diff --git a/modules/intermediate_format/ifweb.xql b/modules/intermediate_format/ifweb.xql
index efb955fdf56d8941a740f6afc9fab8842e302ded..356dad32121fb6c1b0f4216c0f6a952f5c3f2e50 100644
--- a/modules/intermediate_format/ifweb.xql
+++ b/modules/intermediate_format/ifweb.xql
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ $target-dir as xs:string) as node()* {
 declare function ifweb:transform-split-xml($xml as node()*, $filename as xs:string,
 $dir as xs:string) {
     let $preprocessed-data := pre:preprocessing($xml/*, $ifweb:replace-whitespace)
+    let $editorial-notes := pre:get-editorial-notes($xml/*, $ifweb:replace-whitespace)
     let $intermediate-format := ident:walk($preprocessed-data, ())
 
     (: sometimes we have structural variance on chapter level - in these cases
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ $dir as xs:string) {
 
     let $transformed :=
             element tei:div {
-                $content
+                $content,
+                $editorial-notes
             }
     let $store := xmldb:store($dir, $filename, $transformed)
 
diff --git a/modules/intermediate_format/preprocessing.xqm b/modules/intermediate_format/preprocessing.xqm
index 54c89ac0d44ca5378819385294ae6d646d70fb09..25b6c4c589882cfa8eab5568c02de2326bdf2270 100644
--- a/modules/intermediate_format/preprocessing.xqm
+++ b/modules/intermediate_format/preprocessing.xqm
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ declare function pre:preprocessing-textNode
                 element{$node/name()}{
                     $node/@*,
                     pre:preprocessing-textNode($node/node()),
-                    element{"editorial-notes"}{
-                        $node//note[@type eq "editorial-commentary"]
-                    }
+                    pre:get-editorial-notes($node, $replace-whitespace)
                 }
             )
 
@@ -166,11 +164,7 @@ declare function pre:preprocessing
                 element{$node/name()}{
                     $node/@*,
                     pre:preprocessing($node/node(), $replace-whitespace),
-                    element{"editorial-notes"}{
-                        for $editorial-note in $node//note[@type eq "editorial-commentary"]
-                        return
-                            pre:default-element( $editorial-note, pre:preprocessing($editorial-note/node(), $replace-whitespace) )
-                    }
+                    pre:get-editorial-notes($node, $replace-whitespace)
                 }
             )
 
@@ -312,3 +306,16 @@ declare function pre:preprocessing
                 pre:default-element( $node, pre:preprocessing($node/node(), $replace-whitespace) )
             )
 };
+
+(:~
+ : Returns all editorial notes of a document in a new element.
+ :
+ : @author Michelle Weidling :)
+declare function pre:get-editorial-notes($node as node()*, $replace-whitespace)
+as element(editorial-notes) {
+    element{"editorial-notes"}{
+        for $editorial-note in $node//note[@type eq "editorial-commentary"]
+        return
+            pre:default-element($editorial-note, pre:preprocessing($editorial-note/node(), $replace-whitespace))
+    }
+};