diff --git a/js/module/tracer/directed_graph.js b/js/module/tracer/directed_graph.js
index 702dce257431d67384a2e0b1dbf799db54b87300..434f60b309806ecff6e8f1541dc6a6244b53f89a 100644
--- a/js/module/tracer/directed_graph.js
+++ b/js/module/tracer/directed_graph.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class DirectedGraphTracer extends Tracer {
   constructor(name) {
     super(name);
 
+    this.nodePositions = [];
+
     if (this.isNew) initView(this);
   }
 
@@ -43,6 +45,13 @@ class DirectedGraphTracer extends Tracer {
     return this;
   }
 
+  _setNodePositions(obj){
+    for(var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++){
+        this.nodePositions.push(obj[i]);
+    }
+    super.dirtyData();
+  }
+
   processStep(step, options) {
     switch (step.type) {
       case 'setTreeData':
@@ -116,7 +125,6 @@ class DirectedGraphTracer extends Tracer {
 
   setData(G, undirected) {
     if (super.setData.apply(this, arguments)) return true;
-
     this.graph.clear();
     const nodes = [];
     const edges = [];
@@ -127,8 +135,8 @@ class DirectedGraphTracer extends Tracer {
       nodes.push({
         id: this.n(i),
         label: '' + i,
-        x: .5 + Math.sin(currentAngle) / 2,
-        y: .5 + Math.cos(currentAngle) / 2,
+        x: (this.nodePositions[i]) ? this.nodePositions[i].x : .5 + Math.sin(currentAngle) / 2,
+        y: (this.nodePositions[i]) ? this.nodePositions[i].y : .5 + Math.cos(currentAngle) / 2,
         size: 1,
         color: this.color.default,
         weight: 0
diff --git a/js/module/tracer/tracer.js b/js/module/tracer/tracer.js
index 642c714164a5307175514f1f4f6f64aa544d6c97..7040f4030a603201de5cdc27ebb232175bca77c2 100644
--- a/js/module/tracer/tracer.js
+++ b/js/module/tracer/tracer.js
@@ -77,12 +77,21 @@ class Tracer {
     $name.text(name || this.defaultName);
   }
 
+  dirtyData(){
+      this.isNew = true;
+  }
+
+  cleanData(){
+      this.isNew = false;
+  }
+
   setData() {
     const data = toJSON(arguments);
     if (!this.isNew && this.lastData === data) {
       return true;
     }
     this.lastData = this.capsule.lastData = data;
+    this.cleanData();
     return false;
   }