diff --git a/config.org b/config.org
index 57eadba..6bf4a07 100644
--- a/config.org
+++ b/config.org
@@ -1822,13 +1822,20 @@ https://github.com/meedstrom/org-node
 no sqlite, just plain text and linking with ids
 not sure if actually better
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
+;;requirement for org-node
+(use-package org-mem
+  :ensure (:host github :repo "meedstrom/org-mem"))
+
 (use-package org-node
   :ensure t
   :after org
   :custom
   ;; add notes dir for org-node so I dont need to add everything to org-agenda-files and make it sluggish
-  (org-node-extra-id-dirs MY--PATH_ORG_FILES)
+  (org-node-extra-id-dirs (list MY--PATH_ORG_FILES)) ;;maybe obsolete due to org-mem-watch-dirs
+  (org-mem-watch-dirs (list MY--PATH_ORG_FILES))
+  (org-mem-do-sync-with-org-id t)
   :config
+  (org-mem-updater-mode)
   (org-node-cache-mode)
   (org-node-backlink-mode)
   (org-node-context-follow-mode)