diff --git a/examples/docs/01_Intro.ipynb b/examples/docs/01_Intro.ipynb
index 669a996a..dd5ec85c 100644
--- a/examples/docs/01_Intro.ipynb
+++ b/examples/docs/01_Intro.ipynb
@@ -81,20 +81,20 @@
       "\n",
       "You can now commit the changes to git.\n",
       "\n",
-      "\u001B[31m+---------------------------------------------------------------------+\n",
-      "\u001B[0m\u001B[31m|\u001B[0m                                                                     \u001B[31m|\u001B[0m\n",
-      "\u001B[31m|\u001B[0m        DVC has enabled anonymous aggregate usage analytics.         \u001B[31m|\u001B[0m\n",
-      "\u001B[31m|\u001B[0m     Read the analytics documentation (and how to opt-out) here:     \u001B[31m|\u001B[0m\n",
-      "\u001B[31m|\u001B[0m             <\u001B[36mhttps://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/analytics\u001B[39m>              \u001B[31m|\u001B[0m\n",
-      "\u001B[31m|\u001B[0m                                                                     \u001B[31m|\u001B[0m\n",
-      "\u001B[31m+---------------------------------------------------------------------+\n",
-      "\u001B[0m\n",
-      "\u001B[33mWhat's next?\u001B[39m\n",
-      "\u001B[33m------------\u001B[39m\n",
-      "- Check out the documentation: <\u001B[36mhttps://dvc.org/doc\u001B[39m>\n",
-      "- Get help and share ideas: <\u001B[36mhttps://dvc.org/chat\u001B[39m>\n",
-      "- Star us on GitHub: <\u001B[36mhttps://github.com/iterative/dvc\u001B[39m>\n",
-      "\u001B[0m"
+      "\u001b[31m+---------------------------------------------------------------------+\n",
+      "\u001b[0m\u001b[31m|\u001b[0m                                                                     \u001b[31m|\u001b[0m\n",
+      "\u001b[31m|\u001b[0m        DVC has enabled anonymous aggregate usage analytics.         \u001b[31m|\u001b[0m\n",
+      "\u001b[31m|\u001b[0m     Read the analytics documentation (and how to opt-out) here:     \u001b[31m|\u001b[0m\n",
+      "\u001b[31m|\u001b[0m             <\u001b[36mhttps://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/analytics\u001b[39m>              \u001b[31m|\u001b[0m\n",
+      "\u001b[31m|\u001b[0m                                                                     \u001b[31m|\u001b[0m\n",
+      "\u001b[31m+---------------------------------------------------------------------+\n",
+      "\u001b[0m\n",
+      "\u001b[33mWhat's next?\u001b[39m\n",
+      "\u001b[33m------------\u001b[39m\n",
+      "- Check out the documentation: <\u001b[36mhttps://dvc.org/doc\u001b[39m>\n",
+      "- Get help and share ideas: <\u001b[36mhttps://dvc.org/chat\u001b[39m>\n",
+      "- Star us on GitHub: <\u001b[36mhttps://github.com/iterative/dvc\u001b[39m>\n",
+      "\u001b[0m"
      ]
     }
    ],
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import logging\n",
+    "\n",
     "config.log_level = logging.INFO"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/examples/docs/03_dependencies.ipynb b/examples/docs/03_dependencies.ipynb
index 0806557d..1d7c0923 100644
--- a/examples/docs/03_dependencies.ipynb
+++ b/examples/docs/03_dependencies.ipynb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/tmp1cphhnad/.git/\r\n",
+      "Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/tmp6z7c4790/.git/\r\n",
       "Initialized DVC repository.\r\n",
       "\r\n",
       "You can now commit the changes to git.\r\n",
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "2022-02-22 13:37:09,358 (WARNING): Jupyter support is an experimental feature! Please save your notebook before running this command!\n",
+      "2022-03-16 13:42:38,692 (WARNING): Jupyter support is an experimental feature! Please save your notebook before running this command!\n",
       "Submit issues to https://github.com/zincware/ZnTrack.\n",
-      "2022-02-22 13:37:12,883 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n RandomNumber ...'\n",
-      "2022-02-22 13:37:18,895 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n ComputePower ...'\n"
+      "2022-03-16 13:42:42,495 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n RandomNumber ...'\n",
+      "2022-03-16 13:42:49,268 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n ComputePower ...'\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "11.0 ^ 2.0 = 121.0\n"
+      "7.0 ^ 2.0 = 49.0\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "2022-02-22 13:37:28,604 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n WriteToFile ...'\n",
-      "2022-02-22 13:37:34,666 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n PowerFromFile ...'\n",
-      "2022-02-22 13:37:40,425 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n ComparePowers ...'\n"
+      "2022-03-16 13:43:00,548 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n WriteToFile ...'\n",
+      "2022-03-16 13:43:07,632 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n PowerFromFile ...'\n",
+      "2022-03-16 13:43:14,835 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n ComparePowers ...'\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
@@ -422,9 +422,134 @@
     "display(Pretty(\"dvc.yaml\"))"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "source": [
+    "## Node attributes as dependencies\n",
+    "\n",
+    "It is also possible to specify a Node attribute as a dependency. In this case you will be able to access the value of the attribute directly instead of using the Node class.\n",
+    "This can be used for all `dvc.<option>` and `zn.<option>` as well as e.g. class properties.\n",
+    "Note that the dvc dependencies will still be written for the full Node and won't be limited to the Node attribute.\n",
+    "To be able to define a dependency of an attribute the `zntrack.getdeps` function is required."
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%% md\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 15,
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from zntrack import getdeps"
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%%\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 16,
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "class ComputePowerFromNumber(Node):\n",
+    "    number: float = zn.deps()  # this will be float instead of RandomNumber\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    power: int = zn.params()\n",
+    "    result: float = zn.outs()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    def run(self):\n",
+    "        self.result = self.number**self.power"
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%%\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 17,
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "2022-03-16 13:43:31,053 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n ComputePowerFromNumber ...'\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "ComputePowerFromNumber(number=getdeps(RandomNumber, \"number\"), power=2.0).write_graph(\n",
+    "    run=True\n",
+    ")"
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%%\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "source": [
+    "`getdeps(RandomNumber, \"number\")` can also be replaced by `getdeps(RandomNumber[\"nodename\"], \"number\")` or `getdeps(RandomNumber.load(name=\"nodename\"), \"number\")`.\n",
+    "The first argument represents the Node and the second argument is the attribute, similar to `getattr()`."
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%% md\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 18,
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "compute_power = ComputePowerFromNumber.load()"
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%%\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 19,
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "7.0 ^ 2.0 = 49.0\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "print(f\"{compute_power.number} ^ {compute_power.power} = {compute_power.result}\")"
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%%\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 20,
    "id": "b26fb0f0-5f3e-40d0-b1fd-8d5844f051e8",
    "metadata": {
     "nbsphinx": "hidden",
diff --git a/examples/docs/06_named_nodes.ipynb b/examples/docs/06_named_nodes.ipynb
index a1db3b37..11e7d0c0 100644
--- a/examples/docs/06_named_nodes.ipynb
+++ b/examples/docs/06_named_nodes.ipynb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/tmpptggw90x/.git/\r\n",
+      "Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/tmpcn8yts4z/.git/\r\n",
       "Initialized DVC repository.\r\n",
       "\r\n",
       "You can now commit the changes to git.\r\n",
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "2022-02-22 13:52:00,589 (WARNING): Jupyter support is an experimental feature! Please save your notebook before running this command!\n",
+      "2022-03-16 13:28:59,293 (WARNING): Jupyter support is an experimental feature! Please save your notebook before running this command!\n",
       "Submit issues to https://github.com/zincware/ZnTrack.\n",
-      "2022-02-22 13:52:04,249 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n HelloWorld ...'\n",
-      "2022-02-22 13:52:11,594 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n Test01 ...'\n",
-      "2022-02-22 13:52:18,383 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n Test02 ...'\n"
+      "2022-03-16 13:29:03,070 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n HelloWorld ...'\n",
+      "2022-03-16 13:29:10,857 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n Test01 ...'\n",
+      "2022-03-16 13:29:18,410 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n Test02 ...'\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "2022-02-22 13:52:27,386 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n FindMaximum ...'\n"
+      "2022-03-16 13:29:28,486 (WARNING): Running DVC command: 'dvc run -n FindMaximum ...'\n"
      ]
     }
    ],
@@ -285,9 +285,83 @@
     }
    }
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "source": [
+    "In addition to the introduced classmethod `Node.load(name=\"nodename\")` it is also possible to use `Node[\"nodename\"]`. Note that this only works for `Node[\"nodename\"]` and not for `Node()[\"nodename\"]`. Using this we can also write the following:"
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%% md\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 13,
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "17\n",
+      "Test01\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "print(HelloWorld[\"Test01\"].outputs)\n",
+    "print(HelloWorld[\"Test01\"].node_name)"
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%%\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "source": [
+    "this is equivalent to the classmethod `load()`. It is also possible to pass a dictionary as kwargs which will be passed to `load(**kwargs)`."
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%% md\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 14,
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "42\n",
+      "Test02\n",
+      "42\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "print(HelloWorld.load(\"Test02\").outputs)\n",
+    "print(HelloWorld.load(\"Test02\").node_name)\n",
+    "print(HelloWorld[{\"name\": \"Test02\"}].outputs)"
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false,
+    "pycharm": {
+     "name": "#%%\n"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 15,
    "id": "7b59179c-0b15-45a6-97b1-b2d6cc1ebce3",
    "metadata": {
     "nbsphinx": "hidden",
diff --git a/examples/docs/09_lazy.ipynb b/examples/docs/09_lazy.ipynb
index c702c315..a0b380a8 100644
--- a/examples/docs/09_lazy.ipynb
+++ b/examples/docs/09_lazy.ipynb
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "class PrintOption(zn.outs):\n",
-    "    dvc_option = \"outs\" \n",
+    "    dvc_option = \"outs\"\n",
     "    # zntrack will try dvc --PrintOption outs.json\n",
     "    # we must tell it to use dvc --outs outs.json instead\n",
     "    def get_data_from_files(self, instance):\n",
@@ -737,7 +737,10 @@
    ],
    "source": [
     "# with lazy we get the same number for every run which is not what we expect.\n",
-    "print(f\"{random_number_lazy_1.number} == {random_number_lazy_2.number} == {random_number_lazy_3.number}\")"
+    "print(\n",
+    "    f\"{random_number_lazy_1.number} == {random_number_lazy_2.number} ==\"\n",
+    "    f\" {random_number_lazy_3.number}\"\n",
+    ")"
    ]
   },
   {