diff --git a/include/ion/graph.h b/include/ion/graph.h
index f9bb75d7..35efda6c 100644
--- a/include/ion/graph.h
+++ b/include/ion/graph.h
@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@ class Builder;
 class Graph {
 public:
 
-
     struct Impl;
 
     Graph();
 
-
-
     Graph(Builder & builder , const std::string& name = "");
 
     Graph& operator+=(const Graph& rhs);
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@ class Graph {
 
 private:
     std::shared_ptr<Impl> impl_;
-
 };
 
 } // namespace ion
diff --git a/src/graph.cc b/src/graph.cc
index 9cc790c8..9218db81 100644
--- a/src/graph.cc
+++ b/src/graph.cc
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ Graph operator+(const Graph& lhs, const Graph& rhs)
 
 Node Graph::add(const std::string& name)
 {
-    auto ptr =impl_->builder;
-    auto n = ptr.add(name,impl_->id);
-
+    auto n = impl_->builder.add(name,impl_->id);
     impl_->nodes.push_back(n);
     return n;
 }
@@ -93,5 +91,4 @@ std::vector<Node>& Graph::nodes() {
 }
 
 
-
 } // namespace ion