diff --git a/rogueviz/embeddings/embeddings.cpp b/rogueviz/embeddings/embeddings.cpp
index 16058c0c..f0add5e6 100644
--- a/rogueviz/embeddings/embeddings.cpp
+++ b/rogueviz/embeddings/embeddings.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void write_edgelist(const string &fname) {
   }
 
 void force_rvgraph() {
-  for(auto& v: vdata) {
+  for(auto& v: vdata) if(v.id < isize(directed_edges)) {
     auto p = current->as_location(v.id);
     v.be(p.first, rgpushxto0(p.second));
     }