diff --git a/ui100/src/ApiConsole.tsx b/ui100/src/ApiConsole.tsx
index 3979af47..4a662267 100644
--- a/ui100/src/ApiConsole.tsx
+++ b/ui100/src/ApiConsole.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {useEffect, useState} from "react";
 import {Configuration, MetadataApi} from "./api";
-import {buildVisualOverview, VisualOverview, visualOverviewsEqual} from "./model/visualizer.ts";
+import {buildVisualOverview, mergeVisualOverview, VisualOverview, visualOverviewsEqual} from "./model/visualizer.ts";
 import {Box} from "@mui/material";
 import NavBar from "./NavBar.tsx";
 import {User} from "./model/user.ts";
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ const ApiConsole = ({ user, logout }: ApiConsoleProps) => {
             let api = new MetadataApi(cfg);
             api.overview()
                 .then(d => {
-                    let vo = buildVisualOverview(d);
-                    if(!visualOverviewsEqual(vo, overview)) {
-                        setOverview(vo);
-                    }
+                    setOverview(mergeVisualOverview(overview, user, false, d));
                 })
                 .catch(e => {
                     console.log(e);
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ const ApiConsole = ({ user, logout }: ApiConsoleProps) => {
         <div>
             <NavBar logout={logout} />
             <Box>
-                <Visualizer overview={overview} />
+                <Visualizer vov={overview} />
             </Box>
         </div>
     );
diff --git a/ui100/src/Visualizer.tsx b/ui100/src/Visualizer.tsx
index 28a51eba..e4f5333a 100644
--- a/ui100/src/Visualizer.tsx
+++ b/ui100/src/Visualizer.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import AccountNode from "../AccountNode.tsx";
 import AccessNode from "./AccessNode.tsx";
 
 interface VisualizerProps {
-    overview: VisualOverview;
+    vov: VisualOverview;
 }
 
 const nodeTypes = {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const nodeTypes = {
     share: ShareNode
 };
 
-const Visualizer = ({ overview }: VisualizerProps) => {
+const Visualizer = ({ vov }: VisualizerProps) => {
     const [nodes, setNodes, onNodesChange] = useNodesState([]);
     const [edges, setEdges, onEdgesChange] = useEdgesState([]);
 
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ const Visualizer = ({ overview }: VisualizerProps) => {
     }
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        let layouted = layout(overview.nodes, overview.edges);
+        let layouted = layout(vov.nodes, vov.edges);
         setNodes(layouted.nodes);
         setEdges(layouted.edges);
-    }, [overview]);
+    }, [vov]);
 
     return (
         <ReactFlow
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ const Visualizer = ({ overview }: VisualizerProps) => {
     );
 }
 
-export default ({ overview }: VisualizerProps) => {
+export default ({ vov }: VisualizerProps) => {
     return (
         <div style={{ height: "400px" }}>
             <ReactFlowProvider>
-                <Visualizer overview={overview}/>
+                <Visualizer vov={vov}/>
             </ReactFlowProvider>
         </div>
     );
diff --git a/ui100/src/model/visualizer.ts b/ui100/src/model/visualizer.ts
index de3693f5..6a4c3fb6 100644
--- a/ui100/src/model/visualizer.ts
+++ b/ui100/src/model/visualizer.ts
@@ -103,10 +103,42 @@ export const mergeVisualOverview = (oldVov: VisualOverview, u: User, limited: bo
             }
         });
     }
+    newVov.nodes = sortNodes(newVov.nodes);
 
+    if(nodesEqual(oldVov.nodes, newVov.nodes)) {
+        // if the list of nodes is equal, the graph hasn't changed; we can just return the oldGraph and save the
+        // physics headaches in the visualizer.
+        return oldVov;
+    }
+
+    let outNodes = oldVov.nodes.filter(oldNode => newVov.nodes.find(newNode => newNode.id === oldNode.id && newNode.data.limited == oldNode.data.limited && newNode.data.label === oldNode.data.label));
+    let outEdges = oldVov.edges.filter(oldEdge => newVov.edges.find(newEdge => newEdge.target === oldEdge.target && newEdge.source === oldEdge.source));
+
+    outNodes.push(...newVov.nodes.filter(newNode => !outNodes.find(oldNode => oldNode.id === newNode.id && oldNode.data.limited === newNode.data.limited && oldNode.data.label === newNode.data.label)));
+    outEdges.push(...newVov.edges.filter(newEdge => !outEdges.find(oldEdge => oldEdge.target === newEdge.target && oldEdge.source === newEdge.source)));
+
+    newVov.nodes = outNodes;
+    newVov.edges = outEdges;
     return newVov;
 }
 
+const sortNodes = (nodes) => {
+    return nodes.sort((a, b) => {
+        if(a.id > b.id) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        if(a.id < b.id) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    });
+}
+
+const nodesEqual = (a, b) => {
+    if(a.length !== b.length) return false;
+    return a.every((e, i) => e.id === b[i].id && e.data.limited === b[i].data.limited && e.data.label === b[i].data.label);
+}
+
 export const buildVisualOverview = (overview: Overview): VisualOverview => {
     let out = new VisualOverview();
     out.nodes = [