diff --git a/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/block.cljs b/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/block.cljs
index 1caad7cfc..e72430a77 100644
--- a/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/block.cljs
+++ b/deps/graph-parser/src/logseq/graph_parser/block.cljs
@@ -149,6 +149,17 @@
      properties)
     []))
 
+(defn- extract-refs-from-property-value
+  [value format]
+  (cond
+    (coll? value)
+    (filter (fn [v] (and (string? v) (not (string/blank? v)))) value)
+    (string? value)
+    (let [ast (gp-mldoc/inline->edn value (gp-mldoc/default-config format))]
+      (text/extract-refs-from-mldoc-ast ast))
+    :else
+    nil))
+
 (defn- get-page-ref-names-from-properties
   [properties user-config]
   (let [page-refs (->>
@@ -162,8 +173,9 @@
                               (keyword k))))
                    ;; get links ast
                    (map last)
-                   (mapcat (or (:extract-refs-from-property-value-fn user-config)
-                               text/extract-refs-from-mldoc-ast))
+                   (mapcat (fn [value]
+                             (let [f (or (:extract-refs-from-property-value-fn user-config) extract-refs-from-property-value)]
+                               (f value (get user-config :format :markdown)))))
                    ;; comma separated collections
                    (concat (->> (map second properties)
                                 (filter coll?)
@@ -513,11 +525,7 @@
                          id (get-custom-id-or-new-id {:properties properties})
                          property-refs (->> (get-page-refs-from-properties
                                              properties db date-formatter
-                                             (assoc user-config
-                                                    :extract-refs-from-property-value-fn
-                                                    (fn [refs]
-                                                      (when (coll? refs)
-                                                        refs))))
+                                             user-config)
                                             (map :block/original-name))
                          pre-block? (if (:heading properties) false true)
                          block {:block/uuid id
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
index 6bf73a802..7905b7ae2 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@
         refs (gp-block/get-page-refs-from-properties properties
                                                      (db/get-db (state/get-current-repo))
                                                      (state/get-date-formatter)
-                                                     (state/get-config))]
+                                                     (assoc (state/get-config) :format format))]
     {:block/pre-block? true
      :block/uuid (db/new-block-id)
      :block/properties properties
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/page.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/page.cljs
index 4f786c753..2562aeef1 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/page.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/page.cljs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
              last-txs (build-page-tx format properties (last pages) journal? whiteboard?)
              txs      (concat txs last-txs)]
          (when (seq txs)
-           (db/transact! txs)))
+           (db/transact! repo txs {:outliner-op :create-page})))
 
        (when create-first-block?
          (when (or