diff --git a/music_graph/src/MusicGraph.js b/music_graph/src/MusicGraph.js
index 100e0ef..ee5dd96 100644
--- a/music_graph/src/MusicGraph.js
+++ b/music_graph/src/MusicGraph.js
@@ -364,10 +364,14 @@ export function MusicGraph(data) {
             weight: weight
         }))
 
-        // Update source/targetLinks
+        // Update source/targetLinks, avoid bidirectional links
         for (const {source, target} of linksToAdd) {
-            source.sourceLinks.add(target.id)
-            target.targetLinks.add(source.id)
+            if (!target.sourceLinks.has(source.id)) {
+                source.sourceLinks.add(target.id)
+            }
+            if (!source.targetLinks.has(target.id)) {
+                target.targetLinks.add(source.id)
+            }
         }
 
         this.nodes.push(...nodesToAdd)
@@ -384,20 +388,24 @@ export function MusicGraph(data) {
 
     this.removeNodes = function (idsToRemove) {
         let idSetToRemove = new Set(idsToRemove)
-
+        // Remove child nodes
         idsToRemove.forEach(id => {
-            // Update targetLinks
-            Array.from(this.nodeById.get(id).sourceLinks)
+            this.nodeById.get(id).sourceLinks.forEach(childId => idSetToRemove.add(childId))
+        })
+
+        // Update node link cache
+        idSetToRemove.forEach(id => {
+            let node = this.nodeById.get(id)
+            Array.from(node.sourceLinks)
                 .map(srcId => this.nodeById.get(srcId))
                 .forEach(target => {
                     target.targetLinks.delete(id)
                 })
-            Array.from(this.nodeById.get(id).targetLinks)
+            Array.from(node.targetLinks)
                 .map(srcId => this.nodeById.get(srcId))
                 .forEach(target => {
                     target.sourceLinks.delete(id)
                 })
-            this.nodeById.delete(id)
         })
 
         // Remove links
@@ -407,6 +415,10 @@ export function MusicGraph(data) {
         )
 
         // Remove nodes
+        idSetToRemove.forEach(id => {
+            this.nodeById.delete(id)
+            this.expandedNodes.delete(id)
+        })
         this.nodes = this.nodes.filter(d => !idSetToRemove.has(d.id))
 
         this._update()
diff --git a/music_graph/src/MusicGraphApi.js b/music_graph/src/MusicGraphApi.js
index 570279f..a44abdc 100644
--- a/music_graph/src/MusicGraphApi.js
+++ b/music_graph/src/MusicGraphApi.js
@@ -136,15 +136,29 @@ export function MusicGraphApi() {
     this.getRelatedByMbid = function (mbid) {
         return d3.json(this.url + '/artist/related/' + mbid)
             .then((r) => {
+                let node = nodeUtils.fromRawDict(r.artists.find(a => a.mbid === mbid))
+                let directedRelations = r.relations.map(rel => {
+                    // Make new nodes children of the expanded nodes, no matter the original direction
+                    if (rel.source === node.id) {
+                        return rel
+                    } else {
+                        return {
+                            source: rel.target,
+                            target: rel.source,
+                            weight: rel.weight
+                        }
+                    }
+                })
+
                 return {
-                    node: nodeUtils.fromRawDict(r.artists.find(a => a.mbid === mbid)),
+                    node: node,
                     newNodes: r.artists.map(nodeUtils.fromRawDict),
-                    relations: r.relations
+                    relations: directedRelations
                 }
             })
     }
 
-    this.getRelatedByTag = function(tagid) {
+    this.getRelatedByTag = function (tagid) {
         return d3.json(this.url + '/tag/related/' + tagid)
             .then((r) => {
                 return {