diff --git a/qt/aqt/editor.py b/qt/aqt/editor.py
index 77e89ac77..b269df969 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/editor.py
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ class Editor:
             json.dumps(focusTo),
             json.dumps(self.note.id),
         )
+        js = gui_hooks.editor_will_load_note(js, self.note, self)
         self.web.evalWithCallback(js, oncallback)
 
     def fonts(self) -> List[Tuple[str, int, bool]]:
diff --git a/qt/aqt/gui_hooks.py b/qt/aqt/gui_hooks.py
index 0115ef948..aecaaec3c 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/gui_hooks.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/gui_hooks.py
@@ -1207,6 +1207,40 @@ class _EditorWebViewDidInitHook:
 editor_web_view_did_init = _EditorWebViewDidInitHook()
 
 
+class _EditorWillLoadNoteFilter:
+    """Allows changing the javascript commands to load note before
+        executing it and do change in the QT editor."""
+
+    _hooks: List[Callable[[str, "anki.notes.Note", "aqt.editor.Editor"], str]] = []
+
+    def append(
+        self, cb: Callable[[str, "anki.notes.Note", "aqt.editor.Editor"], str]
+    ) -> None:
+        """(js: str, note: anki.notes.Note, editor: aqt.editor.Editor)"""
+        self._hooks.append(cb)
+
+    def remove(
+        self, cb: Callable[[str, "anki.notes.Note", "aqt.editor.Editor"], str]
+    ) -> None:
+        if cb in self._hooks:
+            self._hooks.remove(cb)
+
+    def __call__(
+        self, js: str, note: anki.notes.Note, editor: aqt.editor.Editor
+    ) -> str:
+        for filter in self._hooks:
+            try:
+                js = filter(js, note, editor)
+            except:
+                # if the hook fails, remove it
+                self._hooks.remove(filter)
+                raise
+        return js
+
+
+editor_will_load_note = _EditorWillLoadNoteFilter()
+
+
 class _EditorWillShowContextMenuHook:
     _hooks: List[Callable[["aqt.editor.EditorWebView", QMenu], None]] = []
 
diff --git a/qt/tools/genhooks_gui.py b/qt/tools/genhooks_gui.py
index 1dd08c430..a8887e10b 100644
--- a/qt/tools/genhooks_gui.py
+++ b/qt/tools/genhooks_gui.py
@@ -498,6 +498,13 @@ def emptyNewCard():
         args=["editor_web_view: aqt.editor.EditorWebView"],
     ),
     Hook(name="editor_did_init", args=["editor: aqt.editor.Editor"],),
+    Hook(
+        name="editor_will_load_note",
+        args=["js: str", "note: anki.notes.Note", "editor: aqt.editor.Editor"],
+        return_type="str",
+        doc="""Allows changing the javascript commands to load note before
+        executing it and do change in the QT editor.""",
+    ),
     # Sound/video
     ###################
     Hook(name="av_player_will_play", args=["tag: anki.sound.AVTag"]),