diff --git a/src/simple-flowchart/components/SimpleFlowchart.vue b/src/simple-flowchart/components/SimpleFlowchart.vue
index 6236f4f..716dabf 100644
--- a/src/simple-flowchart/components/SimpleFlowchart.vue
+++ b/src/simple-flowchart/components/SimpleFlowchart.vue
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ export default {
           this.draggingLink = null;
         }
         if (typeof target.className === 'string' && target.className.indexOf('node-delete') > -1) {
-          // console.log('delete2', this.action.dragging);
           this.nodeDelete(this.action.dragging);
           this.action.dragging = null;
         }
@@ -261,13 +260,17 @@ export default {
       }));
     },
     nodeDelete(id) {
+      const deleted_node = this.scene.nodes.find((node) => node.id === id);
+      console.log(deleted_node);
+
       this.scene.nodes = this.scene.nodes.filter((node) => {
         return node.id !== id;
       })
+
       this.scene.links = this.scene.links.filter((link) => {
         return link.from !== id && link.to !== id
-      })
-      this.$emit('nodeDelete', id)
+      });
+      this.$emit('nodeDelete', deleted_node);
     },
     dataUpdated(id, newData) {
       this.$emit('nodeDataEdited', id, newData);
diff --git a/src/views/Dashboard.vue b/src/views/Dashboard.vue
index adb5f74..c05f267 100644
--- a/src/views/Dashboard.vue
+++ b/src/views/Dashboard.vue
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default {
     pendingChanges: {
       created: [],
       updated: [],
-      deleted: []
+      deleted: [] // Stores apiId instead of localId
     },
     model: {
       centerX: 0,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export default {
 
     },
     // Vuejs can not track changes of a set, so we do this magic hack to fix it
-    enqueuePendingNodeDeletion(id) {
+    enqueuePendingNodeDeletion({id, apiId}) {
       let pending_deletes = new Set(this.pendingChanges.deleted);
       let pending_updates = new Set(this.pendingChanges.updated);
       let pending_creations = new Set(this.pendingChanges.created);
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ export default {
       if (pending_creations.has(id)) {
         pending_creations.delete(id);
       } else {
-        pending_deletes.add(id);
+        if (apiId) {
+          pending_deletes.add(apiId);
+        }
       }
 
       pending_updates.delete(id);
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ export default {
     handleNodeMove() {
       // TODO
     },
-    handleLinkBreak({from,to}) {
+    handleLinkBreak({from, to}) {
       this.enqueuePendingNodeUpdate(from);
       this.enqueuePendingNodeUpdate(to);
     },