diff --git a/packages/core/src/composables/useNodesInitialized.ts b/packages/core/src/composables/useNodesInitialized.ts
index d03574bd..39e0b916 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/composables/useNodesInitialized.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/composables/useNodesInitialized.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function useNodesInitialized(options: UseNodesInitializedOptions = { incl
 
     for (const node of nodes.value) {
       if (options.includeHiddenNodes || !node.hidden) {
-        if (node?.handleBounds === undefined) {
+        if (node?.handleBounds === undefined || node.dimensions.width === 0 || node.dimensions.height === 0) {
           return false
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/graph.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/graph.ts
index 1930a0a5..7634b486 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/graph.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/graph.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ export function parseNode(node: Node, existingNode?: GraphNode, parentNode?: str
       width: 0,
       height: 0,
     }),
+    // todo: shouldn't be defined initially, as we want to use handleBounds to check if a node was actually initialized or not
     handleBounds: {
       source: [],
       target: [],