diff --git a/examples/svelte/src/routes/usesvelteflow/Sidebar.svelte b/examples/svelte/src/routes/usesvelteflow/Sidebar.svelte
index 5b81fa4f..a195cf1c 100644
--- a/examples/svelte/src/routes/usesvelteflow/Sidebar.svelte
+++ b/examples/svelte/src/routes/usesvelteflow/Sidebar.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import { useSvelteFlow } from '@xyflow/svelte';
+	import { useNodes, useSvelteFlow } from '@xyflow/svelte';
 
 	const {
 		zoomIn,
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 		setViewport,
 		getViewport,
 		viewport,
-		nodes
+		toObject
 	} = useSvelteFlow();
+
+	const nodes = useNodes();
 </script>
 
 <aside>
@@ -23,6 +25,12 @@
 	<button on:click={() => setCenter(0, 0)}>setCenter 0, 0</button>
 	<button on:click={() => setViewport({ x: 100, y: 100, zoom: 2 })}>setViewport</button>
 	<button on:click={() => console.log(getViewport())}>getViewport</button>
+	<button
+		on:click={() => {
+			const { nodes, edges, viewport } = toObject();
+			console.log(nodes, edges, viewport);
+		}}>toObject</button
+	>
 
 	<div class="label">Nodes:</div>
 	{#each $nodes as node (node.id)}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useSvelteFlow.ts b/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useSvelteFlow.ts
index fd20d61b..abe097bb 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useSvelteFlow.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useSvelteFlow.ts
@@ -265,14 +265,16 @@ export function useSvelteFlow(): {
       return getOutgoersBase(_node, get(nodes), get(edges));
     },
     toObject: () => {
-      const _nodes = get(nodes);
-      const _edges = get(edges);
-      const _viewport = get(viewport);
-
       return {
-        nodes: { ..._nodes },
-        edges: { ..._edges },
-        viewport: { ..._viewport }
+        nodes: get(nodes).map((node) => ({
+          ...node,
+          // we want to make sure that changes to the nodes object that gets returned by toObject
+          // do not affect the nodes object
+          position: { ...node.position },
+          data: { ...node.data }
+        })),
+        edges: get(edges).map((edge) => ({ ...edge })),
+        viewport: { ...get(viewport) }
       };
     },
     viewport