diff --git a/src/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphNode.test.ts b/src/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphNode.test.ts
index 6682d274c..5b498dac3 100644
--- a/src/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphNode.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphNode.test.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ describe('LGraphNode', () => {
     expect(node.id).toEqual(1)
     expect(node.outputs.length).toEqual(1)
   })
+  test('should not allow configuring id to -1', () => {
+    const graph = new LGraph()
+    const node = new LGraphNode('TestNode')
+    graph.add(node)
+    node.configure(getMockISerialisedNode({ id: -1 }))
+    expect(node.id).not.toBe(-1)
+  })
 
   describe('Disconnect I/O Slots', () => {
     test('should disconnect input correctly', () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphNode.ts b/src/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphNode.ts
index 1ff503cdc..d4d50537c 100644
--- a/src/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphNode.ts
+++ b/src/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphNode.ts
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ export class LGraphNode
     if (this.graph) {
       this.graph._version++
     }
+    if (info.id === -1) info.id = this.id
     for (const j in info) {
       if (j == 'properties') {
         // i don't want to clone properties, I want to reuse the old container