diff --git a/src/app/utilities/rete-editor.ts b/src/app/utilities/rete-editor.ts
index 7fc14ed..46c61da 100644
--- a/src/app/utilities/rete-editor.ts
+++ b/src/app/utilities/rete-editor.ts
@@ -225,9 +225,15 @@ export async function createEditor(
   });
 
   area.addPipe((context: any) => {
-    // The connection renderer raises only the selected wire. A picked node is about to be dragged,
-    // so clear that selection before its card can be drawn below the wire.
-    if (context?.type === 'nodepicked') graphSelection.clearConnectionSelection();
+    // The connection renderer raises only the selected wire. Clear it before dragging an unrelated
+    // card, but keep it when the picked card is one of the wire's own endpoints.
+    if (context?.type === 'nodepicked') {
+      const selected = graphSelection.selectedConnection();
+      const nodeId = String(context.data?.id ?? '');
+      if (!selected || (nodeId !== selected.sourceId && nodeId !== selected.targetId)) {
+        graphSelection.clearConnectionSelection();
+      }
+    }
     if (context?.type === 'nodetranslated') {
       // A loop follows only its own endpoints. A card merely crossed by the wire must not make the
       // wire move away, while moving either endpoint keeps the wire 48px above that endpoint.