diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index bcda886..550ed7b 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Small Stuff
 
+- dont allow open channel if both nodes aren't Started
 - implement real-time channel updates from LND via GRPC streams
 - implement option to auto-mine every X minutes
 - switch renovatebot to dependabot and use automatic security fixes
diff --git a/src/components/designer/lnd/actions/RemoveNode.tsx b/src/components/designer/lnd/actions/RemoveNode.tsx
index 80b17be..fd1c6cb 100644
--- a/src/components/designer/lnd/actions/RemoveNode.tsx
+++ b/src/components/designer/lnd/actions/RemoveNode.tsx
@@ -18,17 +18,19 @@ interface Props {
 const RemoveNode: React.FC<Props> = ({ node }) => {
   const { l } = usePrefixedTranslation('cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode');
   const { notify } = useStoreActions(s => s.app);
+  const { removeNode } = useStoreActions(s => s.network);
 
   const showRemoveModal = () => {
     const { name } = node;
     Modal.confirm({
-      title: l('confirmText', { name }),
+      title: l('confirmTitle', { name }),
+      content: l('confirmText'),
       okText: l('confirmBtn'),
       okType: 'danger',
       cancelText: l('cancelBtn'),
       onOk: async () => {
         try {
-          // await closeChannel({ node: from as LndNode, channelPoint });
+          await removeNode({ node });
           notify({ message: l('success', { name }) });
         } catch (error) {
           notify({ message: l('error'), error });
diff --git a/src/components/network/NewNetwork.tsx b/src/components/network/NewNetwork.tsx
index c908261..3c1ba28 100644
--- a/src/components/network/NewNetwork.tsx
+++ b/src/components/network/NewNetwork.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const NewNetwork: React.SFC<FormComponentProps> = ({ form }) => {
               <Form.Item label={l('lndNodesLabel')}>
                 {form.getFieldDecorator('lndNodes', {
                   rules: [{ required: true, message: l('cmps.forms.required') }],
-                  initialValue: 2,
+                  initialValue: 3,
                 })(<InputNumber min={1} max={10} />)}
               </Form.Item>
             </Col>
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en-US.json b/src/i18n/locales/en-US.json
index 54ed2c1..f06fdb7 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en-US.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en-US.json
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
   "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.OpenChannelModal.submitError": "Unable to open the channel",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.title": "Remove Node From Network",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.btnText": "Remove",
-  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.confirmText": "Are you sure you want to remove {{name}} from the network?",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.confirmTitle": "Are you sure you want to remove {{name}} from the network?",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.confirmText": "Any open channels with this node will be inoperable and not displayed in the designer.",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.confirmBtn": "Yes",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.cancelBtn": "Cancel",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.success": "The node {{name}} have been removed from the network",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/es.json b/src/i18n/locales/es.json
index c172a4d..bed0855 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/es.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/es.json
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@
   "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.OpenChannelModal.okBtn": "Canal abierto",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.OpenChannelModal.balancesError": "No es posible recuperar saldos de nodos",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.OpenChannelModal.submitError": "No se puede abrir el canal.",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.title": "Eliminar nodo de la red",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.btnText": "Eliminar",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.confirmTitle": "¿Estás seguro de que deseas eliminar {{name}} de la red?",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.confirmText": "Cualquier canal abierto con este nodo será inoperable y no se mostrará en el diseñador.",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.confirmBtn": "Si",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.cancelBtn": "Cancelar",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.success": "El nodo {{name}} se ha eliminado de la red",
+  "cmps.designer.lnd.actions.RemoveNode.error": "No se puede eliminar el nodo",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.connect.FilePaths.tlsCert": "Certificado TLS",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.connect.FilePaths.adminMacaroon": "Admin Macarrón",
   "cmps.designer.lnd.connect.FilePaths.readOnlyMacaroon": "Macarrón de solo lectura",
diff --git a/src/lib/docker/dockerService.ts b/src/lib/docker/dockerService.ts
index 6b27949..f16eacc 100644
--- a/src/lib/docker/dockerService.ts
+++ b/src/lib/docker/dockerService.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import * as compose from 'docker-compose';
 import Dockerode from 'dockerode';
 import yaml from 'js-yaml';
-import { LndNode } from 'shared/types';
+import { CommonNode, LndNode } from 'shared/types';
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 import { DockerLibrary, DockerVersions, Network, NetworksFile } from 'types';
 import { networksPath } from 'utils/config';
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class DockerService implements DockerLibrary {
     const yml = yaml.dump(file.content);
     const path = join(network.path, 'docker-compose.yml');
     await write(path, yml);
-    info(`created compose file for '${network.name}' at '${path}'`);
+    info(`saved compose file for '${network.name}' at '${path}'`);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -109,6 +109,24 @@ class DockerService implements DockerLibrary {
     info(`Network stopped:\n ${result.out || result.err}`);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Removes a single service from the network using docker-compose
+   * @param network the network containing the node
+   * @param node the node to remove
+   */
+  async removeNode(network: Network, node: CommonNode) {
+    info(`Stopping docker container for ${node.name}`);
+    info(` - path: ${network.path}`);
+    let result = await this.execute(compose.stopOne, node.name, this.getArgs(network));
+    info(`Container stopped:\n ${result.out || result.err}`);
+
+    info(`Removing stopped docker containers`);
+    result = await this.execute(compose.rm, this.getArgs(network));
+    info(`Removed:\n ${result.out || result.err}`);
+
+    await this.saveComposeFile(network);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Saves the given networks to disk
    * @param networks the list of networks to save
@@ -127,9 +145,9 @@ class DockerService implements DockerLibrary {
     const path = join(networksPath, 'networks.json');
     if (await exists(path)) {
       const json = await read(path);
-      const networks = JSON.parse(json);
-      info(`loaded ${networks.length} networks from '${path}'`);
-      return networks;
+      const data = JSON.parse(json);
+      info(`loaded ${data.networks.length} networks from '${path}'`);
+      return data;
     } else {
       info(`skipped loading networks because the file '${path}' doesn't exist`);
       return { networks: [], charts: {} };
@@ -141,12 +159,13 @@ class DockerService implements DockerLibrary {
    * @param cmd the compose function to call
    * @param args the arguments to the compose function
    */
-  private async execute<A>(
-    cmd: (args: A) => Promise<compose.IDockerComposeResult>,
-    args: A,
+  private async execute<A, B>(
+    cmd: (arg1: A, arg2?: B) => Promise<compose.IDockerComposeResult>,
+    arg1: A,
+    arg2?: B,
   ): Promise<compose.IDockerComposeResult> {
     try {
-      const result = await cmd(args);
+      const result = await cmd(arg1, arg2);
       result.out = stripAnsi(result.out);
       result.err = stripAnsi(result.err);
       return result;
diff --git a/src/lib/lnd/lndService.ts b/src/lib/lnd/lndService.ts
index 84446b6..3935123 100644
--- a/src/lib/lnd/lndService.ts
+++ b/src/lib/lnd/lndService.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as LND from '@radar/lnrpc';
 import { LndNode } from 'shared/types';
-import { LndLibrary, Network } from 'types';
+import { LndLibrary } from 'types';
 import { waitFor } from 'utils/async';
 import { getContainerName } from 'utils/network';
 import { lndProxyClient as proxy } from './';
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ class LndService implements LndLibrary {
     return await proxy.pendingChannels(node);
   }
 
-  async onNodesDeleted(network: Network): Promise<void> {
-    const nodes = network.nodes.lightning.filter(n => n.implementation === 'LND');
+  async onNodesDeleted(nodes: LndNode[]): Promise<void> {
     return await proxy.onNodesDeleted(nodes);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/store/models/designer.ts b/src/store/models/designer.ts
index 41dde83..de905eb 100644
--- a/src/store/models/designer.ts
+++ b/src/store/models/designer.ts
@@ -133,10 +133,16 @@ const designerModel: DesignerModel = {
     delete state.allCharts[state.activeId].links[linkId];
   }),
   removeNode: action((state, nodeId) => {
-    // this action is used when a node is dropped onto the canvas.
-    // remove the node created in the chart once the async loading
-    // has been completed
-    delete state.allCharts[state.activeId].nodes[nodeId];
+    const chart = state.allCharts[state.activeId];
+    if (chart.selected && chart.selected.id === nodeId) {
+      chart.selected = {};
+    }
+    delete chart.nodes[nodeId];
+    Object.values(chart.links).forEach(link => {
+      if ([link.to.nodeId, link.from.nodeId].includes(nodeId)) {
+        delete chart.links[link.id];
+      }
+    });
   }),
   addLndNode: action((state, { lndNode, position }) => {
     const chart = state.allCharts[state.activeId];
diff --git a/src/store/models/lnd.ts b/src/store/models/lnd.ts
index cfe4077..4250afc 100644
--- a/src/store/models/lnd.ts
+++ b/src/store/models/lnd.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export interface OpenChannelPayload {
 
 export interface LndModel {
   nodes: LndNodeMapping;
+  removeNode: Action<LndModel, string>;
   setInfo: Action<LndModel, { node: LndNode; info: LND.GetInfoResponse }>;
   getInfo: Thunk<LndModel, LndNode, StoreInjections, RootModel>;
   setWalletBalance: Action<
@@ -61,6 +62,11 @@ const lndModel: LndModel = {
   // state properties
   nodes: {},
   // reducer actions (mutations allowed thx to immer)
+  removeNode: action((state, name) => {
+    if (state.nodes[name]) {
+      delete state.nodes[name];
+    }
+  }),
   setInfo: action((state, { node, info }) => {
     if (!state.nodes[node.name]) state.nodes[node.name] = {};
     state.nodes[node.name].info = info;
diff --git a/src/store/models/network.ts b/src/store/models/network.ts
index 9893cce..f7f9d5e 100644
--- a/src/store/models/network.ts
+++ b/src/store/models/network.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface NetworkModel {
     RootModel,
     Promise<LndNode>
   >;
+  removeNode: Thunk<NetworkModel, { node: LndNode }, StoreInjections, RootModel>;
   setStatus: Action<
     NetworkModel,
     { id: number; status: Status; only?: string; all?: boolean; error?: Error }
@@ -130,6 +131,21 @@ const networkModel: NetworkModel = {
     await injections.dockerService.saveComposeFile(network);
     return node;
   }),
+  removeNode: thunk(
+    async (actions, { node }, { getState, injections, getStoreActions }) => {
+      const networks = getState().networks;
+      const network = networks.find(n => n.id === node.networkId);
+      if (!network) throw new Error(l('networkByIdErr', { networkId: node.networkId }));
+      network.nodes.lightning = network.nodes.lightning.filter(n => n !== node);
+      getStoreActions().lnd.removeNode(node.name);
+      await injections.dockerService.removeNode(network, node);
+      actions.setNetworks([...networks]);
+      await actions.save();
+      getStoreActions().designer.removeNode(node.name);
+      getStoreActions().designer.syncChart(network);
+      await injections.lndService.onNodesDeleted([node, ...network.nodes.lightning]);
+    },
+  ),
   setStatus: action((state, { id, status, only, all = true, error }) => {
     const network = state.networks.find(n => n.id === id);
     if (!network) throw new Error(l('networkByIdErr', { networkId: id }));
@@ -246,7 +262,7 @@ const networkModel: NetworkModel = {
     actions.setNetworks(newNetworks);
     getStoreActions().designer.removeChart(networkId);
     await actions.save();
-    await injections.lndService.onNodesDeleted(network);
+    await injections.lndService.onNodesDeleted(network.nodes.lightning);
   }),
 };
 
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index 71a1ef7..3a06461 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { IChart } from '@mrblenny/react-flow-chart';
 import * as LND from '@radar/lnrpc';
 import { ChainInfo, WalletInfo } from 'bitcoin-core';
-import { BitcoinNode, LndNode, Status } from 'shared/types';
+import { BitcoinNode, CommonNode, LndNode, Status } from 'shared/types';
 import { IpcSender } from 'lib/ipc/ipcService';
 
 export interface LocaleConfig {
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export interface DockerLibrary {
   saveComposeFile: (network: Network) => Promise<void>;
   start: (network: Network) => Promise<void>;
   stop: (network: Network) => Promise<void>;
+  removeNode: (network: Network, node: CommonNode) => Promise<void>;
   saveNetworks: (networks: NetworksFile) => Promise<void>;
   loadNetworks: () => Promise<NetworksFile>;
 }
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ export interface LndLibrary {
   closeChannel: (node: LndNode, channelPoint: string) => Promise<any>;
   listChannels: (node: LndNode) => Promise<LND.ListChannelsResponse>;
   pendingChannels: (node: LndNode) => Promise<LND.PendingChannelsResponse>;
-  onNodesDeleted: (network: Network) => Promise<void>;
+  onNodesDeleted: (nodes: LndNode[]) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export interface StoreInjections {
diff --git a/src/utils/chart.ts b/src/utils/chart.ts
index a69724f..470647a 100644
--- a/src/utils/chart.ts
+++ b/src/utils/chart.ts
@@ -222,10 +222,13 @@ export const updateChartFromLnd = (chart: IChart, lndData: LndNodeMapping): ICha
         ...waitingClose.map(pluckChan).map(mapPendingChannel('Waiting to Close')),
       ];
 
-      allChannels.forEach(channel => {
-        updateLinksAndPorts(channel, pubkeys, nodes, fromNode, links);
-        createdLinkIds.push(channel.uniqueId);
-      });
+      allChannels
+        // ignore channels to nodes that no longer exist in the network
+        .filter(c => !!pubkeys[c.pubkey])
+        .forEach(channel => {
+          updateLinksAndPorts(channel, pubkeys, nodes, fromNode, links);
+          createdLinkIds.push(channel.uniqueId);
+        });
 
       nodes[fromName] = {
         ...fromNode,
diff --git a/src/utils/network.ts b/src/utils/network.ts
index 2958ffc..174b098 100644
--- a/src/utils/network.ts
+++ b/src/utils/network.ts
@@ -32,21 +32,22 @@ export const createLndNetworkNode = (
   version: LndVersion,
   status: Status,
 ): LndNode => {
-  const index = network.nodes.lightning.length;
-  const name = `lnd-${index + 1}`;
+  const { bitcoin, lightning } = network.nodes;
+  const id = lightning.length ? Math.max(...lightning.map(n => n.id)) + 1 : 0;
+  const name = `lnd-${id + 1}`;
   return {
-    id: index,
+    id,
     networkId: network.id,
     name: name,
     type: 'lightning',
     implementation: 'LND',
     version,
     status,
-    backendName: network.nodes.bitcoin[0].name,
+    backendName: bitcoin[0].name,
     paths: getFilePaths(name, network),
     ports: {
-      rest: 8081 + index,
-      grpc: 10001 + index,
+      rest: 8081 + id,
+      grpc: 10001 + id,
     },
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/tests.tsx b/src/utils/tests.tsx
index 708e915..30eed2a 100644
--- a/src/utils/tests.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/tests.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const injections: StoreInjections = {
     saveComposeFile: jest.fn(),
     start: jest.fn(),
     stop: jest.fn(),
+    removeNode: jest.fn(),
     saveNetworks: jest.fn(),
     loadNetworks: jest.fn(),
   },