecteval
--- a/bin/effecteval
+++ b/bin/effecteval
@@ -63,12 +63,18 @@ class SongEffects(PrettyErrorHandler, cy
             song = yield currentSong()
 
         event = self.get_argument('event', default='default')
-            
+        
+        note = self.get_argument('note', default=None)
+        if note is not None:
+            note = URIRef(note)
+
         log.info("adding to %s", song)
 
-        p = yield songNotePatch(self.settings.graph, dropped, song, event, ctx=song)
+        note, p = yield songNotePatch(self.settings.graph, dropped, song, event, ctx=song, note=note)
+        
         self.settings.graph.patch(p)
         self.settings.graph.suggestPrefixes({'song': URIRef(song + '/')})
+        self.write(json.dumps({'note': note}))
         
 class SongEffectsUpdates(cyclone.websocket.WebSocketHandler):
     def connectionMade(self, *args, **kwargs):