diff --git a/node-graph/gcore/src/structural.rs b/node-graph/gcore/src/structural.rs
index cdba7eade4..cbdd8beb17 100644
--- a/node-graph/gcore/src/structural.rs
+++ b/node-graph/gcore/src/structural.rs
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ impl<'i, Root: Node<'i, I>, I: 'i + From<()>> ConsNode<I, Root> {
 mod test {
 	use super::*;
 	use crate::generic::FnNode;
-	use crate::value::ClonedNode;
+	use crate::value::ValueRefNode;
 
 	#[test]
 	fn compose() {
-		let value = ClonedNode::new(4u32);
+		let value = ValueRefNode::new(4u32);
 		let compose = value.then(FnNode::new(|x| x));
 		assert_eq!(compose.eval(()), &4u32);
 		let type_erased = &compose as &dyn Node<'_, (), Output = &'_ u32>;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ mod test {
 
 	#[test]
 	fn test_ref_eval() {
-		let value = ClonedNode::new(5);
+		let value = ValueRefNode::new(5);
 
 		assert_eq!(value.eval(()), &5);
 		let id = FnNode::new(|x| x);
diff --git a/node-graph/gcore/src/value.rs b/node-graph/gcore/src/value.rs
index 9f38a2c92f..453fd1eaae 100644
--- a/node-graph/gcore/src/value.rs
+++ b/node-graph/gcore/src/value.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,29 @@ impl<'i, const N: u32, I> Node<'i, I> for IntNode<N> {
 	}
 }
 
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct ValueRefNode<T>(pub T);
+
+impl<'i, T: 'i, I> Node<'i, I> for ValueRefNode<T> {
+	type Output = &'i T;
+	#[inline(always)]
+	fn eval(&'i self, _input: I) -> Self::Output {
+		&self.0
+	}
+}
+
+impl<T> ValueRefNode<T> {
+	pub const fn new(value: T) -> ValueRefNode<T> {
+		ValueRefNode(value)
+	}
+}
+
+impl<T> From<T> for ValueRefNode<T> {
+	fn from(value: T) -> Self {
+		ValueRefNode::new(value)
+	}
+}
+
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct AsRefNode<T: AsRef<U>, U>(pub T, PhantomData<U>);
 
diff --git a/node-graph/graph-craft/src/proto.rs b/node-graph/graph-craft/src/proto.rs
index fc35f7717f..7a5e55ec67 100644
--- a/node-graph/graph-craft/src/proto.rs
+++ b/node-graph/graph-craft/src/proto.rs
@@ -950,12 +950,12 @@ mod test {
 		assert_eq!(
 			ids,
 			vec![
-				NodeId(16997244687192517417),
-				NodeId(12226224850522777131),
-				NodeId(9162113827627229771),
-				NodeId(12793582657066318419),
-				NodeId(16945623684036608820),
-				NodeId(2640415155091892458)
+				NodeId(12524483273268761808),
+				NodeId(14274752063205226537),
+				NodeId(7177002187999680489),
+				NodeId(17211043138366459510),
+				NodeId(6979825042154430163),
+				NodeId(2888425170017482846)
 			]
 		);
 	}