diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/flatgraph/Graph.scala b/core/src/main/scala/flatgraph/Graph.scala
index 4d98026f..54326330 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/flatgraph/Graph.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/flatgraph/Graph.scala
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ class Graph(val schema: Schema, val storagePathMaybe: Option[Path] = None) exten
   def node(id: Long): GNode =
     node(GNode.extractKind(id), GNode.extractSeq(id))
 
-  /** Lookup node by kind and seq - note: this may return null or throw an exception if the referenced node doesn't exist */
+  /** Lookup node by kind and seq - note: this may return null if the referenced node doesn't exist */
   def node(kind: Int, seq: Int): GNode = {
+    if (kind < 0 || kind >= nodesArray.length || seq < 0 || seq >= nodesArray(kind).length) return null
     val node = nodesArray(kind)(seq)
     if (node._isDeleted) null
     else node
diff --git a/domain-classes-generator/src/main/scala/flatgraph/codegen/DomainClassesGenerator.scala b/domain-classes-generator/src/main/scala/flatgraph/codegen/DomainClassesGenerator.scala
index 2719413b..2a56738f 100644
--- a/domain-classes-generator/src/main/scala/flatgraph/codegen/DomainClassesGenerator.scala
+++ b/domain-classes-generator/src/main/scala/flatgraph/codegen/DomainClassesGenerator.scala
@@ -1016,6 +1016,10 @@ class DomainClassesGenerator(schema: Schema) {
          |
          |  @flatgraph.help.Doc(info = "all nodes")
          |  def all: Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] = wrapped$domainShortName.graph.allNodes.asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.StoredNode]]
+         |  
+         |  def id(nodeId: Long):Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] = Option(wrapped$domainShortName.graph.node(nodeId)).iterator.asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.StoredNode]]
+         |
+         |  def ids(nodeIds: Long*):Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] = nodeIds.iterator.flatMap(id)
          |
          |${starters.mkString("\n\n")}
          |}
diff --git a/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/generic/GenericDomain.scala b/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/generic/GenericDomain.scala
index 82863378..8f9dbcf5 100644
--- a/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/generic/GenericDomain.scala
+++ b/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/generic/GenericDomain.scala
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ class GenericDomainNodeStarters(val wrappedGenericDomain: GenericDomain) {
   @flatgraph.help.Doc(info = "all nodes")
   def all: Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] = wrappedGenericDomain.graph.allNodes.asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.StoredNode]]
 
+  def id(nodeId: Long): Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] =
+    Option(wrappedGenericDomain.graph.node(nodeId)).iterator.asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.StoredNode]]
+
+  def ids(nodeIds: Long*): Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] = nodeIds.iterator.flatMap(id)
+
   /** */
   @flatgraph.help.Doc(info = """""")
   def nodeA: Iterator[nodes.NodeA] = wrappedGenericDomain.graph._nodes(0).asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.NodeA]]
diff --git a/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/gratefuldead/GratefulDead.scala b/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/gratefuldead/GratefulDead.scala
index e843d874..8a7215b6 100644
--- a/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/gratefuldead/GratefulDead.scala
+++ b/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/gratefuldead/GratefulDead.scala
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ class GratefulDeadNodeStarters(val wrappedGratefulDead: GratefulDead) {
   @flatgraph.help.Doc(info = "all nodes")
   def all: Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] = wrappedGratefulDead.graph.allNodes.asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.StoredNode]]
 
+  def id(nodeId: Long): Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] =
+    Option(wrappedGratefulDead.graph.node(nodeId)).iterator.asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.StoredNode]]
+
+  def ids(nodeIds: Long*): Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] = nodeIds.iterator.flatMap(id)
+
   /** */
   @flatgraph.help.Doc(info = """""")
   def artist: Iterator[nodes.Artist] = wrappedGratefulDead.graph._nodes(0).asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.Artist]]
diff --git a/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/hierarchical/Hierarchical.scala b/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/hierarchical/Hierarchical.scala
index 1e2f19ef..1632eaa5 100644
--- a/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/hierarchical/Hierarchical.scala
+++ b/test-schemas-domain-classes/src/main/scala/testdomains/hierarchical/Hierarchical.scala
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ class HierarchicalNodeStarters(val wrappedHierarchical: Hierarchical) {
   @flatgraph.help.Doc(info = "all nodes")
   def all: Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] = wrappedHierarchical.graph.allNodes.asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.StoredNode]]
 
+  def id(nodeId: Long): Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] =
+    Option(wrappedHierarchical.graph.node(nodeId)).iterator.asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.StoredNode]]
+
+  def ids(nodeIds: Long*): Iterator[nodes.StoredNode] = nodeIds.iterator.flatMap(id)
+
   /** */
   @flatgraph.help.Doc(info = """""")
   def nodeX: Iterator[nodes.NodeX] = wrappedHierarchical.graph._nodes(0).asInstanceOf[Iterator[nodes.NodeX]]
diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/flatgraph/traversal/GratefulDeadTests.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/flatgraph/traversal/GratefulDeadTests.scala
index f9465e1e..a9143631 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/scala/flatgraph/traversal/GratefulDeadTests.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/flatgraph/traversal/GratefulDeadTests.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class GratefulDeadTests extends AnyWordSpec {
     gratefulDead.artist.name.sorted shouldBe List("Bo_Diddley", "Garcia")
     gratefulDead.artist.name("Garcia").sang.name.l shouldBe List("HEY BO DIDDLEY")
     gratefulDead.song.writtenBy.name.l shouldBe List("Bo_Diddley")
+    gratefulDead.ids(0L, 1L << 32).l shouldBe List(boDiddley.storedRef.get, heyBoDiddley.storedRef.get)
+    gratefulDead.id(2L).l shouldBe List.empty
   }
 
   lazy val gratefulDead = {