diff --git a/src/formats.rs b/src/formats.rs
index 99cf409..3e434c5 100644
--- a/src/formats.rs
+++ b/src/formats.rs
@@ -48,28 +48,32 @@ pub fn populate_graph() -> Graph {
     let mut new_nodes: HashMap<String, Node> = HashMap::new();
     let mut incoming: HashMap<String, Vec<Edge>> = HashMap::new();
 
-    // If an edge has no "from" ID, default to its node's ID
     for (key, node) in graph.nodes.iter() {
 
-        let mut new_node = node.clone();
         let connections = node.connections.clone().unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut vec = connections.clone();
 
         for (i, edge) in connections.iter().enumerate() {
+
+            let mut new_edge = edge.clone();
+
             if edge.from == "" {
-                let new_edge = Edge {
-                    from: key.to_string(),
-                    ..edge.clone()
-                };
-                let mut vec = connections.clone();
-                vec[i] = new_edge;
-                new_node = Node {
-                    connections: Some(vec),
-                    ..node.clone()
-                };
+                new_edge.from = key.to_string();
             }
+
+            if ! graph.nodes.contains_key(&edge.to) {
+                new_edge.detached = true;
+            }
+
+            vec[i] = new_edge;
+
         }
 
-        new_nodes.insert(key.to_string(), new_node.clone());
+        let new_node = Node {
+            connections: Some(vec),
+            ..node.clone()
+        };
+        new_nodes.insert(key.to_string(), new_node);
     }
 
     // Construct a HashMap with incoming connections (reversed edges)
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 18b8d53..a865e65 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ pub struct Graph {
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Edge {
+    pub to: String,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub anchor: String,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub from: String,
-    pub to: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub detached: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Default)]
diff --git a/templates/node.html b/templates/node.html
index 71f341c..277a517 100644
--- a/templates/node.html
+++ b/templates/node.html
@@ -16,13 +16,20 @@
         <h2>Connections</h2>
         {% if connections %}
         <ul>
-            {% for connection in connections %}
+            {% for connection in connections | filter(attribute="detached", value=false) %}
             <li>
             <strong>{{id}}</strong>
             &#x1f86a;
             <a href="/node/{{connection.to}}">{{connection.to}}</a>
             </li>
             {% endfor %}
+            {% for connection in connections | filter(attribute="detached", value=true) %}
+            <li>
+            <strong>{{id}}</strong>
+            &#x1f86a;
+            <span style="filter: opacity(70%);">{{connection.to}}</span>
+            </li>
+            {% endfor %}
         </ul>
         {% else %}
         <em>No outgoing connections.</em>
diff --git a/templates/tree.html b/templates/tree.html
index 8ba6b7f..15866d0 100644
--- a/templates/tree.html
+++ b/templates/tree.html
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@
         <li><strong>Connections</strong>
             <ul>
             {% for connection in node.connections %}
+            {% if not connection.detached %}
                 <li><a href="/node/{{connection.to}}">{{connection.to}}</a></li>
+            {% endif %}
             {% endfor %}
             </ul>
         </li>