diff --git a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/HandleRuleLogic.ts b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/HandleRuleLogic.ts
index 427542a..e212ed2 100644
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/HandleRuleLogic.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/HandleRuleLogic.ts
@@ -107,4 +107,16 @@ export function useHandleRules(
     // finally we return a function that evaluates all rules using the created context
     return evaluateRules(targetRules, connection, context);
   };
+}
+
+export function validateConnectionWithRules(
+  connection: Connection,
+  context: ConnectionContext
+): RuleResult {
+  const rules = useFlowStore.getState().getTargetRules(
+    connection.target!,
+    connection.targetHandle!
+  );
+
+  return evaluateRules(rules,connection, context);
 }
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diff --git a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx
index defa934..2831748 100644
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   type XYPosition,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
+import {type ConnectionContext, validateConnectionWithRules} from "./HandleRuleLogic.ts";
 import type { FlowState } from './VisProgTypes';
 import {
   NodeDefaults,
@@ -129,7 +130,41 @@ const useFlowStore = create<FlowState>(UndoRedo((set, get) => ({
    * Handles reconnecting an edge between nodes.
    */
   onReconnect: (oldEdge, newConnection) => {
-    get().edgeReconnectSuccessful = true;
+
+    function createContext(
+      source: {id: string, handleId: string},
+      target: {id: string, handleId: string}
+    ) : ConnectionContext {
+      const edges = get().edges;
+      const targetConnections = edges.filter(edge => edge.target === target.id && edge.targetHandle === target.handleId).length
+      return {
+        connectionCount: targetConnections,
+        source: source,
+        target: target
+      }
+    }
+
+    // connection validation
+    const context: ConnectionContext = oldEdge.source === newConnection.source
+      ? createContext({id: newConnection.source, handleId: newConnection.sourceHandle!}, {id: newConnection.target, handleId: newConnection.targetHandle!})
+      : createContext({id: newConnection.target, handleId: newConnection.targetHandle!}, {id: newConnection.source, handleId: newConnection.sourceHandle!});
+
+    const result = validateConnectionWithRules(
+      newConnection,
+      context
+    );
+
+    if (!result.isSatisfied) {
+      set({
+        edges: get().edges.map(e =>
+          e.id === oldEdge.id ? oldEdge : e
+        ),
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // further reconnect logic
+    set({ edgeReconnectSuccessful: true });
     set({ edges: reconnectEdge(oldEdge, newConnection, get().edges) });
 
     // We make sure to perform any required data updates on the newly reconnected nodes
@@ -188,7 +223,7 @@ const useFlowStore = create<FlowState>(UndoRedo((set, get) => ({
     // Let's find our node to check if they have a special deletion function
     const ourNode = get().nodes.find((n)=>n.id==nodeId);
     const ourFunction = Object.entries(NodeDeletes).find(([t])=>t==ourNode?.type)?.[1]
-    
+
     // If there's no function, OR, our function tells us we can delete it, let's do so...
     if (ourFunction == undefined || ourFunction()) {
       set({