From 95a63d9f2d8d6f092887122251584d784dfddeec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Serrarens <pascal@passer.life>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:10:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix cluster instance count always 1

---
 Runtime/Scripts/Core/Cluster.cs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Runtime/Scripts/Core/Cluster.cs b/Runtime/Scripts/Core/Cluster.cs
index 35590fa..f6e20be 100644
--- a/Runtime/Scripts/Core/Cluster.cs
+++ b/Runtime/Scripts/Core/Cluster.cs
@@ -184,16 +184,17 @@ namespace NanoBrain {
                     if (synapseData.clusterName != this.name) {
                         // Add reference to external cluster
                         // Do we know the external cluster already?
+                        ExternalClusterData externalClusterData = clusterData.GetCluster(synapseData.clusterName);
                         Cluster extCluster = this.GetCluster(synapseData.clusterName);
                         if (extCluster == null) {
                             // if not: create new external cluster
                             Debug.Log("New ext cluster");
-                            ExternalClusterData externalClusterData = clusterData.GetCluster(synapseData.clusterName);
                             ClusterPrefab extPrefab = Resources.Load(externalClusterData.prefabName) as ClusterPrefab;
                             extCluster = new(extPrefab, this, instanceCount) {
                                 name = externalClusterData.name
                             };
                         }
+                        extCluster.instanceCount = externalClusterData.instanceCount;
                         // Do we have the synapse already?
                         Neuron extNeuron = extCluster.GetNeuron(synapseData.neuronName);
                         Synapse synapse = receiver.GetSynapse(extNeuron); //extCluster, synapseData.neuronName);