diff --git a/src/cli/graph.py b/src/cli/graph.py
index 35d15558a..df0b2f560 100644
--- a/src/cli/graph.py
+++ b/src/cli/graph.py
@@ -12,23 +12,23 @@ def graph():
 
 
 @graph.command()
-@click.argument("params", nargs=-1, type=str)
+@click.argument("number", type=int)
 @click.option("--outfile", type=Path)
 @click.option("--version", type=str, default=DEFAULT_TAG)
 @click.option("--bitcoin_conf", type=Path)
 @click.option("--random", is_flag=True)
 def create(
-    params: list[str], outfile: Path, version: str, bitcoin_conf: Path, random: bool = False
+        number: int, outfile: Path, version: str, bitcoin_conf: Path, random: bool = False
 ):
     """
-    Create a graph file of type random AS graph with [params]
+    Create a cycle graph with [n] nodes, and additionally include 7 extra random outbounds per node.
     Returns XML file as string with or without --outfile option
     """
     print(
         rpc_call(
             "graph_generate",
             {
-                "params": params,
+                "n": number,
                 "outfile": str(outfile) if outfile else "",
                 "version": version,
                 "bitcoin_conf": str(bitcoin_conf),
diff --git a/src/warnet/server.py b/src/warnet/server.py
index 8a9dad805..e3e547e01 100644
--- a/src/warnet/server.py
+++ b/src/warnet/server.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from flask_jsonrpc.app import JSONRPC
 from flask_jsonrpc.exceptions import ServerError
 from warnet.utils import (
-    create_graph_with_probability,
+    create_cycle_graph,
     gen_config_dir,
 )
 from warnet.warnet import Warnet
@@ -412,26 +412,21 @@ def thread_start(wn, lock: threading.Lock):
 
     def graph_generate(
         self,
-        params: list[str],
+        n: int,
         outfile: str,
         version: str,
         bitcoin_conf: str | None = None,
         random: bool = False,
     ) -> str:
         try:
-            graph_func = nx.generators.erdos_renyi_graph
-            # Default connectivity probability of 0.2
-            if not any(param.startswith("p=") for param in params):
-                params.append("p=0.2")
-
-            graph = create_graph_with_probability(graph_func, params, version, bitcoin_conf, random)
+            graph = create_cycle_graph(n, version, bitcoin_conf, random)
 
             if outfile:
                 file_path = Path(outfile)
-                nx.write_graphml(graph, file_path)
+                nx.write_graphml(graph, file_path, named_key_ids=True)
                 return f"Generated graph written to file: {outfile}"
             bio = BytesIO()
-            nx.write_graphml(graph, bio)
+            nx.write_graphml(graph, bio, named_key_ids=True)
             xml_data = bio.getvalue()
             return xml_data.decode('utf-8')
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/src/warnet/utils.py b/src/warnet/utils.py
index 11810c8a6..2a1b42c21 100644
--- a/src/warnet/utils.py
+++ b/src/warnet/utils.py
@@ -421,54 +421,31 @@ def default_bitcoin_conf_args() -> str:
     return " ".join(conf_args)
 
 
-def create_graph_with_probability(
-    graph_func, params: list, version: str, bitcoin_conf: str | None, random_version: bool
+def create_cycle_graph(
+        n: int, version: str, bitcoin_conf: str | None, random_version: bool
 ):
-    kwargs = {}
-    for param in params:
-        try:
-            key, value = param.split("=")
-            kwargs[key] = value
-        except ValueError:
-            msg = f"Invalid parameter format: {param}"
-            logger.error(msg)
-            return msg
-
-    # Attempt to convert numerical values from string to their respective numerical types
-    msg = "Error convering numerical value strings to types "
-    for key in kwargs:
-        try:
-            kwargs[key] = int(kwargs[key])
-        except ValueError:
-            try:
-                kwargs[key] = float(kwargs[key])
-            except ValueError as e:
-                msg += str(e)
-                return msg
-        except Exception as e:
-            msg += str(e)
-            return msg
-
-    logger.debug(f"Parsed params: {kwargs}")
 
     try:
-        graph = graph_func(**kwargs)
+        # Use nx.DiGraph() as base otherwise edges not always made in specific directions
+        graph = nx.generators.cycle_graph(n, nx.DiGraph())
     except TypeError as e:
         msg = f"Failed to create graph: {e}"
         logger.error(msg)
         return msg
 
-    # Ensure each node has at least 8 edges
+    # Graph is a simply cycle graph with all nodes connected in a loop, including both ends.
+    # Ensure each node has at least 8 outbound connections by making 7 more outbound connections
     for node in graph.nodes():
-        while graph.degree(node) < 8:
+        logger.debug(f"Creating additional connections for node {node}")
+        for _ in range(8):
             # Choose a random node to connect to
             # Make sure it's not the same node and they aren't already connected
-            potential_nodes = [
-                n for n in range(kwargs["n"]) if n != node and not graph.has_edge(node, n)
-            ]
+            potential_nodes = [ node for node in range(n) if n != node and not graph.has_edge(node, n) ]
             if potential_nodes:
                 chosen_node = random.choice(potential_nodes)
                 graph.add_edge(node, chosen_node)
+                logger.debug(f"Added edge: {node}:{chosen_node}")
+        logger.debug(f"Node {node} edges: {graph.edges(node)}")
 
     # calculate degree
     degree_dict = dict(graph.degree(graph.nodes()))
@@ -491,13 +468,20 @@ def create_graph_with_probability(
                 conf_contents = dump_bitcoin_conf(conf_dict, for_graph=True)
 
     # populate our custom fields
-    for node in graph.nodes():
+    for i, node in enumerate(graph.nodes()):
         if random_version:
             graph.nodes[node]["version"] = random.choice(WEIGHTED_TAGS)
         else:
-            graph.nodes[node]["version"] = version
+            # One node demoing the image tag
+            if i == 1:
+                graph.nodes[node]["image"] = f"bitcoindevproject/bitcoin:{version}"
+            else:
+                graph.nodes[node]["version"] = version
         graph.nodes[node]["bitcoin_config"] = conf_contents
         graph.nodes[node]["tc_netem"] = ""
+        graph.nodes[node]["build_args"] = ""
+        graph.nodes[node]["exporter"] = ""
+        graph.nodes[node]["collect_logs"] = ""
 
     convert_unsupported_attributes(graph)
     return graph
diff --git a/test/graph_test.py b/test/graph_test.py
index 777e0842e..02ab58409 100755
--- a/test/graph_test.py
+++ b/test/graph_test.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
     tf = f"{dir}/{str(uuid.uuid4())}.graphml"
     if base.backend == "compose":
         print(f"Server writing test graph directly to {tf}")
-        print(base.warcli(f"graph create n=10 --outfile={tf} --version={DEFAULT_TAG}", network=False))
+        print(base.warcli(f"graph create 10 --outfile={tf} --version={DEFAULT_TAG}", network=False))
         base.wait_for_predicate(lambda: Path(tf).exists())
     else:
         print(f"Client retrieving test graph from RPC and writing to {tf}")
-        xml = base.warcli(f"graph create n=10 --version={DEFAULT_TAG}", network=False)
+        xml = base.warcli(f"graph create 10 --version={DEFAULT_TAG}", network=False)
         print(xml)
         with open(tf, "w") as file:
             file.write(xml)