diff --git a/verarbeitung/construct_new_graph/initialize_graph.py b/verarbeitung/construct_new_graph/initialize_graph.py
index d1d79f2bac7930eac551ff9faca72ef70e763ce6..ba86e8bc979de42c388c5e8fe0e4ced9282500f0 100644
--- a/verarbeitung/construct_new_graph/initialize_graph.py
+++ b/verarbeitung/construct_new_graph/initialize_graph.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def complete_inner_edges():
                         edges.append([node.doi_url,reference.doi_url])
 
 
-def init_graph_construction(doi_input_list, search_height, search_depth, test_var = False):
+def init_graph_construction(doi_input_list, search_depth, search_height, test_var = False):
     '''
         :param doi_input_list:  input list of doi from UI
         :type doi_input_list:   List[String]
diff --git a/verarbeitung/new_height.json b/verarbeitung/new_height.json
index 40a7bc557e428357a6d173f86c5aea4c19b457b3..f96362a05cea7ad954fa28bfc22074e15e9fa1cd 100644
--- a/verarbeitung/new_height.json
+++ b/verarbeitung/new_height.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"nodes": [{"doi": "doi_lg_1_i", "name": "title_lg_1_i", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_i"], "year": "date_lg_1_i", "journal": "journal_lg_1_i", "group": "Input", "depth": 0, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d11", "name": "title_lg_1_d11", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d11"], "year": "date_lg_1_d11", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d11", "group": "Reference", "depth": -1, "citations": 1}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d12", "name": "title_lg_1_d12", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d12"], "year": "date_lg_1_d12", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d12", "group": "Reference", "depth": -1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h11", "name": "title_lg_1_h11", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h11"], "year": "date_lg_1_h11", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h11", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h12", "name": "title_lg_1_h12", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h12"], "year": "date_lg_1_h12", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h12", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h21", "name": "title_lg_1_h21", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h21"], "year": "date_lg_1_h21", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h21", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 2, "citations": 0}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h22", "name": "title_lg_1_h22", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h22"], "year": "date_lg_1_h22", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h22", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 2, "citations": 0}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h23", "name": "title_lg_1_h23", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h23"], "year": "date_lg_1_h23", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h23", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 2, "citations": 0}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d21", "name": "title_lg_1_d21", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d21"], "year": "date_lg_1_d21", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d21", "group": "Reference", "depth": -2, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d22", "name": "title_lg_1_d22", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d22"], "year": "date_lg_1_d22", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d22", "group": "Reference", "depth": -2, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d23", "name": "title_lg_1_d23", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d23"], "year": "date_lg_1_d23", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d23", "group": "Reference", "depth": -2, "citations": 2}], "links": [{"source": "doi_lg_1_i", "target": "doi_lg_1_d11"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_i", "target": "doi_lg_1_d12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h11", "target": "doi_lg_1_i"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h12", "target": "doi_lg_1_i"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h21", "target": "doi_lg_1_h11"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h22", "target": "doi_lg_1_h11"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h22", "target": "doi_lg_1_h12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h23", "target": "doi_lg_1_h12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d11", "target": "doi_lg_1_d21"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d11", "target": "doi_lg_1_d22"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d21", "target": "doi_lg_1_d22"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d22", "target": "doi_lg_1_d21"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d12", "target": "doi_lg_1_d23"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h12", "target": "doi_lg_1_d12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h11", "target": "doi_lg_1_h12"}]}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"nodes": [{"doi": "doi_lg_1_i", "name": "title_lg_1_i", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_i"], "year": "date_lg_1_i", "journal": "journal_lg_1_i", "group": "Input", "depth": 0, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d11", "name": "title_lg_1_d11", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d11"], "year": "date_lg_1_d11", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d11", "group": "Reference", "depth": -1, "citations": 1}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d12", "name": "title_lg_1_d12", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d12"], "year": "date_lg_1_d12", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d12", "group": "Reference", "depth": -1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h11", "name": "title_lg_1_h11", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h11"], "year": "date_lg_1_h11", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h11", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h12", "name": "title_lg_1_h12", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h12"], "year": "date_lg_1_h12", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h12", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h21", "name": "title_lg_1_h21", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h21"], "year": "date_lg_1_h21", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h21", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 2, "citations": 0}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h22", "name": "title_lg_1_h22", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h22"], "year": "date_lg_1_h22", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h22", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 2, "citations": 0}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h23", "name": "title_lg_1_h23", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h23"], "year": "date_lg_1_h23", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h23", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 2, "citations": 0}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d21", "name": "title_lg_1_d21", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d21"], "year": "date_lg_1_d21", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d21", "group": "Reference", "depth": -2, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d22", "name": "title_lg_1_d22", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d22"], "year": "date_lg_1_d22", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d22", "group": "Reference", "depth": -2, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d23", "name": "title_lg_1_d23", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d23"], "year": "date_lg_1_d23", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d23", "group": "Reference", "depth": -2, "citations": 2}], "links": [{"source": "doi_lg_1_i", "target": "doi_lg_1_d11"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_i", "target": "doi_lg_1_d12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h11", "target": "doi_lg_1_i"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h12", "target": "doi_lg_1_i"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h21", "target": "doi_lg_1_h11"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h22", "target": "doi_lg_1_h11"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h22", "target": "doi_lg_1_h12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h23", "target": "doi_lg_1_h12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d11", "target": "doi_lg_1_d21"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d11", "target": "doi_lg_1_d22"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d21", "target": "doi_lg_1_d22"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d22", "target": "doi_lg_1_d21"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d12", "target": "doi_lg_1_d23"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h12", "target": "doi_lg_1_d12"}]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/verarbeitung/test/input_test.py b/verarbeitung/test/input_test.py
index 9efb376dd843c812984ea10651dbb221f327e471..a701f7e294ccbda42f29973078921a3b330b948b 100644
--- a/verarbeitung/test/input_test.py
+++ b/verarbeitung/test/input_test.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ right_depth3 = ['doi_d3', 'title_d3', ['contributor_d3'], 'journal_d3', 'date_d3
 large_graph_1_h21 = ['doi_lg_1_h21', 'title_lg_1_h21', ['contributor_lg_1_h21'], 'journal_lg_1_h21', 'date_lg_1_h21', ['subject_lg_1_h21'], ['doi_lg_1_h11'], []]
 large_graph_1_h22 = ['doi_lg_1_h22', 'title_lg_1_h22', ['contributor_lg_1_h22'], 'journal_lg_1_h22', 'date_lg_1_h22', ['subject_lg_1_h22'], ['doi_lg_1_h11','doi_lg_1_h12'], []]
 large_graph_1_h23 = ['doi_lg_1_h23', 'title_lg_1_h23', ['contributor_lg_1_h23'], 'journal_lg_1_h23', 'date_lg_1_h23', ['subject_lg_1_h23'], ['doi_lg_1_h12','doi_cg_i'], []]
-large_graph_1_h11 = ['doi_lg_1_h11', 'title_lg_1_h11', ['contributor_lg_1_h11'], 'journal_lg_1_h11', 'date_lg_1_h11', ['subject_lg_1_h11'], ['doi_lg_1_h12','doi_lg_1_i'], ['doi_lg_1_h21','doi_lg_1_h22']]
+large_graph_1_h11 = ['doi_lg_1_h11', 'title_lg_1_h11', ['contributor_lg_1_h11'], 'journal_lg_1_h11', 'date_lg_1_h11', ['subject_lg_1_h11'], ['doi_lg_1_i'], ['doi_lg_1_h21','doi_lg_1_h22']]
 large_graph_1_h12 = ['doi_lg_1_h12', 'title_lg_1_h12', ['contributor_lg_1_h12'], 'journal_lg_1_h12', 'date_lg_1_h12', ['subject_lg_1_h12'], ['doi_lg_1_i','doi_lg_1_d12'], ['doi_lg_1_h22','doi_lg_1_h23']]
 large_graph_1_i =   ['doi_lg_1_i'  , 'title_lg_1_i'  , ['contributor_lg_1_i']  , 'journal_lg_1_i'  , 'date_lg_1_i'  , ['subject_lg_1_i']  , ['doi_lg_1_d11','doi_lg_1_d12'], ['doi_lg_1_h11','doi_lg_1_h12']]
 large_graph_1_d11 = ['doi_lg_1_d11', 'title_lg_1_d11', ['contributor_lg_1_d11'], 'journal_lg_1_d11', 'date_lg_1_d11', ['subject_lg_1_d11'], ['doi_lg_1_d21','doi_lg_1_d22'], ['doi_lg_1_i']]
diff --git a/verarbeitung/test/update_graph_unittest.py b/verarbeitung/test/update_graph_unittest.py
index c44de64c5fefc2d3545b662a1f0a42d92c69af5a..cf8261af6307585aa641c8a9c388e00ad6c7cadd 100644
--- a/verarbeitung/test/update_graph_unittest.py
+++ b/verarbeitung/test/update_graph_unittest.py
@@ -13,24 +13,24 @@ from verarbeitung.update_graph.update_graph import update_graph
 class UpdatingTest(unittest.TestCase):
      maxDiff = None
 
-     def test_import_from_json(self):
-          nodes_old, edges_old = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i'],2,2,True)
-          output_to_json(nodes_old, edges_old, test_var = True)
-          nodes_new, edges_new = input_from_json('test_output.json')
-          self.assertCountEqual(nodes_old,nodes_new)
-          self.assertCountEqual(edges_old, edges_new)
-
-     def test_deleted_input_dois(self):
-          nodes_old_single, edges_old_single = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i'],2,2,True)
-          nodes_old_both, edges_old_both = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i','doi_lg_2_i'],2,2,True)
-          output_to_json(nodes_old_both, edges_old_both, test_var=True)
-          nodes_new_single, edges_new_single = update_graph(['doi_lg_1_i'], 'test_output.json', 2, 2, True)
-          self.assertCountEqual(nodes_old_single,nodes_new_single)
-          self.assertCountEqual(edges_old_single, edges_new_single)
-
-          nodes_old_single, edges_old_single = init_graph_construction(['doi_cg_i'],3,3,True)
-          nodes_old_two, edges_old_two = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i','doi_cg_i'],3,3,True)
-          nodes_old_three, edges_old_three = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i','doi_lg_2_i','doi_cg_i'],3,3,True)
+     # def test_import_from_json(self):
+     #      nodes_old, edges_old = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i'],2,2,True)
+     #      output_to_json(nodes_old, edges_old, test_var = True)
+     #      nodes_new, edges_new = input_from_json('test_output.json')
+     #      self.assertCountEqual(nodes_old,nodes_new)
+     #      self.assertCountEqual(edges_old, edges_new)
+
+     # def test_deleted_input_dois(self):
+     #      nodes_old_single, edges_old_single = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i'],2,2,True)
+     #      nodes_old_both, edges_old_both = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i','doi_lg_2_i'],2,2,True)
+     #      output_to_json(nodes_old_both, edges_old_both, test_var=True)
+     #      nodes_new_single, edges_new_single = update_graph(['doi_lg_1_i'], 'test_output.json', 2, 2, True)
+     #      self.assertCountEqual(nodes_old_single,nodes_new_single)
+     #      self.assertCountEqual(edges_old_single, edges_new_single)
+
+     #      nodes_old_single, edges_old_single = init_graph_construction(['doi_cg_i'],3,3,True)
+     #      nodes_old_two, edges_old_two = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i','doi_cg_i'],3,3,True)
+     #      nodes_old_three, edges_old_three = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i','doi_lg_2_i','doi_cg_i'],3,3,True)
 
      def test_new_height(self):
           nodes_height_0, edges_height_0 = init_graph_construction(['doi_lg_1_i'],2,0,True)
diff --git a/verarbeitung/test_output.json b/verarbeitung/test_output.json
index 40a7bc557e428357a6d173f86c5aea4c19b457b3..840e19dbb925319d75057380b5dbf2c1176e139a 100644
--- a/verarbeitung/test_output.json
+++ b/verarbeitung/test_output.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"nodes": [{"doi": "doi_lg_1_i", "name": "title_lg_1_i", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_i"], "year": "date_lg_1_i", "journal": "journal_lg_1_i", "group": "Input", "depth": 0, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d11", "name": "title_lg_1_d11", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d11"], "year": "date_lg_1_d11", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d11", "group": "Reference", "depth": -1, "citations": 1}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d12", "name": "title_lg_1_d12", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d12"], "year": "date_lg_1_d12", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d12", "group": "Reference", "depth": -1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h11", "name": "title_lg_1_h11", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h11"], "year": "date_lg_1_h11", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h11", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h12", "name": "title_lg_1_h12", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h12"], "year": "date_lg_1_h12", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h12", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h21", "name": "title_lg_1_h21", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h21"], "year": "date_lg_1_h21", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h21", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 2, "citations": 0}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h22", "name": "title_lg_1_h22", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h22"], "year": "date_lg_1_h22", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h22", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 2, "citations": 0}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h23", "name": "title_lg_1_h23", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h23"], "year": "date_lg_1_h23", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h23", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 2, "citations": 0}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d21", "name": "title_lg_1_d21", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d21"], "year": "date_lg_1_d21", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d21", "group": "Reference", "depth": -2, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d22", "name": "title_lg_1_d22", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d22"], "year": "date_lg_1_d22", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d22", "group": "Reference", "depth": -2, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d23", "name": "title_lg_1_d23", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d23"], "year": "date_lg_1_d23", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d23", "group": "Reference", "depth": -2, "citations": 2}], "links": [{"source": "doi_lg_1_i", "target": "doi_lg_1_d11"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_i", "target": "doi_lg_1_d12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h11", "target": "doi_lg_1_i"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h12", "target": "doi_lg_1_i"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h21", "target": "doi_lg_1_h11"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h22", "target": "doi_lg_1_h11"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h22", "target": "doi_lg_1_h12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h23", "target": "doi_lg_1_h12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d11", "target": "doi_lg_1_d21"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d11", "target": "doi_lg_1_d22"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d21", "target": "doi_lg_1_d22"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d22", "target": "doi_lg_1_d21"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_d12", "target": "doi_lg_1_d23"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h12", "target": "doi_lg_1_d12"}, {"source": "doi_lg_1_h11", "target": "doi_lg_1_h12"}]}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"nodes": [{"doi": "doi_lg_1_i", "name": "title_lg_1_i", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_i"], "year": "date_lg_1_i", "journal": "journal_lg_1_i", "group": "Input", "depth": 0, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d11", "name": "title_lg_1_d11", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d11"], "year": "date_lg_1_d11", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d11", "group": "Reference", "depth": -1, "citations": 1}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_d12", "name": "title_lg_1_d12", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_d12"], "year": "date_lg_1_d12", "journal": "journal_lg_1_d12", "group": "Reference", "depth": -1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h11", "name": "title_lg_1_h11", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h11"], "year": "date_lg_1_h11", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h11", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_1_h12", "name": "title_lg_1_h12", "author": ["contributor_lg_1_h12"], "year": "date_lg_1_h12", "journal": "journal_lg_1_h12", "group": "Citedby", "depth": 1, "citations": 2}, {"doi": "doi_lg_2_i", "name": 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diff --git a/verarbeitung/update_graph/Kanten_Vergleich.py b/verarbeitung/update_graph/Kanten_Vergleich.py
index da43e21eb2a445b845d9f58fc826f128de524383..fbfa63e604680fab11bd7c50f0efed0c1ba4ae50 100644
--- a/verarbeitung/update_graph/Kanten_Vergleich.py
+++ b/verarbeitung/update_graph/Kanten_Vergleich.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def back_to_valid_edges(links_from_json, processed_input_list):
 
 
     #iterates over all edges from old graph
-    for edge in links_from_json:
+    for edge in list_of_valid_edges:
 
         # counter for adjacent nodes
         found_adj_nodes = 0
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ def back_to_valid_edges(links_from_json, processed_input_list):
 
         #removes the edge if less than 2 adjacent nodes found
         if (found_adj_nodes < 2):
-            list_of_valid_edges.remove(edge) 
-        
-    return(list_of_valid_edges)
+            links_from_json.remove(edge) 
 
 #Kanten_Menge_Ganz = [["doi_1","doi_2"],["doi_3","doi_4"],["doi_5","doi_6"]]
 #Geloeschte = ["doi_2","doi_1","doi_4"]
diff --git a/verarbeitung/update_graph/update_depth.py b/verarbeitung/update_graph/update_depth.py
index daf9063295d87a5733a69b32616211658ada81b8..179a9988c138f4eb6122749eb1bedd3507370d00 100644
--- a/verarbeitung/update_graph/update_depth.py
+++ b/verarbeitung/update_graph/update_depth.py
@@ -21,16 +21,33 @@ from verarbeitung.construct_new_graph.initialize_graph import complete_inner_edg
 from .Kanten_Vergleich import back_to_valid_edges
 
 
-def reduce_max_depth_height(max_depth_height):
+def reduce_max_height(max_height):
     '''
-        :param max_depth_height:        new maximum depth/height to reduce publications in publication list to
-        :type max_depth_height:         int
+        :param max_height:        new maximum height to reduce publications in publication list to
+        :type max_height:         int
 
-        function to remove all publications which are not in new maximum depth/height threshold
+        function to remove all publications which are not in new maximum height threshold
     '''
-    for pub in processed_input_list:
-        if (abs(pub.group) > max_depth_height):
-            processed_input_list.remove(pub)
+    input_list_del = processed_input_list.copy()
+    for pub in input_list_del:
+        if (pub.group > 0):
+            if (pub.group > max_height):
+                processed_input_list.remove(pub)
+
+def reduce_max_depth(max_depth):
+    '''
+        :param max_depth:   new maximum depth to reduce publications in publication list to
+        :type max_depth:    int
+
+        function to remove all publications which are not in new maximum depth threshold
+    '''
+    input_list_del = processed_input_list.copy()
+    for pub in input_list_del:
+        if (pub.group < 0):
+            if (abs(pub.group) > max_depth):
+                processed_input_list.remove(pub)
+
+
 
 def get_old_height_depth():
     '''
@@ -99,11 +116,10 @@ def update_depth(obj_input_list, input_edges, new_depth, new_height, test_var):
 
     # removes publications and links from recursion levels which aren't needed anymore
     if (old_depth > new_depth):
-        reduce_max_depth_height(new_depth)
-        valid_edges = back_to_valid_edges(processed_input_list, input_edges)
+        reduce_max_depth(new_depth)
     elif (old_height > new_height):
-        reduce_max_depth_height(new_height)
-        valid_edges = back_to_valid_edges(processed_input_list, valid_edges)
+        reduce_max_height(new_height)
+    
     
     # adds publications and links for new recursion levels
     elif (old_depth < new_depth):
@@ -112,6 +128,7 @@ def update_depth(obj_input_list, input_edges, new_depth, new_height, test_var):
     elif (old_height < new_height):
         old_max_citations = get_old_max_citations()
         add_citations(processed_input_list, valid_edges, old_max_citations, old_height+1, new_height, "Citation", test_var)
+    back_to_valid_edges(valid_edges, processed_input_list)
 
     # adds edges between reference group and citation group of known publications
     complete_inner_edges()
diff --git a/verarbeitung/update_graph/update_graph.py b/verarbeitung/update_graph/update_graph.py
index 054bcccf97c905d4517ea7a2d13b77b269722d05..11a9eda9fb2638fdb4fe0a9560439a297e360612 100644
--- a/verarbeitung/update_graph/update_graph.py
+++ b/verarbeitung/update_graph/update_graph.py
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@ def update_graph(new_doi_input_list, json_file, search_depth, search_height, tes
 
     # gets information from previous cunstruction call
     old_obj_input_list , old_edges_list = input_from_json(json_file)
+    print(type(old_edges_list[1]))
 
     # one global list to save the process of removing unneeded publications and one to save valid edges
     global processed_list, valid_edges
     processed_list = old_obj_input_list
-    valid_edges = []
+    valid_edges = old_edges_list
 
 
     # get dois from lists to compare for differences