diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/edge.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/edge.js
index f443a1953..84836dd4b 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/edge.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/edge.js
@@ -14,19 +14,35 @@ class Edge extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { id, path, highlighted, blurred, focused, scale, contrastMode } = this.props;
+    const {
+      id,
+      path,
+      highlighted,
+      blurred,
+      focused,
+      scale,
+      source,
+      target
+    } = this.props;
     const className = classNames('edge', { highlighted, blurred, focused });
-    const thickness = scale * (contrastMode ? 0.02 : 0.01) * NODE_BASE_SIZE;
-
+    const thickness = (scale * 0.01) * NODE_BASE_SIZE;
+    const strokeWidth = focused ? thickness * 3 : thickness;
+    const shouldRenderMarker = (focused || highlighted) && (source !== target);
     // Draws the edge so that its thickness reflects the zoom scale.
     // Edge shadow is always made 10x thicker than the edge itself.
     return (
       <g
         id={id} className={className}
         onMouseEnter={this.handleMouseEnter}
-        onMouseLeave={this.handleMouseLeave}>
-        <path className="shadow" d={path} style={{ strokeWidth: 10 * thickness }} />
-        <path className="link" d={path} style={{ strokeWidth: thickness }} />
+        onMouseLeave={this.handleMouseLeave}
+      >
+        <path className="shadow" d={path} style={{ strokeWidth: 10 * strokeWidth }} />
+        <path
+          className="link"
+          d={path}
+          markerEnd={shouldRenderMarker ? 'url(#end-arrow)' : null}
+          style={{ strokeWidth }}
+        />
       </g>
     );
   }
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
index 14e80aa37..1307a3962 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
@@ -84,12 +84,29 @@ class NodesChart extends React.Component {
     const { panTranslateX, panTranslateY, zoomScale } = this.state;
     const transform = `translate(${panTranslateX}, ${panTranslateY}) scale(${zoomScale})`;
     const svgClassNames = this.props.isEmpty ? 'hide' : '';
+    const markerOffset = this.props.selectedNodeId ? '35' : '40';
+    const markerSize = this.props.selectedNodeId ? '10' : '30';
 
     return (
       <div className="nodes-chart">
         <svg
           width="100%" height="100%" id="nodes-chart-canvas"
-          className={svgClassNames} onClick={this.handleMouseClick}>
+          className={svgClassNames} onClick={this.handleMouseClick}
+        >
+          <defs>
+            <marker
+              className="edge-marker"
+              id="end-arrow"
+              viewBox="1 0 10 10"
+              refX={markerOffset}
+              refY="3.5"
+              markerWidth={markerSize}
+              markerHeight={markerSize}
+              orient="auto"
+            >
+              <polygon className="link" points="0 0, 10 3.5, 0 7" />
+            </marker>
+          </defs>
           <g transform="translate(24,24) scale(0.25)">
             <Logo />
           </g>
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/selectors/nodes-chart-graph.js b/client/app/scripts/selectors/nodes-chart-graph.js
index 39dbdb9c7..a8728d4b5 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/selectors/nodes-chart-graph.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/selectors/nodes-chart-graph.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { createSelector, createStructuredSelector } from 'reselect';
 import { Map as makeMap } from 'immutable';
 import timely from 'timely';
 
-import { initEdgesFromNodes, collapseMultiEdges } from '../utils/layouter-utils';
+import { initEdgesFromNodes } from '../utils/layouter-utils';
 import { viewportWidthSelector, viewportHeightSelector } from './canvas-viewport';
 import { activeTopologyOptionsSelector } from './topology';
 import { shownNodesSelector } from './node-filters';
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ export const graphEdgesSelector = createSelector(
   [
     graphLayoutSelector,
   ],
-  graph => collapseMultiEdges(graph.edges)
+  graph => graph.edges
 );
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/__tests__/layouter-utils-test.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/__tests__/layouter-utils-test.js
index 467bfa57f..f5d36ee23 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/__tests__/layouter-utils-test.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/__tests__/layouter-utils-test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { fromJS } from 'immutable';
 
 import {
   initEdgesFromNodes,
-  collapseMultiEdges,
 } from '../layouter-utils';
 
 
@@ -22,20 +21,4 @@ describe('LayouterUtils', () => {
       });
     });
   });
-
-  describe('collapseMultiEdges', () => {
-    it('should return collapsed multi-edges', () => {
-      const input = fromJS({
-        'a-b': { id: 'a-b', source: 'a', target: 'b' },
-        'a-c': { id: 'a-c', source: 'a', target: 'c' },
-        'b-a': { id: 'b-a', source: 'b', target: 'a' },
-        'b-b': { id: 'b-b', source: 'b', target: 'b' },
-      });
-      expect(collapseMultiEdges(input).toJS()).toEqual({
-        'a-b': { id: 'a-b', source: 'a', target: 'b', bidirectional: true },
-        'a-c': { id: 'a-c', source: 'a', target: 'c' },
-        'b-b': { id: 'b-b', source: 'b', target: 'b' },
-      });
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/layouter-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/layouter-utils.js
index c364b4280..4c853571c 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/layouter-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/layouter-utils.js
@@ -30,26 +30,3 @@ export function initEdgesFromNodes(nodes) {
 
   return edges;
 }
-
-// Replaces all pairs of edges (A->B, B->A) with a single A->B edge that is marked as
-// bidirectional. We do this to prevent double rendering of edges between the same nodes.
-export function collapseMultiEdges(directedEdges) {
-  let collapsedEdges = makeMap();
-
-  directedEdges.forEach((edge, edgeId) => {
-    const source = edge.get('source');
-    const target = edge.get('target');
-    const reversedEdgeId = constructEdgeId(target, source);
-
-    if (collapsedEdges.has(reversedEdgeId)) {
-      // If the edge between the same nodes with the opposite direction already exists,
-      // mark it as bidirectional and don't add any other edges (making graph simple).
-      collapsedEdges = collapsedEdges.setIn([reversedEdgeId, 'bidirectional'], true);
-    } else {
-      // Otherwise just copy the edge.
-      collapsedEdges = collapsedEdges.set(edgeId, edge);
-    }
-  });
-
-  return collapsedEdges;
-}
diff --git a/client/app/styles/_base.scss b/client/app/styles/_base.scss
index 22b295662..c2d22f2f3 100644
--- a/client/app/styles/_base.scss
+++ b/client/app/styles/_base.scss
@@ -411,8 +411,7 @@
 
     .link {
       fill: none;
-      stroke: $text-secondary-color;
-      stroke-opacity: $edge-opacity;
+      stroke: $edge-color;
     }
     .shadow {
       fill: none;
@@ -494,6 +493,10 @@
     stroke-width: $node-border-stroke-width * 0.8;
   }
 
+  .edge-marker {
+    color: $edge-color;
+    fill: $edge-color;
+  }
 }
 
 .matched-results {
diff --git a/client/app/styles/_contrast-overrides.scss b/client/app/styles/_contrast-overrides.scss
index 9685d363b..3cc85ed1b 100644
--- a/client/app/styles/_contrast-overrides.scss
+++ b/client/app/styles/_contrast-overrides.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ $text-tertiary-color: lighten($text-color, 20%);
 $border-light-color: lighten($text-color, 50%);
 $text-darker-color: darken($text-color, 20%);
 $white: white;
+$edge-color: black;
 
 $node-highlight-fill-opacity: 0.3;
 $node-highlight-stroke-opacity: 0.5;
diff --git a/client/app/styles/_variables.scss b/client/app/styles/_variables.scss
index 9c3c5fdff..49bb144dc 100644
--- a/client/app/styles/_variables.scss
+++ b/client/app/styles/_variables.scss
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ $node-text-scale: 2;
 $edge-highlight-opacity: 0.1;
 $edge-opacity-blurred: 0.2;
 $edge-opacity: 0.5;
+$edge-color: rgb(110, 110, 156);
 
 $btn-opacity-default: 0.7;
 $btn-opacity-hover: 1;