diff --git a/src/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.ts b/src/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.ts
index c99d76841..532d73139 100644
--- a/src/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.ts
+++ b/src/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ export function safeWidgetMapper(
       ) {
         widget.value = widget.options.values[0]
       }
-      //@ts-expect-error duck violence
       if (!widget.valueRef) {
         const valueRef = ref(widget.value)
         watch(valueRef, (newValue) => {
@@ -128,10 +127,8 @@ export function safeWidgetMapper(
         })
         widget.callback = useChainCallback(widget.callback, () => {
           if (valueRef.value !== widget.value)
-            //@ts-expect-error duck violence
-            valueRef.value = validateWidgetValue(widget.value)
+            valueRef.value = validateWidgetValue(widget.value) ?? undefined
         })
-        //@ts-expect-error duck violence
         widget.valueRef = () => valueRef
       }
       const spec = nodeDefStore.getInputSpecForWidget(node, widget.name)
@@ -145,7 +142,6 @@ export function safeWidgetMapper(
       return {
         name: widget.name,
         type: widget.type,
-        //@ts-expect-error duck violence
         value: widget.valueRef,
         borderStyle,
         isDOMWidget: isDOMWidget(widget),
diff --git a/src/lib/litegraph/src/types/widgets.ts b/src/lib/litegraph/src/types/widgets.ts
index f383f9404..abb7953dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/litegraph/src/types/widgets.ts
+++ b/src/lib/litegraph/src/types/widgets.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import type { Ref } from 'vue'
+
 import type { CanvasColour, Point, RequiredProps, Size } from '../interfaces'
 import type { CanvasPointer, LGraphCanvas, LGraphNode } from '../litegraph'
 import type { CanvasPointerEvent } from './events'
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ export interface IBaseWidget<
   /** Widget type (see {@link TWidgetType}) */
   type: TType
   value?: TValue
+  valueRef?: () => Ref<boolean | number | string | object | undefined>
 
   /**
    * Whether the widget value should be serialized on node serialization.