diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
index 059fdfb81..8005a8a30 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export default function GenericNode({
     deleteNode(data.id);
     return;
   }
+  console.log(data)
 
   return (
     <div
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/contexts/tabsContext.tsx b/src/frontend/src/contexts/tabsContext.tsx
index f6b62a2b3..b681dbe5d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/contexts/tabsContext.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/contexts/tabsContext.tsx
@@ -51,30 +51,34 @@ export function TabsProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
 		return newNodeId.current;
 	}
 	function save() {
+    // added clone deep to avoid mutating the original object
 		let Saveflows = _.cloneDeep(flows);
-		if (Saveflows.length !== 0)
-		Saveflows.forEach((flow) => {
-			if(flow.data && flow.data?.nodes) flow.data?.nodes.forEach((node) => {
-				console.log(node.data.type)
-				Object.keys(node.data.node.template).forEach((key) => {
-					console.log(node.data.node.template[key].type)
-					if(node.data.node.template[key].type==="file"){
-						console.log(node.data.node.template[key])
-						node.data.node.template[key].content = "";
-					}
-				})
-			})
-		})
-			window.localStorage.setItem(
+		if (Saveflows.length !== 0){
+      Saveflows.forEach((flow) => {
+        if(flow.data && flow.data?.nodes) flow.data?.nodes.forEach((node) => {
+          console.log(node.data.type)
+          //looking for file fields to prevent saving the content and breaking the flow for exceeding the the data limite for local storage
+          Object.keys(node.data.node.template).forEach((key) => {
+            console.log(node.data.node.template[key].type)
+            if(node.data.node.template[key].type==="file"){
+              console.log(node.data.node.template[key])
+              node.data.node.template[key].content = null;
+              node.data.node.template[key].value = "";
+
+            }
+          })
+        })
+      })
+      window.localStorage.setItem(
 				"tabsData",
 				JSON.stringify({ tabIndex, flows:Saveflows, id})
 			);
+    }
 	}
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		//get tabs locally saved
 		let cookie = window.localStorage.getItem("tabsData");
-		console.log(cookie)
 		if (cookie && Object.keys(templates).length > 0) {
 			let cookieObject: LangFlowState = JSON.parse(cookie);
 			cookieObject.flows.forEach((flow) => {