diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/parameterComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/parameterComponent/index.tsx
index ab4ae8dca..aaaade2fa 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/parameterComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/parameterComponent/index.tsx
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ export default function ParameterComponent({
 						disabled={disabled}
 						value={data.node.template[name]?.value ?? ""}
 						onChange={(t: string) => {
-							data.node.template[name].value = t;
+							if(data.node.template[name]?.value){
+								data.node.template[name].value = t;
+							}
 						}}
 					></InputFileComponent>
 				) : (
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
index 368b3c2ed..6e3aa6e67 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export default function GenericNode({
 	const showError = useRef(true);
 	const { types, deleteNode } = useContext(typesContext);
 	const Icon = nodeIcons[types[data.type]];
-	console.log(data)
 	if (!Icon) {
 		if (showError.current) {
 			setErrorData({
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/inputFileComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/inputFileComponent/index.tsx
index f8a9f942e..b7a8a0bf0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/inputFileComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/inputFileComponent/index.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ export default function InputFileComponent({
 		}
 	}, [disabled, onChange]);
 
+	function attachFile(fileReadEvent: ProgressEvent<FileReader>) {
+		fileReadEvent.preventDefault();
+		const file = fileReadEvent.target.result;
+		console.log(file);
+	}
+
 	const handleButtonClick = () => {
 		const input = document.createElement("input");
 		input.type = "file";
@@ -25,7 +31,10 @@ export default function InputFileComponent({
 		input.multiple = false;
 		input.onchange = (e: Event) => {
 			const file = (e.target as HTMLInputElement).files?.[0];
+			const fileData = new FileReader();
+			fileData.onload = attachFile;
 			if (file && file.name.endsWith(".json")) {
+				fileData.readAsDataURL(file);
 				setMyValue(file.name);
 				onChange(file.name);
 			} else {