diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 00e2cf4d6..619d3808a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         "mqtt": "~0.3.3",
         "ws": "~0.4.31",
         "fs-extra": "~0.8.1",
+        "clone": "~0.1.11",
         "mustache": "~0.7.2",
         "cron":"1.x",
         "ntwitter":"0.5.0",
diff --git a/red/nodes.js b/red/nodes.js
index 42463bc2e..f4e3df7d4 100644
--- a/red/nodes.js
+++ b/red/nodes.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var util = require("util");
 var EventEmitter = require("events").EventEmitter;
 var fs = require("fs");
 var path = require("path");
+var clone = require("clone");
 var events = require("./events");
 var storage = null;
 
@@ -149,23 +150,30 @@ Node.prototype.send = function(msg) {
     for (var i in this.wires) {
         var wires = this.wires[i];
         if (i < msg.length) {
-            for (var j in wires) {
-                if (msg[i] != null) {
-                    var msgs = msg[i];
-                    if (!util.isArray(msg[i])) {
-                        msgs = [msg[i]];
-                    }
-                    for (var k in msgs) {
-                        var mm = msgs[k];
-                        var m = {};
-                        for (var p in mm) {
-                            if (mm.hasOwnProperty(p)) {
-                                m[p] = mm[p];
-                            }
+            if (msg[i] != null) {
+                var msgs = msg[i];
+                if (!util.isArray(msg[i])) {
+                    msgs = [msg[i]];
+                }
+                if (wires.length == 1) {
+                    // Single recipient, don't need to clone the message
+                    var node = registry.get(wires[0]);
+                    if (node) {
+                        for (var k in msgs) {
+                            var mm = msgs[k];
+                            node.receive(mm);
                         }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // Multiple recipients, must send message copies
+                    for (var j in wires) {
                         var node = registry.get(wires[j]);
                         if (node) {
-                            node.receive(m);
+                            for (var k in msgs) {
+                                var mm = msgs[k];
+                                var m = clone(mm);
+                                node.receive(m);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }