diff --git a/dumper.py b/dumper.py
index 83d1d5d..a34500d 100644
--- a/dumper.py
+++ b/dumper.py
@@ -12,18 +12,29 @@ from . import utils
 from . utils import BlenderProperty
 
 
-def dump_nodes(nodes: list[bpy.types.Node]):
-    """Generic recursive dump, convert nodes into a dict"""
-    dump_pointers = {}
-    data = [Serializer.serialize(node, dump_pointers) for node in nodes]
-    
-    return data
+def serialize_selected_nodes_from_node_tree(node_tree: bpy.types.NodeTree):
+    """Serialize the selected nodes from a node tree"""
+    selected_nodes = [node for node in node_tree.nodes if node.select]
+    selected_links = [link for link in node_tree.links if link.from_node.select
+                                                       and link.to_node.select]
+
+    bl_pointers = {}
+    nodes_data = [Serializer.serialize(node, bl_pointers) for node in selected_nodes]
+    links_data = [Serializer.serialize(link, bl_pointers) for link in selected_links]
+
+    # Only serialize selected nodes and their links
+    ntree_data = {
+        "nodes": nodes_data,
+        "links": links_data,
+    }
+
+    return ntree_data
 
 
-def load_nodes(data, node_tree):
-    """Load/Dump nodes into a specific node tree"""
-    dump_pointers = {}
-    Serializer.deserialize(data, node_tree, dump_pointers)
+def deserialize_nodes_into_node_tree(data: dict, node_tree: bpy.types.NodeTree):
+    """Deserialize node data into a specific node tree"""
+    bl_pointers = {}
+    Serializer.deserialize(data, node_tree, bl_pointers)
 
 
 # TODO: Sub serialize function where the isinstance is set to the default number of things.
diff --git a/operators.py b/operators.py
index dc6f382..852dbdb 100644
--- a/operators.py
+++ b/operators.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import bpy
 from bpy.props import BoolProperty, EnumProperty
 from bpy.types import Operator
 
-from .dumper import dump_nodes, load_nodes
+from .dumper import serialize_selected_nodes_from_node_tree, deserialize_nodes_into_node_tree
 from .node_utils import remap_node_group_duplicates
 from .pack_nodes import combine_objects, extract_objects
 from .formats import dump_nkit_format, parse_nkit_format
@@ -28,18 +28,12 @@ class NODEKIT_OT_copy(Operator):
 
     def execute(self, context):
         ntree = context.space_data.edit_tree
-        selected_nodes = [node for node in ntree.nodes if node.select]
+        serialized_nodes_data = serialize_selected_nodes_from_node_tree(ntree)
 
-        ntree_data = {
-            "nodes": dump_nodes(selected_nodes),
-            "links": dump_nodes(
-                [l for l in ntree.links if l.from_node.select and l.to_node.select]
-            ),
-        }
+        context.window_manager.clipboard = dump_nkit_format(serialized_nodes_data)
 
-        context.window_manager.clipboard = dump_nkit_format(ntree_data)
-
-        self.report({"INFO"}, f"Copied {len(selected_nodes)} selected nodes to system clipboard")
+        num_selected_nodes = len([n for n in ntree.nodes if n.select])
+        self.report({"INFO"}, f"Copied {num_selected_nodes} selected nodes to system clipboard")
         return {"FINISHED"}
 
 
@@ -55,7 +49,8 @@ class NODEKIT_OT_copy_tree(Operator):
 
         context.window_manager.clipboard = dump_nkit_format(ntree_data)
 
-        self.report({"INFO"}, f"Copied {len(ntree.nodes)} selected nodes to system clipboard")
+        num_nodes = len(ntree.nodes)
+        self.report({"INFO"}, f"Copied {num_nodes} selected nodes to system clipboard")
         return {"FINISHED"}
 
 
@@ -67,7 +62,7 @@ class NODEKIT_OT_paste(Operator):
 
     def execute(self, context):
         ntree_data = parse_nkit_format(context.window_manager.clipboard)
-        load_nodes(ntree_data, context.space_data.edit_tree)
+        deserialize_nodes_into_node_tree(ntree_data, context.space_data.edit_tree)
 
         self.report({"INFO"}, f"X node(s) pasted from system clipboard")  # TODO: Ge the number of parsed nodes returned
         return {"FINISHED"}