diff --git a/Foreman/Models/Nodes/PassthroughNode.cs b/Foreman/Models/Nodes/PassthroughNode.cs
index 23c9532..0d7c097 100644
--- a/Foreman/Models/Nodes/PassthroughNode.cs
+++ b/Foreman/Models/Nodes/PassthroughNode.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public enum Errors {
         public bool SimpleDraw { get; set; }
         public PassthroughNode(ProductionGraph graph, int nodeID, ItemQualityPair item) : base(graph, nodeID) {
             PassthroughItem = item;
-            SimpleDraw = true;
+            SimpleDraw = graph.DefaultToSimplePassthroughNodes;
             controller = new PassthroughNodeController(this);
         }
 
diff --git a/ForemanTest/ItemQualityNodeDiagnosticsTests.cs b/ForemanTest/ItemQualityNodeDiagnosticsTests.cs
index 5e62253..139e491 100644
--- a/ForemanTest/ItemQualityNodeDiagnosticsTests.cs
+++ b/ForemanTest/ItemQualityNodeDiagnosticsTests.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using ForemanTest.support;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using System;
+using System.Drawing;
 using System.Linq;
 
 namespace ForemanTest {
@@ -77,6 +78,20 @@ public void Passthrough_ToString_DescribesPassthroughNode() {
             Assert.IsFalse(node.ToString().StartsWith("Supply node", StringComparison.Ordinal));
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void Passthrough_NewNode_UsesGraphDefaultSimpleDraw() {
+            var ctx = GraphSessionTestHelper.CreateContext();
+            var graph = ctx.NewGraph();
+
+            graph.DefaultToSimplePassthroughNodes = false;
+            PassthroughNode plain = graph.CreatePassthroughNode(ctx.Item("belt"), Point.Empty);
+            Assert.IsFalse(plain.SimpleDraw);
+
+            graph.DefaultToSimplePassthroughNodes = true;
+            PassthroughNode simplified = graph.CreatePassthroughNode(ctx.Item("iron"), Point.Empty);
+            Assert.IsTrue(simplified.SimpleDraw);
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public void Spoil_ToString_IncludesInputOutputAndQualities() {
             var ctx = GraphSessionTestHelper.CreateContext();