diff --git a/src/components/app.tsx b/src/components/app.tsx
index f64653b..95e4a2c 100644
--- a/src/components/app.tsx
+++ b/src/components/app.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { clsx } from "clsx";
 import { useCODAP } from "../hooks/use-codap";
 import { useGraph } from "../hooks/use-graph";
 import { useGenerator } from "../hooks/use-generator";
-import { Edge, Node } from "../type";
+import { Edge, GraphData, Node } from "../type";
 import { Drawing } from "./drawing";
 import { Dataset } from "./dataset";
 
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ export const App = () => {
   const currentSequenceIndex = useRef(0);
   const animationInterval = useRef<number>();
   const { graph, updateGraph, setGraph } = useGraph();
+  const [initialGraph, setInitialGraph] = useState<GraphData>();
   const { dragging, outputToDataset, viewMode, setViewMode, notifyStateIsDirty, loadState } = useCODAP({
     onCODAPDataChanged: updateGraph,
     getGraph: useCallback(() => graph, [graph]),
-    setGraph
+    setGraph,
+    setInitialGraph
   });
   const { generate } = useGenerator();
   const innerOutputRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
@@ -403,15 +405,16 @@ export const App = () => {
     notifyStateIsDirty();
   };
 
-  const handleReset = () => {
+  const handleReset = useCallback(() => {
     if (confirm("Are you sure you want to reset?\n\nAny changes you have made will be lost.")) {
-      setGraph({nodes: [], edges: []});
+      setGraph(initialGraph ? {...initialGraph} : {nodes: [], edges: []});
     }
-  };
+  }, [initialGraph, setGraph]);
 
   const handleReturnToMainMenu = () => {
     if (confirm("Are you sure you want to go back to the main menu?\n\nAny changes you have made will be lost.")) {
       setGraph({nodes: [], edges: []});
+      setInitialGraph(undefined);
       setViewMode(undefined);
     }
   };
diff --git a/src/components/graph.tsx b/src/components/graph.tsx
index 680428b..a518ef3 100644
--- a/src/components/graph.tsx
+++ b/src/components/graph.tsx
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ const nodeLoopPath = (node: D3Node) => {
 };
 
 const graphSignature = (graph: D3Graph) => {
-  const nodeSignature = graph.nodes.map(n => `${n.id}/${n.label}/${n.weight}/${n.radius}`);
+  const nodeSignature = graph.nodes.map(n => `${n.id}/${n.label}/${n.weight}/${n.radius}/${n.x}/${n.y}`);
   const edgeSignature = graph.edges.map(e => `${e.source.id}/${e.target.id}/${e.weight}`);
   return `${nodeSignature}::${edgeSignature}`;
 };
diff --git a/src/hooks/use-codap.ts b/src/hooks/use-codap.ts
index e25bb7d..57ca5e9 100644
--- a/src/hooks/use-codap.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/use-codap.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { GraphData, Node } from "../type";
+import { Edge, GraphData, Node } from "../type";
 import {
   getValuesForAttribute,
   // entityInfo,
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ export type UseCODAPOptions = {
   onCODAPDataChanged: OnCODAPDataChanged;
   getGraph: GetGraphCallback;
   setGraph: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<GraphData>>
+  setInitialGraph: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<GraphData|undefined>>
 };
 
-export const useCODAP = ({onCODAPDataChanged, getGraph, setGraph}: UseCODAPOptions) => {
+export const useCODAP = ({onCODAPDataChanged, getGraph, setGraph, setInitialGraph}: UseCODAPOptions) => {
   const [loadState, setLoadState] = useState<"loading"|"loaded">("loading");
   const [initialized, setInitialized] = useState(false);
   const [dragging, setDragging] = useState(false);
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ export const useCODAP = ({onCODAPDataChanged, getGraph, setGraph}: UseCODAPOptio
         const {nodes, edges} = values;
         if (nodes !== undefined && edges !== undefined) {
           setGraph({nodes, edges});
+          // save a copy of the graph
+          setInitialGraph({nodes: nodes.map((n: Node) => ({...n})), edges: edges.map((e: Edge) => ({...e}))});
         }
       } else {
         if (values?.attribute) {
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ export const useCODAP = ({onCODAPDataChanged, getGraph, setGraph}: UseCODAPOptio
         }
       }
     }
-  }, [setAttribute, handleDataChanged, setGraph]);
+  }, [setAttribute, handleDataChanged, setGraph, setInitialGraph]);
 
   const handleDrop = useCallback(async (iMessage: any) => {
     let newAttribute: CODAPAttribute;