diff --git a/src/pages/editor/page.tsx b/src/pages/editor/page.tsx
index 5da7919..be4d228 100644
--- a/src/pages/editor/page.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/editor/page.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ import { Subtitles } from "@/components/ui/Subtitles";
 import { useEditorHistory } from "@/hooks/editor/useEditorHistory";
 import type { CinematicDefinition } from "@/types/cinematics/cinematics";
 import { useEditorSceneData } from "@/hooks/editor/useEditorSceneData";
-import type { MapNode, SceneData, TransformMode } from "@/types/editor/editor";
+import type {
+  HierarchicalMapNode,
+  MapNode,
+  SceneData,
+  TransformMode,
+} from "@/types/editor/editor";
 import {
   INITIAL_SCENE_LOADING_STATE,
   type SceneLoadingChangeHandler,
@@ -24,7 +29,74 @@ interface EditorSceneLoadingTrackerProps {
 }
 
 function serializeMapNodes(sceneData: SceneData): string {
-  return JSON.stringify(sceneData.mapNodes, null, 2);
+  const mapPayload = sceneData.mapTree
+    ? mergeFlatNodeTransformsIntoTree(sceneData)
+    : sceneData.mapNodes.map(removeEditorMetadata);
+
+  return JSON.stringify(mapPayload, null, 2);
+}
+
+function createSourcePathKey(sourcePath: readonly number[]): string {
+  return sourcePath.join(".");
+}
+
+function removeEditorMetadata(node: MapNode): MapNode {
+  return {
+    name: node.name,
+    type: node.type,
+    position: node.position,
+    rotation: node.rotation,
+    scale: node.scale,
+  };
+}
+
+function mergeFlatNodeTransformsIntoTree(
+  sceneData: SceneData,
+): HierarchicalMapNode | HierarchicalMapNode[] {
+  const nodesBySourcePath = new Map<string, MapNode>();
+
+  for (const node of sceneData.mapNodes) {
+    if (!node.sourcePath) continue;
+    nodesBySourcePath.set(createSourcePathKey(node.sourcePath), node);
+  }
+
+  const cloneNode = (
+    node: HierarchicalMapNode,
+    path: number[],
+  ): HierarchicalMapNode => {
+    const updatedNode = nodesBySourcePath.get(createSourcePathKey(path));
+    const nextNode: HierarchicalMapNode = {
+      name: node.name,
+      type: node.type,
+      position: updatedNode?.position ?? node.position,
+      rotation: updatedNode?.rotation ?? node.rotation,
+      scale: updatedNode?.scale ?? node.scale,
+    };
+
+    if (node.role) {
+      nextNode.role = node.role;
+    }
+
+    if (node.children) {
+      nextNode.children = node.children.map((child, index) =>
+        cloneNode(child, [...path, index]),
+      );
+    }
+
+    return nextNode;
+  };
+
+  const mapTree = sceneData.mapTree;
+
+  if (!mapTree) {
+    return sceneData.mapNodes.map(removeEditorMetadata);
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(mapTree)) {
+    return mapTree.map((node, index) => cloneNode(node, [index]));
+  }
+
+  return cloneNode(mapTree, []);
 }
 
 function EditorSceneLoadingTracker({
diff --git a/src/types/editor/editor.ts b/src/types/editor/editor.ts
index ceda325..b000680 100644
--- a/src/types/editor/editor.ts
+++ b/src/types/editor/editor.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export interface MapNode {
   position: Vector3Tuple;
   rotation: Vector3Tuple;
   scale: Vector3Tuple;
+  sourcePath?: number[];
 }
 
 export interface HierarchicalMapNode extends MapNode {
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export interface HierarchicalMapNode extends MapNode {
 export interface SceneData {
   mapNodes: MapNode[];
   models: Map<string, string>;
+  mapTree?: HierarchicalMapNode | HierarchicalMapNode[];
 }
 
 export type TransformMode = "translate" | "rotate" | "scale";
diff --git a/src/utils/editor/loadEditorScene.ts b/src/utils/editor/loadEditorScene.ts
index 3da9c53..17ec5bf 100644
--- a/src/utils/editor/loadEditorScene.ts
+++ b/src/utils/editor/loadEditorScene.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { SceneData } from "@/types/editor/editor";
-import { parseMapNodes } from "@/utils/map/mapNodeValidation";
+import { parseMapData } from "@/utils/map/mapNodeValidation";
 
 const MAP_JSON_PATH = "/map.json";
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function createSceneDataFromFiles(
   }
 
   const mapPayload: unknown = JSON.parse(await mapFile.text());
-  const mapNodes = parseMapNodes(mapPayload);
+  const { mapNodes, mapTree } = parseMapData(mapPayload);
   const models = new Map<string, string>();
 
   for (const [path, file] of fileMap.entries()) {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function createSceneDataFromFiles(
     }
   }
 
-  return { mapNodes, models };
+  return { mapNodes, models, mapTree };
 }
 
 function getProjectRelativePath(file: File): string {
diff --git a/src/utils/map/loadMapSceneData.ts b/src/utils/map/loadMapSceneData.ts
index 2efef22..494de62 100644
--- a/src/utils/map/loadMapSceneData.ts
+++ b/src/utils/map/loadMapSceneData.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-import type { MapNode, SceneData } from "@/types/editor/editor";
-import { parseMapNodes } from "@/utils/map/mapNodeValidation";
+import type {
+  HierarchicalMapNode,
+  MapNode,
+  SceneData,
+} from "@/types/editor/editor";
+import { parseMapData } from "@/utils/map/mapNodeValidation";
 
 const MAP_JSON_PATH = "/map.json";
 const MODEL_FILE_NAMES = ["model.glb", "model.gltf"];
@@ -21,8 +25,12 @@ export async function loadMapSceneData(): Promise<SceneData | null> {
   }
 
   loadingPromise = loadMapSceneDataInternal();
-  cachedSceneData = await loadingPromise;
-  loadingPromise = null;
+
+  try {
+    cachedSceneData = await loadingPromise;
+  } finally {
+    loadingPromise = null;
+  }
 
   return cachedSceneData;
 }
@@ -45,9 +53,9 @@ async function loadMapSceneDataInternal(): Promise<SceneData | null> {
   }
 
   const mapPayload: unknown = await response.json();
-  const mapNodes = parseMapNodes(mapPayload);
+  const { mapNodes, mapTree } = parseMapData(mapPayload);
   const deduplicatedNodes = deduplicateMapNodes(mapNodes);
-  return createSceneData(deduplicatedNodes);
+  return createSceneData(deduplicatedNodes, mapTree);
 }
 
 function createPositionKey(node: MapNode): string {
@@ -84,9 +92,12 @@ function deduplicateMapNodes(nodes: MapNode[]): MapNode[] {
   return result;
 }
 
-async function createSceneData(mapNodes: MapNode[]): Promise<SceneData> {
+async function createSceneData(
+  mapNodes: MapNode[],
+  mapTree: HierarchicalMapNode | HierarchicalMapNode[],
+): Promise<SceneData> {
   const models = await loadMapModelUrls(mapNodes);
-  return { mapNodes, models };
+  return { mapNodes, models, mapTree };
 }
 
 async function loadMapModelUrls(
diff --git a/src/utils/map/mapNodeValidation.ts b/src/utils/map/mapNodeValidation.ts
index 7610bd8..55af091 100644
--- a/src/utils/map/mapNodeValidation.ts
+++ b/src/utils/map/mapNodeValidation.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import type { HierarchicalMapNode, MapNode } from "../../types/editor/editor";
 
+export interface ParsedMapNodes {
+  mapNodes: MapNode[];
+  mapTree: HierarchicalMapNode | HierarchicalMapNode[];
+}
+
 function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
   return typeof value === "object" && value !== null;
 }
@@ -46,15 +51,19 @@ function isHierarchicalMapNode(value: unknown): value is HierarchicalMapNode {
   );
 }
 
-function flattenMapNode(node: HierarchicalMapNode): MapNode[] {
+function flattenMapNode(node: HierarchicalMapNode, path: number[]): MapNode[] {
   const mapNode: MapNode = {
     name: node.name,
     type: node.type,
     position: node.position,
     rotation: node.rotation,
     scale: node.scale,
+    sourcePath: path,
   };
-  const childNodes = node.children?.flatMap(flattenMapNode) ?? [];
+  const childNodes =
+    node.children?.flatMap((child, index) =>
+      flattenMapNode(child, [...path, index]),
+    ) ?? [];
 
   if (node.role === "group") {
     return childNodes;
@@ -64,12 +73,22 @@ function flattenMapNode(node: HierarchicalMapNode): MapNode[] {
 }
 
 export function parseMapNodes(value: unknown): MapNode[] {
+  return parseMapData(value).mapNodes;
+}
+
+export function parseMapData(value: unknown): ParsedMapNodes {
   if (Array.isArray(value) && value.every(isHierarchicalMapNode)) {
-    return value.flatMap(flattenMapNode);
+    return {
+      mapNodes: value.flatMap((node, index) => flattenMapNode(node, [index])),
+      mapTree: value,
+    };
   }
 
   if (isHierarchicalMapNode(value)) {
-    return flattenMapNode(value);
+    return {
+      mapNodes: flattenMapNode(value, []),
+      mapTree: value,
+    };
   }
 
   throw new Error("Invalid map node data");