diff --git a/packages/client/src/createApp.js b/packages/client/src/createApp.js
index accad9f51e..bddbb8999d 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/createApp.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/createApp.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import { setState, setStateFromBinding } from "./state/setState";
 import { trimSlash } from "./common/trimSlash";
 import { isBound } from "./state/isState";
 import { _initialiseChildren } from "./render/initialiseChildren";
+import { createTreeNode } from "./render/renderComponent";
 
-export const createApp = (componentLibraries, appDefinition, user, uiFunctions) => {
+export const createApp = (document, componentLibraries, appDefinition, user, uiFunctions) => {
     
     const coreApi = createCoreApi(appDefinition, user);
     appDefinition.hierarchy = coreApi.templateApi.constructHierarchy(appDefinition.hierarchy);
@@ -50,74 +51,32 @@ export const createApp = (componentLibraries, appDefinition, user, uiFunctions)
         if(isFunction(event)) event(context);
     }
 
-    const initialiseChildrenParams = (parentContext, hydrate) =>  ({
-        bb, coreApi, store, 
+    const initialiseChildrenParams = (hydrate, treeNode) =>  ({
+        bb, coreApi, store, document,
         componentLibraries, appDefinition, 
-        parentContext, hydrate, uiFunctions
+        hydrate, uiFunctions, treeNode
     });
 
-    const bb = (context, props) => ({
-        hydrateChildren: _initialiseChildren(initialiseChildrenParams(context, true)), 
-        appendChildren: _initialiseChildren(initialiseChildrenParams(context, false)), 
-        insertChildren: (props, htmlElement, anchor, context) => 
-            _initialiseChildren(initialiseChildrenParams(context, false))
-                                (props, htmlElement, context, anchor), 
-        store,
-        relativeUrl,
-        api,
+    const bb = (treeNode, componentProps) => ({
+        hydrateChildren: _initialiseChildren(initialiseChildrenParams(true, treeNode)), 
+        appendChildren: _initialiseChildren(initialiseChildrenParams(false, treeNode)), 
+        insertChildren: (props, htmlElement, anchor) => 
+            _initialiseChildren(initialiseChildrenParams(false, treeNode))
+                                (props, htmlElement, anchor), 
+        context: treeNode.context,
+        props: componentProps,
         call:safeCallEvent,
-        isBound,
         setStateFromBinding: (binding, value) => setStateFromBinding(store, binding, value),
         setState: (path, value) => setState(store, path, value),
         getStateOrValue: (prop, currentContext) => 
             getStateOrValue(globalState, prop, currentContext),
-        context,
-        props        
+        store,
+        relativeUrl,
+        api,
+        isBound,
+        parent
     });
 
-    return bb();
+    return bb(createTreeNode());
 
 }
-
-const buildBindings = (boundProps, boundArrays, contextBoundProps) => {
-    const bindings = {};
-    if(boundProps && boundProps.length > 0) {
-        for(let p of boundProps) {
-            bindings[p.propName] = {
-                path: p.path,
-                fallback: p.fallback,
-                source: p.source
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if(contextBoundProps && contextBoundProps.length > 0) {
-        for(let p of contextBoundProps) {
-            bindings[p.propName] = {
-                path: p.path,
-                fallback: p.fallback,
-                source: p.source
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if(boundArrays && boundArrays.length > 0) {
-        for(let a of boundArrays) {
-            const arrayOfBindings = [];
-
-            for(let b of a.arrayOfBindings) {
-                arrayOfBindings.push(
-                    buildBindings(
-                        b.boundProps, 
-                        b.boundArrays, 
-                        b.contextBoundProps)
-                );
-            }
-
-            bindings[a.propName] = arrayOfBindings;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return bindings;
-}
-
diff --git a/packages/client/src/index.js b/packages/client/src/index.js
index aba4906680..7114cde443 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/index.js
@@ -35,16 +35,17 @@ export const loadBudibase = async ({
         props = appDefinition.props;
     }
 
-    const _app = createApp(
+    const app = createApp(
+        window.document,
         componentLibraries, 
         appDefinition,  
         user, 
         uiFunctions || {});
-    _app.hydrateChildren(
+    app.hydrateChildren(
         [props],
         window.document.body);
 
-    return _app;
+    return app;
 };
 
 if(window) {
diff --git a/packages/client/src/render/initialiseChildren.js b/packages/client/src/render/initialiseChildren.js
index 50a0052642..2fef49fa45 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/render/initialiseChildren.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/render/initialiseChildren.js
@@ -9,20 +9,26 @@ import { $ } from "../core/common";
 import { renderComponent } from "./renderComponent";
 
 export const _initialiseChildren = (initialiseOpts) => 
-                            (childrenProps, htmlElement, context, anchor=null) => {
+                            (childrenProps, htmlElement, anchor=null) => {
 
     const { uiFunctions, bb, coreApi, 
-        store, componentLibraries, 
-        appDefinition, parentContext, hydrate } = initialiseOpts;
-        
-    const childComponents = [];
+        store, componentLibraries, treeNode,
+        appDefinition, document, hydrate } = initialiseOpts;
+
+    for(let childNode of treeNode.children) {
+        if(childNode.unsubscribe)
+            childNode.unsubscribe();
+        if(childNode.component)
+            childNode.component.$destroy();
+    }
 
     if(hydrate) {
         while (htmlElement.firstChild) {
             htmlElement.removeChild(htmlElement.firstChild);
         }
     }
-    
+
+    const renderedComponents = [];
     for(let childProps of childrenProps) {       
         
         const {componentName, libName} = splitName(childProps._component);
@@ -30,28 +36,25 @@ export const _initialiseChildren = (initialiseOpts) =>
         if(!componentName || !libName) return;
         
         const {initialProps, bind} = setupBinding(
-                store, childProps, coreApi, 
-                context || parentContext, appDefinition.appRootPath);
-
-        /// here needs to go inside renderComponent ???
-        const componentProps = {
-            ...initialProps, 
-            _bb:bb(context || parentContext, childProps)
-        };
-
+                store, childProps, coreApi,  
+                appDefinition.appRootPath);
+       
         const componentConstructor = componentLibraries[libName][componentName];
 
-        const {component} = renderComponent({
+        const renderedComponentsThisIteration = renderComponent({
+            props: childProps,
+            parentNode: treeNode,
             componentConstructor,uiFunctions, 
-            htmlElement, anchor, 
-            parentContext, componentProps});
-
-
-        bind(component);
-        childComponents.push(component);
+            htmlElement, anchor, initialProps, 
+            bb, document});
+        
+        for(let comp of renderedComponentsThisIteration) {
+            comp.unsubscribe = bind(comp.component);
+            renderedComponents.push(comp);
+        }   
     }
 
-    return childComponents;
+    return renderedComponents;
 }
 
 const splitName = fullname => {
@@ -64,4 +67,4 @@ const splitName = fullname => {
         0, fullname.length - componentName.length - 1);
 
     return {libName, componentName}; 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/src/render/renderComponent.js b/packages/client/src/render/renderComponent.js
index 3ed66ac517..00d656915e 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/render/renderComponent.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/render/renderComponent.js
@@ -1,30 +1,43 @@
 
 export const renderComponent = ({
     componentConstructor, uiFunctions,
-    htmlElement, anchor, parentContext,
-    componentProps}) => {
+    htmlElement, anchor, props, 
+    initialProps, bb, document,
+    parentNode}) => {
 
-    const func = componentProps._id 
-                 ? uiFunctions[componentProps._id]
+    const func = initialProps._id 
+                 ? uiFunctions[initialProps._id]
                  : undefined;
+
+    const parentContext = (parentNode && parentNode.context) || {};
                  
-    let component;
-    let componentContext;
+    let renderedNodes = [];
     const render = (context) => {
         
+        let componentContext = parentContext;
         if(context) {
             componentContext = {...componentContext};
             componentContext.$parent = parentContext;
-        } else {
-            componentContext = parentContext;
         }
 
-        component = new componentConstructor({
+        const thisNode = createTreeNode();
+        thisNode.context = componentContext;
+        thisNode.parentNode = parentNode;
+
+        parentNode.children.push(thisNode);
+        renderedNodes.push(thisNode);
+
+        initialProps._bb = bb(thisNode, props);  
+
+        thisNode.component = new componentConstructor({
             target: htmlElement,
-            props: componentProps,
+            props: initialProps,
             hydrate:false,
             anchor
-        });
+        });       
+
+        thisNode.rootElement = htmlElement.children[
+            htmlElement.children.length - 1];
     }
 
     if(func) {
@@ -33,9 +46,15 @@ export const renderComponent = ({
         render();
     }
 
-    return ({
-        context: componentContext,
-        component
-    });
+    return renderedNodes;
 }
 
+export const createTreeNode = () => ({
+    context: {},
+    rootElement: null,
+    parentNode: null,
+    children: [],
+    component: null,
+    unsubscribe: () => {}
+});
+
diff --git a/packages/client/tests/testAppDef.js b/packages/client/tests/testAppDef.js
index e028730890..bcaa4cae17 100644
--- a/packages/client/tests/testAppDef.js
+++ b/packages/client/tests/testAppDef.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const maketestlib = (window) => ({
                         node.removeChild(c);
                     }
                     const components = currentProps._bb.appendChildren(currentProps._children, node);
-                    childNodes = components.map(c => c._element);
+                    childNodes = components.map(c => c.component._element);
                 } else {
                     currentProps._bb.hydrateChildren(currentProps._children, node);
                 }