diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index cb567fd9..c21dbab0 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -3078,6 +3078,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
     gridHeatmap: false,
     heatmapColour: getComputedStyle(document.body).getPropertyValue("--text-accent"),
     hierarchyNotes: [""],
+    hierarchyNoteIsParent: false,
     HNUpField: "",
     indexNotes: [""],
     namingSystemField: "",
@@ -5189,6 +5190,7 @@ function escapeRegex(string) {
     return string.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, "\\$&");
 }
 
+const getSettings = () => app.plugins.plugins.breadcrumbs.settings;
 const getCurrFile = () => app.workspace.getActiveFile();
 /**
  * Get basename from a **Markdown** `path`
@@ -14381,10 +14383,12 @@ function addFolderNotesToGraph(plugin, folderNotes, frontms, mainG) {
     });
 }
 
-async function getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, file) {
+async function getHierarchyNoteItems(file) {
     const { listItems } = app.metadataCache.getFileCache(file);
     if (!listItems)
         return [];
+    const basename = getDVBasename(file);
+    const { hierarchyNoteIsParent } = getSettings();
     const lines = (await app.vault.cachedRead(file)).split("\n");
     const hierarchyNoteItems = [];
     const afterBulletReg = new RegExp(/\s*[+*-]\s(.*$)/);
@@ -14409,7 +14413,7 @@ async function getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, file) {
         else {
             hierarchyNoteItems.push({
                 note,
-                parent: null,
+                parent: hierarchyNoteIsParent ? basename : null,
                 field,
             });
         }
@@ -34012,14 +34016,14 @@ async function buildMainG(plugin) {
                         continue;
                     for (const child of folder.children) {
                         if (child instanceof obsidian.TFile) {
-                            addHNsToGraph(settings, await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, child), mainG);
+                            addHNsToGraph(settings, await getHierarchyNoteItems(child), mainG);
                         }
                     }
                 }
                 else {
                     const file = app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(noteOrFolder, "");
                     if (file)
-                        addHNsToGraph(settings, await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, file), mainG);
+                        addHNsToGraph(settings, await getHierarchyNoteItems(file), mainG);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -37178,6 +37182,18 @@ function addHierarchyNoteSettings(plugin, alternativeHierarchyDetails) {
             await plugin.saveSettings();
         };
     });
+    new obsidian.Setting(hierarchyNoteDetails)
+        .setName('Hierarchy note is parent of top-level items')
+        .setDesc('Should the actual hierarchy note be treated as the parent of all the top-level items in the list? ✅ = Yes, ❌ = No')
+        .addToggle((toggle) => {
+        toggle
+            .setValue(settings.hierarchyNoteIsParent)
+            .onChange(async (value) => {
+            settings.hierarchyNoteIsParent = value;
+            await plugin.saveSettings();
+            await refreshIndex(plugin);
+        });
+    });
     new obsidian.Setting(hierarchyNoteDetails)
         .setName("Default Hierarchy Note Field")
         .setDesc(fragWithHTML("By default, hierarchy notes use the first <code>up</code> field in your hierarchies. Choose a different one to use by default. If you don't want to choose a default, select the blank option at the bottom of the list."))
diff --git a/src/AlternativeHierarchies/HierarchyNotes/HierarchyNotes.ts b/src/AlternativeHierarchies/HierarchyNotes/HierarchyNotes.ts
index 8a4e14bc..c6459ceb 100644
--- a/src/AlternativeHierarchies/HierarchyNotes/HierarchyNotes.ts
+++ b/src/AlternativeHierarchies/HierarchyNotes/HierarchyNotes.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 import type { MultiGraph } from "graphology";
 import type { TFile } from "obsidian";
+import { getDVBasename, getSettings } from "../../Utils/ObsidianUtils";
 import type { BCSettings, HierarchyNoteItem } from "../../interfaces";
-import type BCPlugin from "../../main";
 import { addEdgeIfNot, addNodesIfNot } from "../../Utils/graphUtils";
 import { getFieldInfo, getFields, getOppDir, getOppFields } from "../../Utils/HierUtils";
 
-export async function getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin: BCPlugin, file: TFile) {
+export async function getHierarchyNoteItems(file: TFile) {
   const { listItems } = app.metadataCache.getFileCache(file);
   if (!listItems) return [];
 
+  const basename = getDVBasename(file)
+  const { hierarchyNoteIsParent } = getSettings();
+
   const lines = (await app.vault.cachedRead(file)).split("\n");
 
   const hierarchyNoteItems: HierarchyNoteItem[] = [];
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ export async function getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin: BCPlugin, file: TFile) {
     } else {
       hierarchyNoteItems.push({
         note,
-        parent: null,
+        parent: hierarchyNoteIsParent ? basename : null,
         field,
       });
     }
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ export function addHNsToGraph(
           field: targetField,
         });
       }
-      
+
       addEdgeIfNot(mainG, parent, note, {
         dir: oppDir,
         field: oppField,
diff --git a/src/Settings/HierarchyNoteSettings.ts b/src/Settings/HierarchyNoteSettings.ts
index 76af595c..3e9dedca 100644
--- a/src/Settings/HierarchyNoteSettings.ts
+++ b/src/Settings/HierarchyNoteSettings.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ export function addHierarchyNoteSettings(
       };
     });
 
+  new Setting(hierarchyNoteDetails)
+    .setName('Hierarchy note is parent of top-level items')
+    .setDesc('Should the actual hierarchy note be treated as the parent of all the top-level items in the list? ✅ = Yes, ❌ = No')
+    .addToggle((toggle) => {
+      toggle
+        .setValue(settings.hierarchyNoteIsParent)
+        .onChange(async (value) => {
+          settings.hierarchyNoteIsParent = value
+          await plugin.saveSettings();
+          await refreshIndex(plugin);
+        })
+    })
+
   new Setting(hierarchyNoteDetails)
     .setName("Default Hierarchy Note Field")
     .setDesc(
diff --git a/src/Utils/ObsidianUtils.ts b/src/Utils/ObsidianUtils.ts
index 8d7bca71..186cba09 100644
--- a/src/Utils/ObsidianUtils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/ObsidianUtils.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import type { MetaeditApi } from "../interfaces";
 import type BCPlugin from "../main";
 import { splitAndTrim } from "./generalUtils";
 
+export const getSettings = () => app.plugins.plugins.breadcrumbs.settings
+
 export const getCurrFile = (): TFile | null => app.workspace.getActiveFile()
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 18e2edac..9dc84649 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: BCSettings = {
     "--text-accent"
   ),
   hierarchyNotes: [""],
+  hierarchyNoteIsParent: false,
   HNUpField: "",
   indexNotes: [""],
   namingSystemField: "",
diff --git a/src/interfaces.ts b/src/interfaces.ts
index cacc0cd5..ba74bb89 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { IJugglSettings, JugglLayouts } from "juggl-api";
 import type { LogLevel } from "loglevel";
 import type { DateTime } from "luxon";
 import type { Constructor, Pos, TFile } from "obsidian";
+import type BCPlugin from "./main";
 import type {
   CODEBLOCK_FIELDS,
   CODEBLOCK_TYPES,
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export interface BCSettings {
   gridHeatmap: boolean;
   heatmapColour: string;
   hierarchyNotes: string[];
+  hierarchyNoteIsParent: boolean;
   HNUpField: string;
   /** WARNING: The defaults for this feature are all `false`! */
   impliedRelations: {
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ declare module "obsidian" {
           api: MetaeditApi;
         };
         juggl: { settings: { typedLinkPrefix: string } };
+        breadcrumbs: BCPlugin
       };
       enabledPlugins: { has: (plugin: string) => boolean };
     };
diff --git a/src/refreshIndex.ts b/src/refreshIndex.ts
index 29203dfd..a3fce346 100644
--- a/src/refreshIndex.ts
+++ b/src/refreshIndex.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export async function buildMainG(plugin: BCPlugin): Promise<MultiGraph> {
             if (child instanceof TFile) {
               addHNsToGraph(
                 settings,
-                await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, child),
+                await getHierarchyNoteItems(child),
                 mainG
               );
             }
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export async function buildMainG(plugin: BCPlugin): Promise<MultiGraph> {
           if (file)
             addHNsToGraph(
               settings,
-              await getHierarchyNoteItems(plugin, file),
+              await getHierarchyNoteItems(file),
               mainG
             );
         }