diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/Note.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/Note.kt
index 8155da1cfda1..322a9cef9961 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/Note.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/Note.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package com.ichi2.libanki
 
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting
-import com.ichi2.libanki.exception.WrongId
 import com.ichi2.utils.KotlinCleanup
 import com.ichi2.utils.emptyStringArray
 import com.ichi2.utils.emptyStringMutableList
@@ -71,23 +70,21 @@ class Note : Cloneable {
     }
 
     fun load() {
-        col.db
-            .query(
-                "SELECT guid, mid, mod, usn, tags, flds FROM notes WHERE id = ?",
-                this.id
-            ).use { cursor ->
-                if (!cursor.moveToFirst()) {
-                    throw WrongId(this.id, "note")
-                }
-                guId = cursor.getString(0)
-                mid = cursor.getLong(1)
-                mod = cursor.getLong(2).toInt()
-                usn = cursor.getInt(3)
-                tags = col.tags.split(cursor.getString(4))
-                fields = Utils.splitFields(cursor.getString(5))
-                notetype = col.notetypes.get(mid)!!
-                mFMap = Notetypes.fieldMap(notetype)
-            }
+        val note = col.backend.getNote(this.id)
+        loadFromBackendNote(note)
+    }
+
+    private fun loadFromBackendNote(note: anki.notes.Note) {
+        this.id = note.id
+        this.guId = note.guid
+        this.mid = note.notetypeId
+        this.notetype = col.notetypes.get(mid)!! // not in libAnki
+        this.mod = note.mtimeSecs
+        this.usn = note.usn
+        // the lists in the protobuf are NOT mutable, even though they cast to MutableList
+        this.tags = note.tagsList.toMutableList()
+        this.fields = note.fieldsList.toMutableList()
+        this.mFMap = Notetypes.fieldMap(notetype)
     }
 
     fun reloadModel() {
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/exception/WrongId.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/exception/WrongId.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 70a991ab2e52..000000000000
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/exception/WrongId.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2020 Arthur Milchior <arthur@milchior.fr>                              *
- *                                                                                      *
- * 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.                                                                             *
- *                                                                                      *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY      *
- * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A      *
- * PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.             *
- *                                                                                      *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with         *
- * this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.                           *
- ****************************************************************************************/
-package com.ichi2.libanki.exception
-
-import java.lang.RuntimeException
-
-class WrongId(id: Long, kind: String) : RuntimeException(" No $kind with id $id")