diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
index 904a94b79..8eb8ca77c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
@@ -211,10 +211,12 @@ export default function GenericNode({
     }
   }, [validationStatus, validationStatus?.params]);
 
-  // const showNode = data.showNode ?? true;
-
   const [showNode, setShowNode] = useState(data.showNode ?? true);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setShowNode(data.showNode ?? true);
+  }, [data.showNode]);
+
   const nameEditable = true;
 
   const emojiRegex = /\p{Emoji}/u;