diff --git a/node-graph/graph-craft/Cargo.toml b/node-graph/graph-craft/Cargo.toml
index d82f73e387..db2fdd5756 100644
--- a/node-graph/graph-craft/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node-graph/graph-craft/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["dealloc_nodes", "wgpu"]
+default = ["dealloc_nodes", "wgpu", "loading"]
 dealloc_nodes = ["core-types/dealloc_nodes"]
 wgpu = ["wgpu-executor"]
 tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
diff --git a/node-graph/graphene-cli/Cargo.toml b/node-graph/graphene-cli/Cargo.toml
index b5dcfd71fd..05e3b78705 100644
--- a/node-graph/graphene-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node-graph/graphene-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 fern = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 wgpu = { workspace = true }
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 image = { workspace = true }
 wgpu-executor = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/node-graph/graphene-cli/src/export.rs b/node-graph/graphene-cli/src/export.rs
index 5c4b54cbc3..558d6b5206 100644
--- a/node-graph/graphene-cli/src/export.rs
+++ b/node-graph/graphene-cli/src/export.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ pub async fn export_document(
 				let gpu_raster = Raster::<GPU>::new_gpu(image_texture.texture.as_ref().clone());
 				let cpu_raster: Raster<CPU> = gpu_raster.convert(Footprint::BOUNDLESS, wgpu_executor).await;
 				let (data, width, height) = cpu_raster.to_flat_u8();
+				// Explicitly drop texture to make sure it lives long enough
+				std::mem::drop(image_texture);
 
 				// Encode and write raster image
 				write_raster_image(output_path, file_type, data, width, height, transparent)?;
@@ -200,8 +202,10 @@ pub async fn export_gif(
 		let (data, img_width, img_height) = match result {
 			TaggedValue::RenderOutput(output) => match output.data {
 				RenderOutputType::Texture(image_texture) => {
-					let gpu_raster = Raster::<GPU>::new_gpu(image_texture.texture);
+					let gpu_raster = Raster::<GPU>::new_gpu(image_texture.texture.as_ref().clone());
 					let cpu_raster: Raster<CPU> = gpu_raster.convert(Footprint::BOUNDLESS, wgpu_executor).await;
+					// Explicitly drop texture to make sure it lives long enough
+					std::mem::drop(image_texture);
 					cpu_raster.to_flat_u8()
 				}
 				RenderOutputType::Buffer { data, width, height } => (data, width, height),