diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5764e1..bc74ab7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,17 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-## [0.18.4] - 2023-06-14
+## [0.18.5] - 2023-06-17
+
+### Documentation
+
+- Add note about env-substitute crate usage
+
+### Features
+
+- Added `select` flag to `explore` command as in `mds explore --select 'snippet | rust' --select syntaxes --select lib`
+
+## [0.18.4] - 2023-06-15
 
 ### Documentation
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 258e9cf..d005941 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mds"
-version = "0.18.4"
+version = "0.18.5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-recursion",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f78fefc..bbe1315 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mds"
-version = "0.18.4"
+version = "0.18.5"
 author = ["dj8yf0μl"]
 description = "A skim-based `*.md` explore and surf note-taking tool"
 repository = "https://github.com/dj8yfo/meudeus"
diff --git a/USAGE.md b/USAGE.md
index 79e0a2b..d1bd3ce 100644
--- a/USAGE.md
+++ b/USAGE.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   ```
 
   ```
-  meudeus v0.18.4
+  meudeus v0.18.5
   a skim shredder for plain-text papers
 
   Usage: mds [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
diff --git a/src/commands/explore.rs b/src/commands/explore.rs
index 2191a96..1781805 100644
--- a/src/commands/explore.rs
+++ b/src/commands/explore.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub static GLOBAL_STACK: &str = "GLOBAL";
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub(crate) async fn exec(
     db: SqliteAsyncHandle,
+    selected_note: Option<Vec<String>>,
     external_commands: ExternalCommands,
     surf_parsing: SurfParsing,
     md_static: MarkdownStatic,
@@ -33,7 +34,17 @@ pub(crate) async fn exec(
     stack_bindings_map: keymap::stack::Bindings,
     explore_bindings_map: keymap::explore::Bindings,
 ) -> Result<String, anyhow::Error> {
-    let mut list = db.lock().await.list(md_static, color_scheme).await?;
+    let mut list = match selected_note {
+        Some(notes) => {
+            let mut result = vec![];
+            for note in notes {
+                let note = db.lock().await.get(&note, md_static, color_scheme).await?;
+                result.push(note);
+            }
+            result
+        }
+        None => db.lock().await.list(md_static, color_scheme).await?,
+    };
     let mut straight = true;
 
     let mut preview_type = PreviewType::default();
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b770b4a..ff81b33 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate sql_builder;
 
-use clap::ArgMatches;
+use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches};
 
 use colored::Colorize;
 use config::{color::Color, Open as OpenCfg};
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ fn load_theme(color: Color) -> Option<&'static Theme> {
 async fn main() {
     env_logger::init();
     let cmd = clap::Command::new("mds")
-        .version("v0.18.4")
-        .about("meudeus v0.18.4\na skim shredder for plain-text papers")
+        .version("v0.18.5")
+        .about("meudeus v0.18.5\na skim shredder for plain-text papers")
         .bin_name("mds")
         .arg(clap::arg!(-c --color  "whether color output should be forced"))
         .subcommand_required(true)
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ async fn main() {
         )
         .subcommand(
             clap::command!("explore")
+                .arg(
+                    Arg::new("select")
+                        .short('s')
+                        .long("select")
+                        .action(ArgAction::Append)
+                        .value_name("NOTE_NAME_FULL")
+                        .help(
+                            "full name of note to start explore with (may be used multiple times)",
+                        ),
+                )
                 .visible_alias("ex")
                 .about("explore notes by <c-h> (backlinks) , <c-l> (links forward)"),
         )
@@ -196,8 +206,13 @@ async fn body(matches: &ArgMatches) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
                         .await
                 }
                 "explore" => {
+                    let mut matches = matches.clone();
+                    let selected_note = matches
+                        .remove_many::<String>("select")
+                        .map(|elems| elems.collect::<Vec<_>>());
                     commands::explore::exec(
                         db,
+                        selected_note,
                         config.external_commands,
                         config.surf_parsing,
                         md_static,