diff --git a/NeutrinoJSONTest.ipynb b/NeutrinoJSONTest.ipynb
index 922edc5..b119107 100644
--- a/NeutrinoJSONTest.ipynb
+++ b/NeutrinoJSONTest.ipynb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "cells": [
         {
             "cell_type": "code",
-            "execution_count": 89,
+            "execution_count": 28,
             "source": [
                 "import json\r\n",
                 "\r\n",
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@
                 "def spawn_object(data, name, asset):\r\n",
                 "    object_data = {\r\n",
                 "        \"name\": (\"name\", name),\r\n",
-                "        \"asset\": (\"asset\", asset),\r\n",
+                "        \"asset\": \"\",\r\n",
                 "        \"trans\": (\"trans\", [[0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]])\r\n",
                 "    }\r\n",
                 "\r\n",
                 "    # get an asset key by the provided name\r\n",
                 "    for key, value in data[\"graph\"][\"assets\"].items():\r\n",
-                "        if value[1][\"name\"] == asset:\r\n",
-                "            object_data[\"asset\"] = (\"asset\", f\"*{key}\")\r\n",
+                "        if value[1][\"name\"][1] == asset:\r\n",
+                "            object_data[\"asset\"] = f\"*{key}\"\r\n",
                 "\r\n",
                 "    # add the object to the scene\r\n",
                 "    data[\"graph\"][\"scene\"][add_key(data)] = (\"object\", object_data)"
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         },
         {
             "cell_type": "code",
-            "execution_count": 90,
+            "execution_count": 29,
             "source": [
                 "# cache the scene\r\n",
                 "def cache_scene(data):\r\n",
@@ -99,12 +99,8 @@
                 "        # hash all values\r\n",
                 "        for key, value in objects.items():\r\n",
                 "            for key, value in value[1].items():\r\n",
-                "                # ignore pointers\r\n",
-                "                if type(value) == str:\r\n",
-                "                    is_pointer = value[0] == \"*\"\r\n",
-                "                else:\r\n",
-                "                    is_pointer = False\r\n",
-                "                if not is_pointer:\r\n",
+                "                # ignore pointers (the only non-tuple object)\r\n",
+                "                if type(value) == tuple:\r\n",
                 "                    # convert into string and hash that\r\n",
                 "                    value_hash = hash(str(value))\r\n",
                 "\r\n",
@@ -131,12 +127,8 @@
                 "        # replace all instances of cached values in the graph with corresponding cache pointers\r\n",
                 "        for object_key, object_value in objects.items():\r\n",
                 "            for value_key, value_value in object_value[1].items():\r\n",
-                "                # ignore pointers\r\n",
-                "                if type(value_value) == str:\r\n",
-                "                    is_pointer = value_value[0] == \"*\"\r\n",
-                "                else:\r\n",
-                "                    is_pointer = False\r\n",
-                "                if not is_pointer:\r\n",
+                "                # ignore pointers (the only non-tuple object)\r\n",
+                "                if type(value_value) == tuple:\r\n",
                 "                    # convert into string and hash that\r\n",
                 "                    value_hash = hash(str(value_value))\r\n",
                 "\r\n",
@@ -149,7 +141,7 @@
         },
         {
             "cell_type": "code",
-            "execution_count": 91,
+            "execution_count": 30,
             "source": [
                 "# just returns a random string\r\n",
                 "import random\r\n",
diff --git a/NeutrinoTestScene.json b/NeutrinoTestScene.json
index 8c076e7..d884c1a 100644
--- a/NeutrinoTestScene.json
+++ b/NeutrinoTestScene.json
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
                 {
                     "name": [
                         "name",
-                        "8KF4IW7J"
+                        "MN7SY1DZ"
                     ],
-                    "asset": "#0x9",
-                    "trans": "#0xa"
+                    "asset": "*0x1",
+                    "trans": "#0x9"
                 }
             ],
             "0x5": [
@@ -31,13 +31,10 @@
                 {
                     "name": [
                         "name",
-                        "6IIDHIMN"
+                        "JIZTJG2T"
                     ],
-                    "asset": [
-                        "asset",
-                        "L3T5A6RD"
-                    ],
-                    "trans": "#0xa"
+                    "asset": "*0x3",
+                    "trans": "#0x9"
                 }
             ],
             "0x6": [
@@ -45,10 +42,10 @@
                 {
                     "name": [
                         "name",
-                        "S7FS45HQ"
+                        "78LMETC7"
                     ],
-                    "asset": "#0x9",
-                    "trans": "#0xa"
+                    "asset": "*0x2",
+                    "trans": "#0x9"
                 }
             ],
             "0x7": [
@@ -56,10 +53,10 @@
                 {
                     "name": [
                         "name",
-                        "LVAWTY6W"
+                        "4PEMWVMY"
                     ],
-                    "asset": "#0xb",
-                    "trans": "#0xa"
+                    "asset": "*0x3",
+                    "trans": "#0x9"
                 }
             ],
             "0x8": [
@@ -67,10 +64,10 @@
                 {
                     "name": [
                         "name",
-                        "OADE7KQG"
+                        "N553FJRY"
                     ],
-                    "asset": "#0xb",
-                    "trans": "#0xa"
+                    "asset": "*0x1",
+                    "trans": "#0x9"
                 }
             ]
         },
@@ -80,9 +77,9 @@
                 {
                     "name": [
                         "name",
-                        "QT5Z6AA9"
+                        "ONQSQMWX"
                     ],
-                    "file": "#0xc"
+                    "file": "#0xa"
                 }
             ],
             "0x2": [
@@ -90,9 +87,9 @@
                 {
                     "name": [
                         "name",
-                        "L3T5A6RD"
+                        "GTIRGEOQ"
                     ],
-                    "file": "#0xc"
+                    "file": "#0xa"
                 }
             ],
             "0x3": [
@@ -100,19 +97,15 @@
                 {
                     "name": [
                         "name",
-                        "7OAGNOGS"
+                        "DA6GXN8J"
                     ],
-                    "file": "#0xc"
+                    "file": "#0xa"
                 }
             ]
         }
     },
     "cache": {
         "#0x9": [
-            "asset",
-            "7OAGNOGS"
-        ],
-        "#0xa": [
             "trans",
             [
                 [
@@ -132,11 +125,7 @@
                 ]
             ]
         ],
-        "#0xb": [
-            "asset",
-            "QT5Z6AA9"
-        ],
-        "#0xc": [
+        "#0xa": [
             "path",
             "Assets/TestAsset.obj"
         ]