  We study the stability properties of nodal sets of Laplace eigenfunctions on
compact manifolds under specific small perturbations. We prove that nodal sets
are fairly stable if said perturbations are relatively small, more formally,
supported at a sub-wavelength scale. We do not need any assumption on the
topology of the nodal sets. As an indirect application, we are able to show
that a certain "Payne property" concerning the second nodal line remains stable
under controlled perturbations of the domain.
