diff --git a/src/graphmanager/graphview.css b/src/graphmanager/graphview.css
index 7618ebb..2345900 100644
--- a/src/graphmanager/graphview.css
+++ b/src/graphmanager/graphview.css
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ button.node-selected {
   background: rgb(170, 255, 170);
 }
 
+button.node-light {
+  border-style: dashed;
+}
+
 button.port {
   color: rgb(0, 0, 255);
   border-width: 2px;
@@ -44,4 +48,4 @@ button.port-always {
 
 graphview {
   background: #d0d2d4;
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/graphmanager/graphview.rs b/src/graphmanager/graphview.rs
index f1ba774..c7828a0 100644
--- a/src/graphmanager/graphview.rs
+++ b/src/graphmanager/graphview.rs
@@ -837,7 +837,8 @@ impl GraphView {
                     .attr("id", &node.id().to_string())
                     .attr("type", &node.node_type().unwrap().to_string())
                     .attr("pos_x", &node.position().0.to_string())
-                    .attr("pos_y", &node.position().1.to_string()),
+                    .attr("pos_y", &node.position().1.to_string())
+                    .attr("light", &node.light().to_string()),
             )?;
             for port in node.ports().values() {
                 writer.write(
@@ -938,6 +939,10 @@ impl GraphView {
                             let pos_y: &String = attrs
                                 .get::<String>(&String::from("pos_y"))
                                 .unwrap_or(&default_value);
+                            let default_value = String::from("false");
+                            let light: &String = attrs
+                                .get::<String>(&String::from("light"))
+                                .unwrap_or(&default_value);
                             let node = self.create_node_with_id(
                                 id.parse::<u32>().unwrap(),
                                 name,
@@ -947,6 +952,7 @@ impl GraphView {
                                 pos_x.parse::<f32>().unwrap(),
                                 pos_y.parse::<f32>().unwrap(),
                             );
+                            node.set_light(light.parse::<bool>().unwrap());
                             current_node = Some(node);
                         }
                         "Property" => {
diff --git a/src/graphmanager/node.rs b/src/graphmanager/node.rs
index 67c8566..2c9a93d 100644
--- a/src/graphmanager/node.rs
+++ b/src/graphmanager/node.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ mod imp {
         // Properties are different from GObject properties
         pub(super) properties: RefCell<HashMap<String, String>>,
         pub(super) selected: Cell<bool>,
+        pub(super) light: Cell<bool>,
         pub(super) position: Cell<(f32, f32)>,
     }
 
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ mod imp {
                 num_ports_out: Cell::new(0),
                 properties: RefCell::new(HashMap::new()),
                 selected: Cell::new(false),
+                light: Cell::new(false),
                 position: Cell::new((0.0, 0.0)),
             }
         }
@@ -276,6 +278,21 @@ impl Node {
         imp::Node::from_instance(self).position.get()
     }
 
+    pub fn set_light(&self, light: bool) {
+        let self_ = imp::Node::from_instance(self);
+        self_.light.set(light);
+        if light {
+            self.add_css_class("node-light");
+        } else {
+            self.remove_css_class("node-light");
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn light(&self) -> bool {
+        let self_ = imp::Node::from_instance(self);
+        self_.light.get()
+    }
+
     //Private
 
     fn set_name(&self, name: &str) {