diff --git a/browser/lib/findNoteTitle.js b/browser/lib/findNoteTitle.js
index b954f1724..912c3bdd3 100644
--- a/browser/lib/findNoteTitle.js
+++ b/browser/lib/findNoteTitle.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export function findNoteTitle (value) {
+export function findNoteTitle (value, enableFrontMatterTitle, frontMatterTitleField = 'title') {
   const splitted = value.split('\n')
   let title = null
   let isInsideCodeBlock = false
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ export function findNoteTitle (value) {
   if (splitted[0] === '---') {
     let line = 0
     while (++line < splitted.length) {
+      if (enableFrontMatterTitle && splitted[line].startsWith(frontMatterTitleField + ':')) {
+        title = splitted[line].substring(frontMatterTitleField.length + 1).trim()
+
+        break
+      }
       if (splitted[line] === '---') {
         splitted.splice(0, line + 1)
 
@@ -14,17 +19,19 @@ export function findNoteTitle (value) {
     }
   }
 
-  splitted.some((line, index) => {
-    const trimmedLine = line.trim()
-    const trimmedNextLine = splitted[index + 1] === undefined ? '' : splitted[index + 1].trim()
-    if (trimmedLine.match('```')) {
-      isInsideCodeBlock = !isInsideCodeBlock
-    }
-    if (isInsideCodeBlock === false && (trimmedLine.match(/^# +/) || trimmedNextLine.match(/^=+$/))) {
-      title = trimmedLine
-      return true
-    }
-  })
+  if (title === null) {
+    splitted.some((line, index) => {
+      const trimmedLine = line.trim()
+      const trimmedNextLine = splitted[index + 1] === undefined ? '' : splitted[index + 1].trim()
+      if (trimmedLine.match('```')) {
+        isInsideCodeBlock = !isInsideCodeBlock
+      }
+      if (isInsideCodeBlock === false && (trimmedLine.match(/^# +/) || trimmedNextLine.match(/^=+$/))) {
+        title = trimmedLine
+        return true
+      }
+    })
+  }
 
   if (title === null) {
     title = ''
diff --git a/browser/main/Detail/MarkdownNoteDetail.js b/browser/main/Detail/MarkdownNoteDetail.js
index e4493a800..fe98c8bfb 100755
--- a/browser/main/Detail/MarkdownNoteDetail.js
+++ b/browser/main/Detail/MarkdownNoteDetail.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class MarkdownNoteDetail extends React.Component {
   handleUpdateContent () {
     const { note } = this.state
     note.content = this.refs.content.value
-    note.title = markdown.strip(striptags(findNoteTitle(note.content)))
+    note.title = markdown.strip(striptags(findNoteTitle(note.content, this.props.config.editor.enableFrontMatterTitle, this.props.config.editor.frontMatterTitleField)))
     this.updateNote(note)
   }
 
diff --git a/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.js b/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.js
index 9356a02cf..65d5dfd34 100644
--- a/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.js
+++ b/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class SnippetNoteDetail extends React.Component {
     if (this.refs.tags) note.tags = this.refs.tags.value
     note.description = this.refs.description.value
     note.updatedAt = new Date()
-    note.title = findNoteTitle(note.description)
+    note.title = findNoteTitle(note.description, false)
 
     this.setState({
       note
diff --git a/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js b/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js
index 1727deb82..33cab7aac 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ export const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     scrollPastEnd: false,
     type: 'SPLIT',
     fetchUrlTitle: true,
-    enableTableEditor: false
+    enableTableEditor: false,
+    enableFrontMatterTitle: true,
+    frontMatterTitleField: 'title'
   },
   preview: {
     fontSize: '14',
diff --git a/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/UiTab.js b/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/UiTab.js
index 97f3877c0..638fab90b 100644
--- a/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/UiTab.js
+++ b/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/UiTab.js
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ class UiTab extends React.Component {
         snippetDefaultLanguage: this.refs.editorSnippetDefaultLanguage.value,
         scrollPastEnd: this.refs.scrollPastEnd.checked,
         fetchUrlTitle: this.refs.editorFetchUrlTitle.checked,
-        enableTableEditor: this.refs.enableTableEditor.checked
+        enableTableEditor: this.refs.enableTableEditor.checked,
+        enableFrontMatterTitle: this.refs.enableFrontMatterTitle.checked,
+        frontMatterTitleField: this.refs.frontMatterTitleField.value
       },
       preview: {
         fontSize: this.refs.previewFontSize.value,
@@ -428,6 +430,31 @@ class UiTab extends React.Component {
             </div>
           </div>
 
+          <div styleName='group-section'>
+            <div styleName='group-section-label'>
+              {i18n.__('Front matter title field')}
+            </div>
+            <div styleName='group-section-control'>
+              <input styleName='group-section-control-input'
+                ref='frontMatterTitleField'
+                value={config.editor.frontMatterTitleField}
+                onChange={(e) => this.handleUIChange(e)}
+                type='text'
+              />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <div styleName='group-checkBoxSection'>
+            <label>
+              <input onChange={(e) => this.handleUIChange(e)}
+                checked={this.state.config.editor.enableFrontMatterTitle}
+                ref='enableFrontMatterTitle'
+                type='checkbox'
+              />&nbsp;
+              {i18n.__('Extract title from front matter')}
+            </label>
+          </div>
+
           <div styleName='group-checkBoxSection'>
             <label>
               <input onChange={(e) => this.handleUIChange(e)}
diff --git a/tests/lib/find-title-test.js b/tests/lib/find-title-test.js
index f587804c0..103b8774d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/find-title-test.js
+++ b/tests/lib/find-title-test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,47 @@ test('findNoteTitle#find  should return a correct title (string)', t => {
 
   testCases.forEach(testCase => {
     const [input, expected] = testCase
-    t.is(findNoteTitle(input), expected, `Test for find() input: ${input} expected: ${expected}`)
+    t.is(findNoteTitle(input, false), expected, `Test for find() input: ${input} expected: ${expected}`)
   })
 })
 
+test('findNoteTitle#find  should ignore front matter when enableFrontMatterTitle=false', t => {
+  // [input, expected]
+  const testCases = [
+    ['---\nlayout: test\ntitle:  hoge hoge hoge  \n---\n# fuga', '# fuga'],
+    ['---\ntitle:hoge\n---\n# fuga', '# fuga'],
+    ['title: fuga\n# hoge', '# hoge']
+  ]
+
+  testCases.forEach(testCase => {
+    const [input, expected] = testCase
+    t.is(findNoteTitle(input, false), expected, `Test for find() input: ${input} expected: ${expected}`)
+  })
+})
+
+test('findNoteTitle#find  should respect front matter when enableFrontMatterTitle=true', t => {
+  // [input, expected]
+  const testCases = [
+    ['---\nlayout: test\ntitle:  hoge hoge hoge  \n---\n# fuga', 'hoge hoge hoge'],
+    ['---\ntitle:hoge\n---\n# fuga', 'hoge'],
+    ['title: fuga\n# hoge', '# hoge']
+  ]
+
+  testCases.forEach(testCase => {
+    const [input, expected] = testCase
+    t.is(findNoteTitle(input, true), expected, `Test for find() input: ${input} expected: ${expected}`)
+  })
+})
+
+test('findNoteTitle#find  should respect frontMatterTitleField when provided', t => {
+  // [input, expected]
+  const testCases = [
+    ['---\ntitle: hoge\n---\n# fuga', '# fuga'],
+    ['---\ncustom: hoge\n---\n# fuga', 'hoge']
+  ]
+
+  testCases.forEach(testCase => {
+    const [input, expected] = testCase
+    t.is(findNoteTitle(input, true, 'custom'), expected, `Test for find() input: ${input} expected: ${expected}`)
+  })
+})