diff --git a/graphify/__main__.py b/graphify/__main__.py
index 2bad90a..f7903c4 100644
--- a/graphify/__main__.py
+++ b/graphify/__main__.py
@@ -2970,13 +2970,18 @@ def main() -> None:
 
         p = _ap.ArgumentParser(prog="graphify save-result")
         p.add_argument("--question", required=True)
-        p.add_argument("--answer", required=True)
+        p.add_argument("--answer", default=None)
+        p.add_argument("--answer-file", dest="answer_file", default=None)
         p.add_argument("--type", dest="query_type", default="query")
         p.add_argument("--nodes", nargs="*", default=[])
         p.add_argument("--outcome", choices=("useful", "dead_end", "corrected"), default=None)
         p.add_argument("--correction", default=None)
         p.add_argument("--memory-dir", default=str(Path(_GRAPHIFY_OUT) / "memory"))
         opts = p.parse_args(sys.argv[2:])
+        if opts.answer_file:
+            opts.answer = Path(opts.answer_file).read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
+        elif not opts.answer:
+            p.error("--answer or --answer-file is required")
         from graphify.ingest import save_query_result as _sqr
 
         out = _sqr(
diff --git a/graphify/export.py b/graphify/export.py
index 052dbcc..2967603 100644
--- a/graphify/export.py
+++ b/graphify/export.py
@@ -1535,6 +1535,15 @@ def to_graphml(
     for _, _, attrs in H.edges(data=True):
         for k in [k for k in attrs if k.startswith("_")]:
             del attrs[k]
+    # nx.write_graphml raises ValueError on None attribute values; replace with "".
+    for node_id in H.nodes():
+        for key, val in list(H.nodes[node_id].items()):
+            if val is None:
+                H.nodes[node_id][key] = ""
+    for u, v in H.edges():
+        for key, val in list(H.edges[u, v].items()):
+            if val is None:
+                H.edges[u, v][key] = ""
     nx.write_graphml(H, output_path)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_export.py b/tests/test_export.py
index 6a1a439..fb5481f 100644
--- a/tests/test_export.py
+++ b/tests/test_export.py
@@ -82,6 +82,23 @@ def test_to_graphml_has_community_attribute():
         content = out.read_text()
         assert "community" in content
 
+def test_to_graphml_tolerates_none_attribute_values():
+    """nx.write_graphml raises ValueError on a None attribute value; to_graphml
+    must coerce None -> "" so a node/edge with a null field still exports (#1502)."""
+    G = make_graph()
+    communities = cluster(G)
+    # Inject a None-valued attribute on one node and one edge.
+    a_node = next(iter(G.nodes()))
+    G.nodes[a_node]["nullable_field"] = None
+    if G.number_of_edges():
+        u, v = next(iter(G.edges()))
+        G.edges[u, v]["nullable_field"] = None
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+        out = Path(tmp) / "graph.graphml"
+        to_graphml(G, communities, str(out))  # must not raise
+        content = out.read_text()
+        assert "<graphml" in content
+
 def test_to_html_creates_file():
     G = make_graph()
     communities = cluster(G)
diff --git a/tests/test_reflect.py b/tests/test_reflect.py
index c30f394..0516172 100644
--- a/tests/test_reflect.py
+++ b/tests/test_reflect.py
@@ -478,6 +478,27 @@ def test_cli_save_result_rejects_bad_outcome(tmp_path):
     assert "great" in (r.stderr + r.stdout)
 
 
+def test_cli_save_result_reads_answer_from_file(tmp_path):
+    """--answer-file lets callers pass a long/multiline answer via a file instead
+    of a fragile inline arg (Windows/PowerShell quoting), #1502."""
+    ans = tmp_path / "answer.txt"
+    ans.write_text("line one\nline two with a \"quote\"\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    r = _run(["save-result", "--question", "how does auth work?",
+              "--answer-file", str(ans), "--outcome", "useful"], tmp_path)
+    assert r.returncode == 0, r.stderr
+    docs = list((tmp_path / "graphify-out" / "memory").glob("*.md"))
+    assert docs, "save-result wrote no memory doc"
+    body = docs[0].read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "line one" in body and "line two" in body
+
+
+def test_cli_save_result_requires_answer_or_answer_file(tmp_path):
+    """Neither --answer nor --answer-file -> clean argparse error, not a crash."""
+    r = _run(["save-result", "--question", "q", "--outcome", "useful"], tmp_path)
+    assert r.returncode != 0
+    assert "--answer" in (r.stderr + r.stdout)
+
+
 def test_cli_reflect_cold_start_writes_empty_lessons(tmp_path):
     """First run with no graphify-out/memory/ still succeeds and writes a valid doc."""
     r = _run(["reflect"], tmp_path)