diff --git a/src/store/index.ts b/src/store/index.ts
index 56ab2c4e..39d64b3b 100644
--- a/src/store/index.ts
+++ b/src/store/index.ts
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ export const storeModel: StoreModel = {
       ...state.userSelectionRect,
       x: negativeX ? mousePos.x : state.userSelectionRect.x,
       y: negativeY ? mousePos.y : state.userSelectionRect.y,
-      width: negativeX ? startX - mousePos.x : mousePos.x - startX,
-      height: negativeY ? startY - mousePos.y : mousePos.y - startY,
+      width: Math.abs(mousePos.x - startX),
+      height: Math.abs(mousePos.y - startY),
     };
 
     const selectedNodes = getNodesInside(state.nodes, nextRect, state.transform);
diff --git a/src/utils/graph.ts b/src/utils/graph.ts
index a1dfdfab..771c8cd9 100644
--- a/src/utils/graph.ts
+++ b/src/utils/graph.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export const getNodesInside = (
     const nBox = rectToBox({ ...position, width, height });
     const xOverlap = Math.max(0, Math.min(rBox.x2, nBox.x2) - Math.max(rBox.x, nBox.x));
     const yOverlap = Math.max(0, Math.min(rBox.y2, nBox.y2) - Math.max(rBox.y, nBox.y));
-    const overlappingArea = xOverlap * yOverlap;
+    const overlappingArea = Math.ceil(xOverlap * yOverlap);
 
     if (width === null || height === null || isDragging) {
       // at the beginnning all nodes have width & height === 0