diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67da33ad..48a6fc21 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - Fixed simultaneous notifications all opening the same note (#43).
 - Fixed notification click not working if already editing a note.
 - Fixed notification creating new note if clicked after note is deleted.
+- Remove check for internal list note consistency between content and metadata.
 
 ## v1.4.0
 - Added a label attribute to hide all notes with that label in active & archive destinations.
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/model/entity/Note.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/model/entity/Note.kt
index 474d43f3..ae856e72 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/model/entity/Note.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/model/entity/Note.kt
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ data class Note(
                 return mutableListOf()
             }
 
-            check(checked.size == items.size) { "Invalid list note data." }
+//            check(checked.size == items.size) { "Invalid list note data." }
 
             return items.mapIndexedTo(mutableListOf()) { i, text ->
-                ListNoteItem(text.trim(), checked[i])
+                ListNoteItem(text.trim(), checked.getOrElse(i) { false })
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/ui/edit/EditViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/ui/edit/EditViewModel.kt
index 94add40b..ff15926f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/ui/edit/EditViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/ui/edit/EditViewModel.kt
@@ -546,14 +546,14 @@ class EditViewModel @AssistedInject constructor(
             }
             NoteType.LIST -> {
                 // Add items in the correct actual order
-                val items = arrayOfNulls<EditItemItem>(listItems.count { it is EditItemItem })
+                val items = MutableList(listItems.count { it is EditItemItem }) { TEMP_ITEM }
                 for (item in listItems) {
                     if (item is EditItemItem) {
                         items[item.actualPos] = item
                     }
                 }
-                content = items.joinToString("\n") { it!!.content.text }
-                metadata = ListNoteMetadata(items.map { it!!.checked })
+                content = items.joinToString("\n") { it.content.text }
+                metadata = ListNoteMetadata(items.map { it.checked })
             }
         }
         note = note.copy(title = title, content = content,
@@ -862,5 +862,7 @@ class EditViewModel @AssistedInject constructor(
 
         private const val KEY_NOTE_ID = "noteId"
         private const val KEY_IS_NEW_NOTE = "isNewNote"
+
+        private val TEMP_ITEM = EditItemItem(DefaultEditableText(), false, false, 0)
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/model/entity/NoteTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/model/entity/NoteTest.kt
index f7e77d08..e47ab803 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/model/entity/NoteTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/maltaisn/notes/model/entity/NoteTest.kt
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ class NoteTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `should handle mismatch in list note metadata and content`() {
+        val items = listOf(
+            ListNoteItem("0", false),
+            ListNoteItem("1", true),
+            ListNoteItem("2", true))
+        var note = listNote(items)
+        note = note.copy(content = note.content + "\n3")
+        assertEquals(items + ListNoteItem("3", false), note.listItems)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `should fail to create deleted note with reminder`() {
         assertFailsWith<IllegalArgumentException> {