diff --git a/Stitch/Graph/Node/Util/NodeDeletedAction.swift b/Stitch/Graph/Node/Util/NodeDeletedAction.swift
index 11fc23cf5..870f41180 100644
--- a/Stitch/Graph/Node/Util/NodeDeletedAction.swift
+++ b/Stitch/Graph/Node/Util/NodeDeletedAction.swift
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ extension GraphState {
 
             layerNode[keyPath: x.keyPath.layerNodeKeyPath].canvasObserver = nil
             
+            // Remove conection
+            layerNode[keyPath: x.keyPath.layerNodeKeyPath].rowObserver.upstreamOutputCoordinate = nil
+            
         case .layerOutput(let x):
             // Set the canvas-ui-data on the layer node's input = nil
             guard let layerNode = self.getNodeViewModel(x.node)?.layerNode,
diff --git a/Stitch/Graph/PrototypePreview/Layer/View/CommonModifier/PreviewSidebarHighlightModifier.swift b/Stitch/Graph/PrototypePreview/Layer/View/CommonModifier/PreviewSidebarHighlightModifier.swift
index e8ef0bf15..9ebc008f2 100644
--- a/Stitch/Graph/PrototypePreview/Layer/View/CommonModifier/PreviewSidebarHighlightModifier.swift
+++ b/Stitch/Graph/PrototypePreview/Layer/View/CommonModifier/PreviewSidebarHighlightModifier.swift
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ struct PreviewSidebarHighlightModifier: ViewModifier {
     }
     
     var isHighlighted: Bool {
-        highlightedSidebarLayers.contains(nodeId)
+        // TODO: reads here cause a crash nodes once connected to layer inputs nodes
+        /// https://github.com/StitchDesign/Stitch/issues/264
+//        highlightedSidebarLayers.contains(nodeId)
+        false
     }
     
     // Subtract out scale, so that line is always same width