diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 3da5825f..adf118f6 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -33369,10 +33369,23 @@ async function buildMainG(plugin) {
         // SECTION  Hierarchy Notes
         db.start2G("Hierarchy Notes");
         if (hierarchyNotes.length) {
-            for (const note of hierarchyNotes) {
-                const file = app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(note, "");
-                if (file)
-                    addHNsToGraph(settings, await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, file), mainG);
+            for (const noteOrFolder of hierarchyNotes) {
+                if (noteOrFolder.endsWith("/")) {
+                    const folder = app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(obsidian.normalizePath(noteOrFolder));
+                    if (!(folder instanceof obsidian.TFolder))
+                        continue;
+                    for (const child of folder.children) {
+                        console.log({ child });
+                        if (child instanceof obsidian.TFile) {
+                            addHNsToGraph(settings, await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, child), mainG);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    const file = app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(noteOrFolder, "");
+                    if (file)
+                        addHNsToGraph(settings, await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, file), mainG);
+                }
             }
         }
         db.end2G();
@@ -34128,24 +34141,15 @@ function addHierarchyNoteSettings(plugin, alternativeHierarchyDetails) {
     const hierarchyNoteDetails = subDetails("Hierarchy Notes", alternativeHierarchyDetails);
     new obsidian.Setting(hierarchyNoteDetails)
         .setName("Hierarchy Note(s)")
-        .setDesc("A list of notes used to create external Breadcrumb structures.")
+        .setDesc(fragWithHTML("A comma-separated list of notes used to create external Breadcrumb structures.<br>You can also point to a <i>folder</i> of hierarchy notes by entering <code>folderName/</code> (ending with a <code>/</code>).<br>Hierarchy note names and folders of hierarchy notes can both be entered in the same comma-separated list."))
         .addText((text) => {
         text
             .setPlaceholder("Hierarchy Note(s)")
             .setValue(settings.hierarchyNotes.join(", "));
         text.inputEl.onblur = async () => {
             const splits = splitAndTrim(text.getValue());
-            if (splits[0] === undefined) {
-                settings.hierarchyNotes = splits;
-                await plugin.saveSettings();
-            }
-            else if (splits.every((note) => isInVault(this.app, note))) {
-                settings.hierarchyNotes = splits;
-                await plugin.saveSettings();
-            }
-            else {
-                new obsidian.Notice("Atleast one of the notes is not in your vault");
-            }
+            settings.hierarchyNotes = splits;
+            await plugin.saveSettings();
         };
     });
     new obsidian.Setting(hierarchyNoteDetails)
diff --git a/src/Settings/HierarchyNoteSettings.ts b/src/Settings/HierarchyNoteSettings.ts
index 647d572d..32409025 100644
--- a/src/Settings/HierarchyNoteSettings.ts
+++ b/src/Settings/HierarchyNoteSettings.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { isInVault } from "obsidian-community-lib/dist/utils";
 import type BCPlugin from "../main";
 import { splitAndTrim } from "../Utils/generalUtils";
 import { getFields } from "../Utils/HierUtils";
-import { subDetails } from "./BreadcrumbsSettingTab";
+import { fragWithHTML, subDetails } from "./BreadcrumbsSettingTab";
 
 export function addHierarchyNoteSettings(
   plugin: BCPlugin,
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ export function addHierarchyNoteSettings(
 
   new Setting(hierarchyNoteDetails)
     .setName("Hierarchy Note(s)")
-    .setDesc("A list of notes used to create external Breadcrumb structures.")
+    .setDesc(
+      fragWithHTML(
+        "A comma-separated list of notes used to create external Breadcrumb structures.<br>You can also point to a <i>folder</i> of hierarchy notes by entering <code>folderName/</code> (ending with a <code>/</code>).<br>Hierarchy note names and folders of hierarchy notes can both be entered in the same comma-separated list."
+      )
+    )
     .addText((text) => {
       text
         .setPlaceholder("Hierarchy Note(s)")
@@ -25,15 +29,9 @@ export function addHierarchyNoteSettings(
 
       text.inputEl.onblur = async () => {
         const splits = splitAndTrim(text.getValue());
-        if (splits[0] === undefined) {
-          settings.hierarchyNotes = splits;
-          await plugin.saveSettings();
-        } else if (splits.every((note) => isInVault(this.app, note))) {
-          settings.hierarchyNotes = splits;
-          await plugin.saveSettings();
-        } else {
-          new Notice("Atleast one of the notes is not in your vault");
-        }
+
+        settings.hierarchyNotes = splits;
+        await plugin.saveSettings();
       };
     });
 
diff --git a/src/refreshIndex.ts b/src/refreshIndex.ts
index d179e388..0324ccc3 100644
--- a/src/refreshIndex.ts
+++ b/src/refreshIndex.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { MultiGraph } from "graphology";
 import { debug, error } from "loglevel";
-import { Notice, Pos, TFile } from "obsidian";
+import { normalizePath, Notice, Pos, TFile, TFolder } from "obsidian";
 import { wait } from "obsidian-community-lib";
 import { addCSVCrumbs, getCSVRows } from "./AlternativeHierarchies/CSVCrumbs";
 import { addDendronNotesToGraph } from "./AlternativeHierarchies/DendronNotes";
@@ -238,14 +238,32 @@ export async function buildMainG(plugin: BCPlugin): Promise<MultiGraph> {
     db.start2G("Hierarchy Notes");
 
     if (hierarchyNotes.length) {
-      for (const note of hierarchyNotes) {
-        const file = app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(note, "");
-        if (file)
-          addHNsToGraph(
-            settings,
-            await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, file),
-            mainG
+      for (const noteOrFolder of hierarchyNotes) {
+        if (noteOrFolder.endsWith("/")) {
+          const folder = app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(
+            normalizePath(noteOrFolder)
           );
+
+          if (!(folder instanceof TFolder)) continue;
+          for (const child of folder.children) {
+            console.log({ child });
+            if (child instanceof TFile) {
+              addHNsToGraph(
+                settings,
+                await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, child),
+                mainG
+              );
+            }
+          }
+        } else {
+          const file = app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(noteOrFolder, "");
+          if (file)
+            addHNsToGraph(
+              settings,
+              await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, file),
+              mainG
+            );
+        }
       }
     }