diff --git a/html/includes/common/notes.inc.php b/html/includes/common/notes.inc.php
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index 000000000..9d2d17018
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+++ b/html/includes/common/notes.inc.php
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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * LibreNMS
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Neil Lathwood <https://github.com/laf/ http://www.lathwood.co.uk/fa>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  Please see LICENSE.txt at the top level of
+ * the source code distribution for details.
+ */
+
+if( defined('show_settings') || empty($widget_settings) ) {
+
+    $common_output[] = '
+    <form class="form-horizontal" onsubmit="widget_settings(this); return false;">
+        <div class="form-group">
+            <div class="col-sm-12">
+                html is supported here. If you want just text then wrap in &lt;pre&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="form-group">
+            <label for="'.$unique_id.'_notes" class="col-sm-1" control-label"></label>
+            <div class="col-sm-11">
+                <textarea name="notes" id="'.$unique_id.'_notes" rows="3" class="form-control">'.htmlspecialchars($widget_settings['notes']).'</textarea>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="form-group">
+            <div class="col-sm-1">
+                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">Set</button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </form>';
+}
+else {
+    $common_output[] = stripslashes(nl2br($widget_settings['notes']));
+}
diff --git a/sql-schema/080.sql b/sql-schema/080.sql
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+++ b/sql-schema/080.sql
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+INSERT INTO widgets VALUES (NULL, 'Notes', 'notes', '5,4');