diff --git a/src/prefuse/data/Graph.java b/src/prefuse/data/Graph.java
index 6a519cb..8ed4270 100644
--- a/src/prefuse/data/Graph.java
+++ b/src/prefuse/data/Graph.java
@@ -281,8 +281,10 @@ protected void init(Table nodes, Table edges, boolean directed,
         }
         
         // set up tuple manager
-        if ( m_nodeTuples == null )
+        if ( m_nodeTuples == null ) {
             m_nodeTuples = new TupleManager(nodes, this, TableNode.class);
+            nodes.setTupleManager(m_nodeTuples);
+        }
         m_edgeTuples = new TupleManager(edges, this, TableEdge.class);
         
         // set up node attribute optimization