diff --git a/apps/client/src/entities/fnote.ts b/apps/client/src/entities/fnote.ts
index 644ea22284..83255e4889 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/entities/fnote.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/entities/fnote.ts
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ export default class FNote {
     }
 
     isFolder() {
-        if (this.hasLabel("subtreeHidden")) return false;
+        if (this.isLabelTruthy("subtreeHidden")) return false;
         if (this.type === "search") return true;
         return this.getFilteredChildBranches().length > 0;
     }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/menus/tree_context_menu.ts b/apps/client/src/menus/tree_context_menu.ts
index d7ff4b777b..551732e9db 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/menus/tree_context_menu.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/menus/tree_context_menu.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export default class TreeContextMenu implements SelectMenuItemEventListener<Tree
         const noSelectedNotes = selNodes.length === 0 || (selNodes.length === 1 && selNodes[0] === this.node);
 
         const notSearch = note?.type !== "search";
-        const hasSubtreeHidden = note?.hasLabel("subtreeHidden") ?? false;
+        const hasSubtreeHidden = note?.isLabelTruthy("subtreeHidden") ?? false;
         const notOptionsOrHelp = !note?.noteId.startsWith("_options") && !note?.noteId.startsWith("_help");
         const parentNotSearch = !parentNote || parentNote.type !== "search";
         const insertNoteAfterEnabled = isNotRoot && !isHoisted && parentNotSearch;
diff --git a/apps/client/src/services/attributes.ts b/apps/client/src/services/attributes.ts
index 359e7ab433..3b45d2d460 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/services/attributes.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/services/attributes.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export async function setRelation(noteId: string, name: string, value: string =
  * will be removed. If the label is inherited from a parent note, it will be overridden to `false`. If the label does
  * not exist, it will be added with an empty value.
  *
+ * When checking if the boolean value is set, don't use `note.hasLabel`; instead use `note.isLabelTruthy`.
+ *
  * @param note the note on which to toggle the label.
  * @param labelName the name of the label to toggle.
  */
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts
index d541e6deb9..34aa0548c2 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_tree.ts
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
                             branchService.moveAfterBranch(selectedBranchIds, node.data.branchId);
                         } else if (data.hitMode === "over") {
                             const targetNote = froca.getNoteFromCache(node.data.noteId);
-                            if (targetNote?.hasLabel("subtreeHidden")) {
+                            if (targetNote?.isLabelTruthy("subtreeHidden")) {
                                 toastService.showPersistent({
                                     id: `subtree-hidden-moved`,
                                     title: t("note_tree.subtree-hidden-moved-title", { count: selectedBranchIds.length, title: targetNote.title }),
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
             childBranches = childBranches.slice(0, MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS_IN_TREE);
         }
 
-        if (parentNote.hasLabel("subtreeHidden")) {
+        if (parentNote.isLabelTruthy("subtreeHidden")) {
             // If we have a spotlighted note path, show only the child that leads to it
             if (this.spotlightedNotePath) {
                 const spotlightPathSegments = this.spotlightedNotePath.split('/');
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
         }
 
         const parentNote = froca.getNoteFromCache(branch.parentNoteId);
-        if (parentNote?.hasLabel("subtreeHidden")) {
+        if (parentNote?.isLabelTruthy("subtreeHidden")) {
             const parentNode = node.getParent();
             if (parentNode) {
                 parentNode.setActive(true);
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ export default class NoteTreeWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
 
                         // The child note can be part of a note with #subtreeHidden, case in which we need to "spotlight" it.
                         const parentNote = froca.getNoteFromCache(parentNode.data.noteId);
-                        if (parentNote?.hasLabel("subtreeHidden")) {
+                        if (parentNote?.isLabelTruthy("subtreeHidden")) {
                             // Enable spotlight mode and reload the parent to show only the path to this note
                             this.spotlightedNotePath = notePath;
                             await parentNode.load(true);
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ function buildEnhanceTitle() {
         }
 
         // TODO: Deduplicate with server's notes.ts#getAndValidateParent
-        const isSubtreeHidden = note.hasLabel("subtreeHidden");
+        const isSubtreeHidden = note.isLabelTruthy("subtreeHidden");
         if (!["search", "launcher"].includes(note.type)
             && !note.isOptions()
             && !note.isLaunchBarConfig()