diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.js b/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.js
index df179c1f7..c9783ff83 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.js
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ const TPL = `
                 <h4>Affected notes: <span class="affected-note-count">0</span></h4>
 
                 <div class="form-check">
-                    <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" class="include-descendants">
-                    <label class="form-check-label" for="include-descendants">
+                    <label class="form-check-label">
+                        <input class="include-descendants form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="">
                         Include descendant notes
                     </label>
                 </div>
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ const TPL = `
 export default class BulkActionsDialog extends BasicWidget {
     doRender() {
         this.$widget = $(TPL);
+
+        this.$includeDescendants = this.$widget.find(".include-descendants");
+        this.$includeDescendants.on("change", () => this.refresh());
+
+        this.$affectedNoteCount = this.$widget.find(".affected-note-count");
+
         this.$availableActionList = this.$widget.find(".bulk-available-action-list");
         this.$existingActionList = this.$widget.find(".bulk-existing-action-list");
 
@@ -84,7 +90,10 @@ export default class BulkActionsDialog extends BasicWidget {
 
         this.$executeButton = this.$widget.find(".execute-bulk-actions");
         this.$executeButton.on("click", async () => {
-            await server.post("bulk-action", { noteIds: this.selectedOrActiveNoteIds });
+            await server.post("bulk-action/execute", {
+                noteIds: this.selectedOrActiveNoteIds,
+                includeDescendants: this.$includeDescendants.is(":checked")
+            });
 
             toastService.showMessage("Bulk actions have been executed successfully.", 3000);
 
@@ -95,6 +104,13 @@ export default class BulkActionsDialog extends BasicWidget {
     async refresh() {
         this.renderAvailableActions();
 
+        const {affectedNoteCount} = await server.post('bulk-action/affected-notes', {
+            noteIds: this.selectedOrActiveNoteIds,
+            includeDescendants: this.$includeDescendants.is(":checked")
+        });
+
+        this.$affectedNoteCount.text(affectedNoteCount);
+
         const bulkActionNote = await froca.getNote('bulkaction');
 
         const actions = bulkActionService.parseActions(bulkActionNote);
@@ -138,6 +154,7 @@ export default class BulkActionsDialog extends BasicWidget {
 
     async bulkActionsEvent({selectedOrActiveNoteIds}) {
         this.selectedOrActiveNoteIds = selectedOrActiveNoteIds;
+        this.$includeDescendants.prop("checked", false);
 
         await this.refresh();
 
diff --git a/src/routes/api/bulk_action.js b/src/routes/api/bulk_action.js
index 20104a46b..902e9a675 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/bulk_action.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/bulk_action.js
@@ -2,13 +2,47 @@ const becca = require("../../becca/becca");
 const bulkActionService = require("../../services/bulk_actions");
 
 function execute(req) {
-    const {noteIds} = req.body;
+    const {noteIds, includeDescendants} = req.body;
+
+    const affectedNoteIds = getAffectedNoteIds(noteIds, includeDescendants);
 
     const bulkActionNote = becca.getNote('bulkaction');
 
-    bulkActionService.executeActions(bulkActionNote, noteIds);
+    bulkActionService.executeActions(bulkActionNote, affectedNoteIds);
+}
+
+function getAffectedNoteCount(req) {
+    const {noteIds, includeDescendants} = req.body;
+
+    const affectedNoteIds = getAffectedNoteIds(noteIds, includeDescendants);
+
+    return {
+        affectedNoteCount: affectedNoteIds.size
+    };
+}
+
+function getAffectedNoteIds(noteIds, includeDescendants) {
+    const affectedNoteIds = new Set();
+
+    for (const noteId of noteIds) {
+        const note = becca.getNote(noteId);
+
+        if (!note) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        affectedNoteIds.add(noteId);
+
+        if (includeDescendants) {
+            for (const descendantNoteId of note.getDescendantNoteIds()) {
+                affectedNoteIds.add(descendantNoteId);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return affectedNoteIds;
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-    execute
+    execute,
+    getAffectedNoteCount
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/routes.js b/src/routes/routes.js
index 543c3822c..b9f2d5e5e 100644
--- a/src/routes/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes/routes.js
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ function register(app) {
     apiRoute(GET, '/api/search/:searchString', searchRoute.search);
     apiRoute(GET, '/api/search-templates', searchRoute.searchTemplates);
 
-    apiRoute(POST, '/api/bulk-action', bulkActionRoute.execute);
+    apiRoute(POST, '/api/bulk-action/execute', bulkActionRoute.execute);
+    apiRoute(POST, '/api/bulk-action/affected-notes', bulkActionRoute.getAffectedNoteCount);
 
     route(POST, '/api/login/sync', [], loginApiRoute.loginSync, apiResultHandler);
     // this is for entering protected mode so user has to be already logged-in (that's the reason we don't require username)