diff --git a/src/components/UserSelection/index.tsx b/src/components/UserSelection/index.tsx
index 38425666..4cb0238a 100644
--- a/src/components/UserSelection/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UserSelection/index.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * The user selection rectangle gets displayed when a user drags the mouse while pressing shift
  */
 
-import React, { memo, useEffect } from 'react';
+import React, { memo } from 'react';
 
 import { useStoreActions, useStoreState } from '../../store/hooks';
 import { XYPosition } from '../../types';
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ export default memo(({ selectionKeyPressed }: UserSelectionProps) => {
   const unsetUserSelection = useStoreActions((actions) => actions.unsetUserSelection);
   const renderUserSelectionPane = selectionActive || selectionKeyPressed;
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!selectionKeyPressed) {
-      unsetUserSelection();
-    }
-  }, [selectionKeyPressed]);
-
   if (!elementsSelectable || !renderUserSelectionPane) {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/graph.ts b/src/utils/graph.ts
index d31c00cb..a1dfdfab 100644
--- a/src/utils/graph.ts
+++ b/src/utils/graph.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export const getBoundsofRects = (rect1: Rect, rect2: Rect): Rect =>
 
 export const getRectOfNodes = (nodes: Node[]): Rect => {
   const box = nodes.reduce(
-    (currBox, { __rf: { position, width, height } }) =>
+    (currBox, { __rf: { position, width, height } = {} }) =>
       getBoundsOfBoxes(currBox, rectToBox({ ...position, width, height })),
     { x: Infinity, y: Infinity, x2: -Infinity, y2: -Infinity }
   );