diff --git a/src/frontend/src/contexts/tabsContext.tsx b/src/frontend/src/contexts/tabsContext.tsx
index 90101025f..7efe4046b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/contexts/tabsContext.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/contexts/tabsContext.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 import { TabsContextType, TabsState } from "../types/tabs";
 import {
   addVersionToDuplicates,
+  checkOldEdgesHandles,
   scapeJSONParse,
   scapedJSONStringfy,
   updateEdgesHandleIds,
@@ -154,8 +155,10 @@ export function TabsProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
 
   function processFlowEdges(flow: FlowType) {
     if (!flow.data || !flow.data.edges) return;
-    const newEdges = updateEdgesHandleIds(flow.data);
-    flow.data.edges = newEdges;
+    if (checkOldEdgesHandles(flow.data.edges)) {
+      const newEdges = updateEdgesHandleIds(flow.data);
+      flow.data.edges = newEdges;
+    }
     flow.data.edges.forEach((edge) => {
       edge.className = "";
       edge.style = { stroke: "#555" };
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
index 3e1484752..65720bc23 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ export function scapeJSONParse(json: string): any {
 }
 
 // this function receives an array of edges and return true if any of the handles are not a json string
-export function checkEdgesHandles(edges: Edge[]): boolean {
+export function checkOldEdgesHandles(edges: Edge[]): boolean {
   return edges.some(
     (edge) =>
       !edge.sourceHandle ||