diff --git a/plugs/editor/outline.test.ts b/plugs/editor/outline.test.ts
index aa8201e3..5955fb8c 100644
--- a/plugs/editor/outline.test.ts
+++ b/plugs/editor/outline.test.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ import { parseMarkdown } from "../../client/markdown_parser/parser.ts";
 const CURSOR = "|^|";
 
 function applyOp(
-  op: (text: string, cursor: number) => OutlineResult,
+  op: (
+    text: string,
+    tree: ReturnType<typeof parseMarkdown>,
+    cursor: number,
+  ) => OutlineResult,
   input: string,
 ): string {
   const pos = input.indexOf(CURSOR);
   const clean = input.slice(0, pos) + input.slice(pos + CURSOR.length);
-  const result = op(clean, pos);
+  const tree = parseMarkdown(clean);
+  const result = op(clean, tree, pos);
   if (result === null || result === "blocked") {
     return input; // no-op returns unchanged
   }
@@ -394,11 +399,11 @@ Body 1b
 ## Second
 Body 2a
 `;
-    const after = moveDown(original, 4);
+    const after = moveDown(original, parseMarkdown(original), 4);
     if (after === null || after === "blocked") {
       throw new Error(`moveDown returned ${after}`);
     }
-    const back = moveUp(after.text, after.cursor);
+    const back = moveUp(after.text, parseMarkdown(after.text), after.cursor);
     if (back === null || back === "blocked") {
       throw new Error(`moveUp returned ${back}`);
     }
diff --git a/plugs/editor/outline.ts b/plugs/editor/outline.ts
index 4a5e8df1..1cdcd219 100644
--- a/plugs/editor/outline.ts
+++ b/plugs/editor/outline.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { editor } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/syscalls";
+import { editor, markdown } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/syscalls";
+import type { ParseTree } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/lib/tree";
 import {
   indent as indentOp,
   moveDown as moveDownOp,
@@ -9,13 +10,15 @@ import {
 async function applyOutlineOp(
   op: (
     text: string,
+    tree: ParseTree,
     cursor: number,
   ) => { text: string; cursor: number } | "blocked" | null,
   fallback?: () => void,
 ) {
   const cursorPos = await editor.getCursor();
   const text = await editor.getText();
-  const result = op(text, cursorPos);
+  const tree = await markdown.parseMarkdown(text);
+  const result = op(text, tree, cursorPos);
   if (result === "blocked") {
     await editor.flashNotification("Cannot move item further", "error");
     return;
diff --git a/plugs/editor/outline_ops.ts b/plugs/editor/outline_ops.ts
index ece913ab..9a5216f9 100644
--- a/plugs/editor/outline_ops.ts
+++ b/plugs/editor/outline_ops.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { parseMarkdown } from "../../client/markdown_parser/parser.ts";
 import {
   addParentPointers,
   findParentMatching,
@@ -228,10 +227,10 @@ function renumberOrderedList(
  */
 function move(
   text: string,
+  tree: ParseTree,
   cursor: number,
   direction: "up" | "down",
 ): OutlineResult {
-  const tree = parseMarkdown(text);
   const ctx = detectContext(tree, cursor);
   if (!ctx) {
     return null;
@@ -248,10 +247,10 @@ function move(
   }
 }
 
-export const moveUp = (text: string, cursor: number) =>
-  move(text, cursor, "up");
-export const moveDown = (text: string, cursor: number) =>
-  move(text, cursor, "down");
+export const moveUp = (text: string, tree: ParseTree, cursor: number) =>
+  move(text, tree, cursor, "up");
+export const moveDown = (text: string, tree: ParseTree, cursor: number) =>
+  move(text, tree, cursor, "down");
 
 /**
  * Indents or outdents the outline element at cursor, dispatching to the
@@ -259,10 +258,10 @@ export const moveDown = (text: string, cursor: number) =>
  */
 function adjustLevel(
   text: string,
+  tree: ParseTree,
   cursor: number,
   delta: 1 | -1,
 ): OutlineResult {
-  const tree = parseMarkdown(text);
   const ctx = detectContext(tree, cursor);
   if (!ctx) {
     return null;
@@ -282,10 +281,10 @@ function adjustLevel(
   }
 }
 
-export const indent = (text: string, cursor: number) =>
-  adjustLevel(text, cursor, 1);
-export const outdent = (text: string, cursor: number) =>
-  adjustLevel(text, cursor, -1);
+export const indent = (text: string, tree: ParseTree, cursor: number) =>
+  adjustLevel(text, tree, cursor, 1);
+export const outdent = (text: string, tree: ParseTree, cursor: number) =>
+  adjustLevel(text, tree, cursor, -1);
 
 /**
  * Swaps a list item with its adjacent sibling, renumbering if in an ordered