diff --git a/lib/network/modules/NodesHandler.js b/lib/network/modules/NodesHandler.js
index ecd6506085..5cc04f0ad4 100644
--- a/lib/network/modules/NodesHandler.js
+++ b/lib/network/modules/NodesHandler.js
@@ -482,13 +482,12 @@ class NodesHandler {
     const dataset = this.body.data.nodes.getDataSet();
 
     for (const dsNode of dataset.get()) {
-      const id = dsNode.id;
       const bodyNode = this.body.nodes[id];
       const x = Math.round(bodyNode.x);
       const y = Math.round(bodyNode.y);
 
       if (dsNode.x !== x || dsNode.y !== y) {
-        dataArray.push({ id, x, y });
+        dataArray.push({ ...dsNode, x, y });
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/network/modules/components/Node.js b/lib/network/modules/components/Node.js
index 89e28d4f40..c508aee209 100644
--- a/lib/network/modules/components/Node.js
+++ b/lib/network/modules/components/Node.js
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class Node {
       (p) => newOptions[p] != null
     );
     // Always skip merging group font options into parent; these are required to be distinct for labels
-    skipProperties.push("font");
+    skipProperties.push(["font"]);
     selectiveNotDeepExtend(skipProperties, parentOptions, groupObj);
 
     // the color object needs to be completely defined.