diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/app.ts
index ff91d5a65..00924ffdb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app.ts
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import {
   PrivilegesAuthModal,
   PrivilegesManagementModal,
   RevisionPreviewModal,
-  SessionHistoryMenu,
+  HistoryMenu,
   SyncResolutionMenu
 } from './directives/views';
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function startApplication(platform: Platform) {
     .directive('privilegesAuthModal', () => new PrivilegesAuthModal())
     .directive('privilegesManagementModal', () => new PrivilegesManagementModal())
     .directive('revisionPreviewModal', () => new RevisionPreviewModal())
-    .directive('sessionHistoryMenu', () => new SessionHistoryMenu())
+    .directive('historyMenu', () => new HistoryMenu())
     .directive('syncResolutionMenu', () => new SyncResolutionMenu());
 
   // Filters
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/historyMenu.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/historyMenu.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c33c01efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/historyMenu.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+import { WebDirective } from '../../types';
+import { WebApplication } from '@/ui_models/application';
+import template from '%/directives/history-menu.pug';
+import { SNItem, ItemHistoryEntry } from '@node_modules/snjs/dist/@types';
+import { PureViewCtrl } from '@/views';
+import { ItemSessionHistory } from 'snjs/dist/@types/services/history/session/item_session_history';
+import { RemoteHistoryList, RemoteHistoryListEntry } from 'snjs/dist/@types/services/history/history_manager';
+import {  confirmDialog } from '@/services/alertService';
+
+type HistoryState = {
+  fetchingRemoteHistory: boolean
+}
+
+interface HistoryScope {
+  application: WebApplication
+  item: SNItem
+}
+
+class HistoryMenuCtrl extends PureViewCtrl<{}, HistoryState> implements HistoryScope {
+
+  diskEnabled = false
+  autoOptimize = false
+  application!: WebApplication
+  item!: SNItem
+  sessionHistory?: ItemSessionHistory
+  remoteHistory?: RemoteHistoryList
+
+  /* @ngInject */
+  constructor(
+    $timeout: ng.ITimeoutService
+  ) {
+    super($timeout);
+    this.state = {
+      fetchingRemoteHistory: false
+    };
+  }
+  
+  $onInit() {
+    super.$onInit();
+    this.reloadSessionHistory();
+    this.fetchRemoteHistory();
+    this.diskEnabled = this.application.historyManager!.isDiskEnabled();
+    this.autoOptimize = this.application.historyManager!.isAutoOptimizeEnabled();
+  }
+
+  reloadSessionHistory() {
+    this.sessionHistory = this.application.historyManager!.sessionHistoryForItem(this.item);
+  }
+
+  get isfetchingRemoteHistory() {
+    return this.state.fetchingRemoteHistory;
+  }
+
+  set fetchingRemoteHistory(value: boolean) {
+    this.setState({
+      fetchingRemoteHistory: value
+    });
+  }
+
+  async fetchRemoteHistory() {
+    this.fetchingRemoteHistory = true;
+    this.remoteHistory = await this.application.historyManager!.remoteHistoryForItem(this.item)
+      .finally(() => {
+        this.fetchingRemoteHistory = false;
+      });
+  }
+
+  async openSessionRevision(revision: ItemHistoryEntry) {
+    this.application.presentRevisionPreviewModal(
+      revision.payload.uuid, 
+      revision.payload.content
+    );
+  }
+
+  async openRemoteRevision(revision: RemoteHistoryListEntry) {
+    this.fetchingRemoteHistory = true;
+    const remoteRevision = await this.application.historyManager!.fetchRemoteRevision(this.item.uuid, revision);
+    this.fetchingRemoteHistory = false;
+    if (!remoteRevision) {
+      this.application.alertService!.alert("The remote revision could not be loaded. Please try again later.");
+      return;
+    }
+    this.application.presentRevisionPreviewModal(
+      remoteRevision.payload.uuid,
+      remoteRevision.payload.content
+    );
+  }
+
+  classForSessionRevision(revision: ItemHistoryEntry) {
+    const vector = revision.operationVector();
+    if (vector === 0) {
+      return 'default';
+    } else if (vector === 1) {
+      return 'success';
+    } else if (vector === -1) {
+      return 'danger';
+    }
+  }
+
+  clearItemSessionHistory() {
+    confirmDialog({
+      text: "Are you sure you want to delete the local session history for this note?",
+      confirmButtonStyle: "danger"
+    }).then((confirmed) => {
+      if (!confirmed) {
+        return;
+      }
+      this.application.historyManager!.clearHistoryForItem(this.item).then(() => {
+        this.$timeout(() => {
+          this.reloadSessionHistory();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  clearAllSessionHistory() {
+    confirmDialog({
+      text: "Are you sure you want to delete the local session history for all notes?",
+      confirmButtonStyle: "danger"
+    }).then((confirmed) => {
+      if (!confirmed) {
+        return;
+      }
+      this.application.historyManager!.clearAllHistory().then(() => {
+        this.$timeout(() => {
+          this.reloadSessionHistory();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  get sessionHistoryEntries() {
+    return this.sessionHistory?.entries;
+  }
+
+  get remoteHistoryEntries() {
+    return this.remoteHistory;
+  }
+
+  toggleSessionHistoryDiskSaving() {
+    const run = () => {
+      this.application.historyManager!.toggleDiskSaving().then(() => {
+        this.$timeout(() => {
+          this.diskEnabled = this.application.historyManager!.isDiskEnabled();
+        });
+      });
+    };
+    if (!this.application.historyManager!.isDiskEnabled()) {
+      confirmDialog({
+        text: "Are you sure you want to save history to disk? This will decrease general " +
+        "performance, especially as you type. You are advised to disable this feature " +
+        "if you experience any lagging.",
+        confirmButtonStyle: "danger"
+      }).then((confirmed) => {
+        if (confirmed) {
+          run();
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      run();
+    }
+  }
+
+  toggleSessionHistoryAutoOptimize() {
+    this.application.historyManager!.toggleAutoOptimize().then(() => {
+      this.$timeout(() => {
+        this.autoOptimize = this.application.historyManager!.autoOptimize;
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  previewRemoteHistoryTitle(revision: RemoteHistoryListEntry) {
+    const createdAt = revision.created_at!;
+    return new Date(createdAt).toLocaleString();
+  }
+}
+
+export class HistoryMenu extends WebDirective {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this.restrict = 'E';
+    this.template = template;
+    this.controller = HistoryMenuCtrl;
+    this.controllerAs = 'ctrl';
+    this.bindToController = true;
+    this.scope = {
+      item: '=',
+      application: '='
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/index.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/index.ts
index 1f51d0023..adee8d90c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/index.ts
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/index.ts
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ export { PermissionsModal } from './permissionsModal';
 export { PrivilegesAuthModal } from './privilegesAuthModal';
 export { PrivilegesManagementModal } from './privilegesManagementModal';
 export { RevisionPreviewModal } from './revisionPreviewModal';
-export { SessionHistoryMenu } from './sessionHistoryMenu';
+export { HistoryMenu } from './historyMenu';
 export { SyncResolutionMenu } from './syncResolutionMenu';
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/revisionPreviewModal.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/revisionPreviewModal.ts
index b2a123ced..d98ed71c3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/revisionPreviewModal.ts
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/revisionPreviewModal.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class RevisionPreviewModalCtrl implements RevisionPreviewScope {
     }
   }
 
-  async restore(asCopy: boolean) {
+  restore(asCopy: boolean) {
     const run = async () => {
       if (asCopy) {
         const contentCopy = Object.assign({}, this.content);
@@ -110,12 +110,14 @@ class RevisionPreviewModalCtrl implements RevisionPreviewScope {
     };
 
     if (!asCopy) {
-      if (await confirmDialog({
+      confirmDialog({
         text: "Are you sure you want to replace the current note's contents with what you see in this preview?",
-        confirmButtonStyle: 'danger',
-      })) {
-        run();
-      }
+        confirmButtonStyle: "danger"
+      }).then((confirmed) => {
+        if (confirmed) {
+          run();
+        }
+      });
     } else {
       run();
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/sessionHistoryMenu.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/sessionHistoryMenu.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c4f7f031e..000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/directives/views/sessionHistoryMenu.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-import { WebDirective } from './../../types';
-import { WebApplication } from '@/ui_models/application';
-import template from '%/directives/session-history-menu.pug';
-import { SNItem, ItemHistoryEntry, ItemHistory } from '@node_modules/snjs/dist/@types';
-import { confirmDialog } from '@/services/alertService';
-
-interface SessionHistoryScope {
-  application: WebApplication
-  item: SNItem
-}
-
-class SessionHistoryMenuCtrl implements SessionHistoryScope {
-
-  $timeout: ng.ITimeoutService
-  diskEnabled = false
-  autoOptimize = false
-  application!: WebApplication
-  item!: SNItem
-  entries!: ItemHistoryEntry[]
-  history!: ItemHistory
-
-  /* @ngInject */
-  constructor(
-    $timeout: ng.ITimeoutService
-  ) {
-    this.$timeout = $timeout;
-  }
-  
-  $onInit() {
-    this.reloadHistory();
-    this.diskEnabled = this.application.historyManager!.isDiskEnabled();
-    this.autoOptimize = this.application.historyManager!.isAutoOptimizeEnabled();
-  }
-
-  reloadHistory() {
-    const history = this.application.historyManager!.historyForItem(this.item);
-    this.entries = history.entries.slice(0).sort((a, b) => {
-      return a.payload.updated_at! < b.payload.updated_at! ? 1 : -1;
-    });
-    this.history = history;
-  }
-
-  openRevision(revision: ItemHistoryEntry) {
-    this.application.presentRevisionPreviewModal(
-      revision.payload.uuid, 
-      revision.payload.content
-    );
-  }
-
-  classForRevision(revision: ItemHistoryEntry) {
-    const vector = revision.operationVector();
-    if (vector === 0) {
-      return 'default';
-    } else if (vector === 1) {
-      return 'success';
-    } else if (vector === -1) {
-      return 'danger';
-    }
-  }
-
-  async clearItemHistory() {
-    if (await confirmDialog({
-      text: "Are you sure you want to delete the local session history for this note?",
-      confirmButtonStyle: 'danger',
-    })) {
-      this.application.historyManager!.clearHistoryForItem(this.item).then(() => {
-        this.$timeout(() => {
-          this.reloadHistory();
-        });
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  clearAllHistory() {
-    if (confirmDialog({
-      text: "Are you sure you want to delete the local session history for all notes?",
-      confirmButtonStyle: 'danger'
-    })) {
-      this.application.historyManager!.clearAllHistory().then(() => {
-        this.$timeout(() => {
-          this.reloadHistory();
-        });
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  async toggleDiskSaving() {
-    const run = () => {
-      this.application.historyManager!.toggleDiskSaving().then(() => {
-        this.$timeout(() => {
-          this.diskEnabled = this.application.historyManager!.isDiskEnabled();
-        });
-      });
-    };
-    if (!this.application.historyManager!.isDiskEnabled()) {
-      if (await confirmDialog({
-        text: `Are you sure you want to save history to disk? This will decrease general
-        performance, especially as you type. You are advised to disable this feature
-        if you experience any lagging.`,
-        confirmButtonStyle: 'danger',
-      })) {
-        run();
-      }
-    } else {
-      run();
-    }
-  }
-
-  toggleAutoOptimize() {
-    this.application.historyManager!.toggleAutoOptimize().then(() => {
-      this.$timeout(() => {
-        this.autoOptimize = this.application.historyManager!.autoOptimize;
-      });
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-export class SessionHistoryMenu extends WebDirective {
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-    this.restrict = 'E';
-    this.template = template;
-    this.controller = SessionHistoryMenuCtrl;
-    this.controllerAs = 'ctrl';
-    this.bindToController = true;
-    this.scope = {
-      item: '=',
-      application: '='
-    };
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/views/editor/editor-view.pug b/app/assets/javascripts/views/editor/editor-view.pug
index cec55b349..4eb651823 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/views/editor/editor-view.pug
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/views/editor/editor-view.pug
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@
             application='self.application'
             )
         .sk-app-bar-item(
-          click-outside=`self.setMenuState('showSessionHistory', false)`,
-          is-open='self.state.showSessionHistory',
-          ng-click="self.toggleMenu('showSessionHistory')"
+          click-outside=`self.setMenuState('showHistory', false)`,
+          is-open='self.state.showHistory',
+          ng-click="self.toggleMenu('showHistory')"
           )
-          .sk-label Session History
-          session-history-menu(
+          .sk-label History
+          history-menu(
             item='self.note',
-            ng-if='self.state.showSessionHistory',
+            ng-if='self.state.showHistory',
             application='self.application'
             )
   #editor-content.editor-content(ng-if='!self.note.errorDecrypting')
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/directives/history-menu.pug b/app/assets/templates/directives/history-menu.pug
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a8bcacb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/templates/directives/history-menu.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#history-menu.sn-component
+  .sk-menu-panel.dropdown-menu
+    .sk-menu-panel-header
+      .sk-menu-panel-header-title Session
+        .sk-menu-panel-header-subtitle {{ctrl.sessionHistoryEntries.length || 'No'}} revisions
+      a.sk-a.info.sk-h5(
+        ng-click='ctrl.showSessionOptions = !ctrl.showSessionOptions; $event.stopPropagation();'
+        ) Options
+    div(ng-if='ctrl.showSessionOptions')
+      menu-row(
+        action='ctrl.clearItemSessionHistory()' 
+        label="'Clear note local history'"
+        )
+      menu-row(
+        action='ctrl.clearAllSessionHistory()' 
+        label="'Clear all local history'"
+        )
+      menu-row(
+        action='ctrl.toggleSessionHistoryAutoOptimize()' 
+        label="(ctrl.autoOptimize ? 'Disable' : 'Enable') + ' auto cleanup'")
+        .sk-sublabel
+          | Automatically cleans up small revisions to conserve space.
+      menu-row(
+        action='ctrl.toggleSessionHistoryDiskSaving()' 
+        label="(ctrl.diskEnabled ? 'Disable' : 'Enable') + ' saving history to disk'"
+        )
+        .sk-sublabel
+          | Saving to disk is not recommended. Decreases performance and increases app 
+          | loading time and memory footprint.
+    menu-row(
+      ng-repeat='revision in ctrl.sessionHistoryEntries track by $index'
+      action='ctrl.openSessionRevision(revision);' 
+      label='revision.previewTitle()' 
+      )
+      .sk-sublabel.opaque(ng-class='ctrl.classForSessionRevision(revision)')
+        | {{revision.previewSubTitle()}}
+    .sk-menu-panel-header
+      .sk-menu-panel-header-title Remote
+        .sk-menu-panel-header-subtitle {{ctrl.remoteHistoryEntries.length || 'No'}} revisions
+      a.sk-a.info.sk-h5(
+        ng-click='ctrl.showRemoteOptions = !ctrl.showRemoteOptions; $event.stopPropagation();'
+        ) Options
+    div(ng-if='ctrl.showRemoteOptions')
+      menu-row(
+        action='ctrl.fetchRemoteHistory()' 
+        label="'Refresh'"
+        disabled="ctrl.isfetchingRemoteHistory"
+        spinner-class="ctrl.isfetchingRemoteHistory ? 'info' : null")
+        .sk-sublabel
+          | Fetch history from server.
+    menu-row(
+      ng-repeat='revision in ctrl.remoteHistoryEntries track by $index'
+      action='ctrl.openRemoteRevision(revision);'
+      label='ctrl.previewRemoteHistoryTitle(revision);'
+      )
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/directives/session-history-menu.pug b/app/assets/templates/directives/session-history-menu.pug
deleted file mode 100644
index 36788db7a..000000000
--- a/app/assets/templates/directives/session-history-menu.pug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#session-history-menu.sn-component
-  .sk-menu-panel.dropdown-menu
-    .sk-menu-panel-header
-      .sk-menu-panel-header-title {{ctrl.history.entries.length || 'No'}} revisions
-      a.sk-a.info.sk-h5(
-        ng-click='ctrl.showOptions = !ctrl.showOptions; $event.stopPropagation();'
-        ) Options
-    div(ng-if='ctrl.showOptions')
-      menu-row(
-        action='ctrl.clearItemHistory()' 
-        label="'Clear note local history'"
-        )
-      menu-row(
-        action='ctrl.clearAllHistory()' 
-        label="'Clear all local history'"
-        )
-      menu-row(
-        action='ctrl.toggleAutoOptimize()' 
-        label="(ctrl.autoOptimize ? 'Disable' : 'Enable') + ' auto cleanup'")
-        .sk-sublabel
-          | Automatically cleans up small revisions to conserve space.
-      menu-row(
-        action='ctrl.toggleDiskSaving()' 
-        label="(ctrl.diskEnabled ? 'Disable' : 'Enable') + ' saving history to disk'"
-        )
-        .sk-sublabel
-          | Saving to disk is not recommended. Decreases performance and increases app 
-          | loading time and memory footprint.
-    menu-row(
-      ng-repeat='revision in ctrl.entries'
-      action='ctrl.openRevision(revision);' 
-      label='revision.previewTitle()' 
-      )
-      .sk-sublabel.opaque(ng-class='ctrl.classForRevision(revision)')
-        | {{revision.previewSubTitle()}}