diff --git a/app/src/lib/graph-interface/edges/Edge.svelte b/app/src/lib/graph-interface/edges/Edge.svelte
index 83c1660..2d3622c 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/graph-interface/edges/Edge.svelte
+++ b/app/src/lib/graph-interface/edges/Edge.svelte
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@
 
 <script lang="ts">
   import { T } from "@threlte/core";
-  import { MeshLineMaterial } from "@threlte/extras";
+  import { MeshLineGeometry, MeshLineMaterial } from "@threlte/extras";
   import { Mesh, MeshBasicMaterial, Vector3 } from "three";
   import { CubicBezierCurve } from "three/src/extras/curves/CubicBezierCurve.js";
   import { Vector2 } from "three/src/math/Vector2.js";
-  import { createEdgeGeometry } from "./createEdgeGeometry.js";
   import { appSettings } from "$lib/settings/app-settings.svelte";
 
   type Props = {
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@
 
   const thickness = $derived(Math.max(0.001, 0.00082 * Math.exp(0.055 * z)));
 
-  let mesh = $state<Mesh>();
+  let points = $state<Vector3[]>([]);
 
   let lastId: string | null = null;
 
@@ -69,14 +68,10 @@
     curve.v2.set(new_x / 2, new_y);
     curve.v3.set(new_x, new_y);
 
-    const points = curve
+    points = curve
       .getPoints(samples)
       .map((p) => new Vector3(p.x, 0, p.y))
       .flat();
-
-    if (mesh) {
-      mesh.geometry = createEdgeGeometry(points);
-    }
   }
 
   $effect(() => {
@@ -106,6 +101,7 @@
   <T.CircleGeometry args={[0.5, 16]} />
 </T.Mesh>
 
-<T.Mesh bind:ref={mesh} position.x={x1} position.z={y1} position.y={0.1}>
+<T.Mesh position.x={x1} position.z={y1} position.y={0.1}>
+  <MeshLineGeometry {points} />
   <MeshLineMaterial width={thickness} color={lineColor} />
 </T.Mesh>
diff --git a/app/src/lib/graph-interface/edges/createEdgeGeometry.ts b/app/src/lib/graph-interface/edges/createEdgeGeometry.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ab4c2e..0000000
--- a/app/src/lib/graph-interface/edges/createEdgeGeometry.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-import { BufferAttribute, BufferGeometry, Vector3 } from 'three';
-import { setXY, setXYZ, setXYZW, setXYZXYZ } from './utils.js';
-
-
-export function createEdgeGeometry(points: Vector3[]) {
-
-  const length = points[0].distanceTo(points[points.length - 1]);
-
-  const startRadius = 8;
-  const constantWidth = 2;
-  const taperFraction = 0.8 / length;
-
-  function ease(t: number) {
-    return t * t * (3 - 2 * t);
-  }
-  let shapeFunction = (alpha: number) => {
-    if (alpha < taperFraction) {
-      const easedAlpha = ease(alpha / taperFraction);
-      return startRadius + (constantWidth - startRadius) * easedAlpha;
-    } else if (alpha > 1 - taperFraction) {
-      const easedAlpha = ease((alpha - (1 - taperFraction)) / taperFraction);
-      return constantWidth + (startRadius - constantWidth) * easedAlpha;
-    } else {
-      return constantWidth;
-    }
-  };
-
-  // When the component first runs we create the buffer geometry and allocate the buffer attributes
-  let pointCount = points.length
-  let counters: number[] = []
-  let counterIndex = 0
-  let side: number[] = []
-  let widthArray: number[] = []
-  let doubleIndex = 0
-  let uvArray: number[] = []
-  let uvIndex = 0
-  let indices: number[] = []
-  let indicesIndex = 0
-
-  for (let j = 0; j < pointCount; j++) {
-    const c = j / points.length
-    counters[counterIndex + 0] = c
-    counters[counterIndex + 1] = c
-    counterIndex += 2
-
-    setXY(side, doubleIndex, 1, -1)
-    let width = shapeFunction((j / (pointCount - 1)))
-    setXY(widthArray, doubleIndex, width, width)
-    doubleIndex += 2
-
-    setXYZW(uvArray, uvIndex, j / (pointCount - 1), 0, j / (pointCount - 1), 1)
-    uvIndex += 4
-
-    if (j < pointCount - 1) {
-      const n = j * 2
-      setXYZ(indices, indicesIndex, n + 0, n + 1, n + 2)
-      setXYZ(indices, indicesIndex + 3, n + 2, n + 1, n + 3)
-      indicesIndex += 6
-    }
-  }
-
-  const geometry = new BufferGeometry()
-  // create these buffer attributes at the correct length but leave them empty for now
-  geometry.setAttribute('position', new BufferAttribute(new Float32Array(pointCount * 6), 3))
-  geometry.setAttribute('previous', new BufferAttribute(new Float32Array(pointCount * 6), 3))
-  geometry.setAttribute('next', new BufferAttribute(new Float32Array(pointCount * 6), 3))
-  // create and populate these buffer attributes
-  geometry.setAttribute('counters', new BufferAttribute(new Float32Array(counters), 1))
-  geometry.setAttribute('side', new BufferAttribute(new Float32Array(side), 1))
-  geometry.setAttribute('width', new BufferAttribute(new Float32Array(widthArray), 1))
-  geometry.setAttribute('uv', new BufferAttribute(new Float32Array(uvArray), 2))
-  geometry.setIndex(new BufferAttribute(new Uint16Array(indices), 1))
-
-  let positions: number[] = []
-  let previous: number[] = []
-  let next: number[] = []
-  let positionIndex = 0
-  let previousIndex = 0
-  let nextIndex = 0
-  setXYZXYZ(previous, previousIndex, points[0].x, points[0].y, points[0].z)
-  previousIndex += 6
-  for (let j = 0; j < pointCount; j++) {
-    const p = points[j]
-    setXYZXYZ(positions, positionIndex, p.x, p.y, p.z)
-    positionIndex += 6
-    if (j < pointCount - 1) {
-      setXYZXYZ(previous, previousIndex, p.x, p.y, p.z)
-      previousIndex += 6
-    }
-    if (j > 0 && j + 1 <= pointCount) {
-      setXYZXYZ(next, nextIndex, p.x, p.y, p.z)
-      nextIndex += 6
-    }
-  }
-  setXYZXYZ(
-    next,
-    nextIndex,
-    points[pointCount - 1].x,
-    points[pointCount - 1].y,
-    points[pointCount - 1].z
-  )
-  const positionAttribute = (geometry.getAttribute('position') as BufferAttribute).set(positions)
-  const previousAttribute = (geometry.getAttribute('previous') as BufferAttribute).set(previous)
-  const nextAttribute = (geometry.getAttribute('next') as BufferAttribute).set(next)
-  positionAttribute.needsUpdate = true
-  previousAttribute.needsUpdate = true
-  nextAttribute.needsUpdate = true
-  geometry.computeBoundingSphere()
-
-  return geometry;
-
-}