diff --git a/src/composables/useVueFlow.ts b/src/composables/useVueFlow.ts
index 8ad79fd5..aabfd367 100644
--- a/src/composables/useVueFlow.ts
+++ b/src/composables/useVueFlow.ts
@@ -1,121 +1,33 @@
-import {
-  EdgeChange,
-  FlowOptions,
-  NodeChange,
-  UseVueFlow,
-  FlowElements,
-  FlowElement,
-  GraphNode,
-  GraphEdge,
-  SelectionChange,
-  NodeDimensionChange,
-  CreatePositionChangeParams,
-} from '~/types'
+import { getCurrentInstance } from 'vue'
+import { EdgeChange, FlowOptions, GraphEdge, GraphNode, NodeChange, UseVueFlow } from '~/types'
+import { applyChanges } from '~/utils'
+import { VueFlow } from '~/context'
 import { useStore } from '~/store'
-import { clampPosition, isGraphNode } from '~/utils'
-
-const applyChanges = <T extends FlowElement = GraphNode, C extends NodeChange = T extends GraphNode ? NodeChange : EdgeChange>(
-  changes: C[],
-  elements: T[],
-): T[] => {
-  let elementIds = elements.map((el) => el.id)
-  changes.forEach((change) => {
-    const i = elementIds.indexOf(change.id)
-    const el = elements[i]
-    if (el) {
-      switch (change.type) {
-        case 'select':
-          el.selected = change.selected
-          break
-        case 'dimensions':
-          if (isGraphNode(el)) {
-            if (typeof change.dimensions !== 'undefined') el.dimensions = change.dimensions
-            if (typeof change.position !== 'undefined') el.position = change.position
-            if (typeof change.dragging !== 'undefined') el.dragging = change.dragging
-          }
-          break
-        case 'remove':
-          elements.splice(i, 1)
-          elementIds = elements.map((el) => el.id)
-          break
-      }
-    }
-  })
-
-  return elements
-}
 
 const applyNodeChanges = (changes: NodeChange[], nodes: GraphNode[]) => applyChanges(changes, nodes)
 const applyEdgeChanges = (changes: EdgeChange[], edges: GraphEdge[]) => applyChanges(changes, edges)
 
-export const createSelectionChange = (id: string, selected: boolean): SelectionChange => ({
-  id,
-  type: 'select',
-  selected,
-})
-
-export const createPositionChange = ({ node, diff, dragging, nodeExtent }: CreatePositionChangeParams): NodeDimensionChange => {
-  const change: NodeDimensionChange = {
-    id: node.id,
-    type: 'dimensions',
-    dragging: !!dragging,
-    handleBounds: node.handleBounds,
-  }
-
-  if (diff) {
-    const nextPosition = { x: node.position.x + diff.x, y: node.position.y + diff.y }
-    let currentExtent = nodeExtent || node.extent
-
-    if (node.extent === 'parent' && node.parentNode && node.dimensions.width && node.dimensions.height) {
-      currentExtent =
-        node.parentNode?.dimensions.width && node.parentNode?.dimensions.height
-          ? [
-              [0, 0],
-              [
-                node.parentNode.dimensions.width - node.dimensions.width,
-                node.parentNode.dimensions.height - node.dimensions.height,
-              ],
-            ]
-          : currentExtent
-    }
-
-    change.position = currentExtent ? clampPosition(nextPosition, currentExtent) : nextPosition
-  }
-
-  return change
-}
-
-export const getSelectionChanges = (items: FlowElements, selectedIds: string[]) => {
-  return items.reduce((res, item) => {
-    const willBeSelected =
-      selectedIds.includes(item.id) || (isGraphNode(item) && item.parentNode && selectedIds.includes(item.parentNode?.id))
-
-    if (!item.selected && willBeSelected) {
-      item.selected = true
-      res.push(createSelectionChange(item.id, true))
-    } else if (item.selected && !willBeSelected) {
-      item.selected = false
-      res.push(createSelectionChange(item.id, false))
-    }
-
-    return res
-  }, [] as SelectionChange[])
-}
-
 export default (options?: FlowOptions): UseVueFlow => {
-  const store = useStore(options)
-  return {
-    store,
-    useNodesState: (nodes) => {
-      store.setNodes(nodes)
-      return store.nodes
-    },
-    useEdgesState: (edges) => {
-      store.setEdges(edges)
-      return store.edges
-    },
-    applyNodeChanges: (changes) => applyNodeChanges(changes, store.nodes),
-    applyEdgeChanges: (changes) => applyEdgeChanges(changes, store.edges),
-    ...store.hooksOn,
+  const currentInstance = getCurrentInstance()
+  let vueFlow = currentInstance ? inject(VueFlow, undefined) : false
+  if (!vueFlow || (vueFlow && options?.id && options.id !== vueFlow.store.id)) {
+    const store = reactive(useStore(options))
+    vueFlow = {
+      store,
+      useNodesState: (nodes) => {
+        store.setNodes(nodes)
+        return store.nodes
+      },
+      useEdgesState: (edges) => {
+        store.setEdges(edges)
+        return store.edges
+      },
+      applyNodeChanges: (changes) => applyNodeChanges(changes, store.nodes),
+      applyEdgeChanges: (changes) => applyEdgeChanges(changes, store.edges),
+      ...store.hooksOn,
+    }
   }
+  if (currentInstance) provide(VueFlow, vueFlow)
+
+  return vueFlow
 }
diff --git a/src/container/VueFlow/VueFlow.vue b/src/container/VueFlow/VueFlow.vue
index 60b7c1c7..a7a11542 100644
--- a/src/container/VueFlow/VueFlow.vue
+++ b/src/container/VueFlow/VueFlow.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import { createHooks, initFlow } from '../../store'
+import { createHooks, useHooks } from '../../store'
 import type { FlowProps } from '../../types/flow'
 import ZoomPane from '../ZoomPane/ZoomPane.vue'
+import { useVueFlow } from '../../composables'
 
 const props = withDefaults(defineProps<FlowProps>(), {
   snapToGrid: false,
@@ -19,8 +20,9 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<FlowProps>(), {
   paneMoveable: true,
 })
 const emit = defineEmits([...Object.keys(createHooks())])
-const store = initFlow(emit, props.id)
-nextTick(() => store.setState(props))
+
+const { store } = useVueFlow(props)
+useHooks(store, emit)
 watch(
   () => props,
   (v) => nextTick(() => store.setState(v)),
diff --git a/src/context/index.ts b/src/context/index.ts
index 0c034e88..1eb6426f 100644
--- a/src/context/index.ts
+++ b/src/context/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { InjectionKey } from 'vue'
-import { Store as TStore } from '~/types'
+import { UseVueFlow } from '~/types'
 
-export const StoreSymbol: InjectionKey<TStore> = Symbol('store')
+export const VueFlow: InjectionKey<UseVueFlow> = Symbol('vueFlow')
 export const NodeId: InjectionKey<string> = Symbol('nodeId')
diff --git a/src/store/actions.ts b/src/store/actions.ts
index f1da8a9f..b53b73d5 100644
--- a/src/store/actions.ts
+++ b/src/store/actions.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,18 @@ import {
   NodeChange,
   NodeDimensionChange,
 } from '~/types'
-import { isEdge, isGraphEdge, isGraphNode, isNode, isParentSelected, parseEdge, parseNode } from '~/utils'
-import { createPositionChange, createSelectionChange, getSelectionChanges } from '~/composables/useVueFlow'
+import {
+  createPositionChange,
+  createSelectionChange,
+  getSelectionChanges,
+  isEdge,
+  isGraphEdge,
+  isGraphNode,
+  isNode,
+  isParentSelected,
+  parseEdge,
+  parseNode,
+} from '~/utils'
 
 const getParent = (root: Node[], id: string): GraphNode | undefined => {
   let node
diff --git a/src/store/index.ts b/src/store/index.ts
index b0e9fdab..0115ebc5 100644
--- a/src/store/index.ts
+++ b/src/store/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export { default as useHooks, createHooks } from './hooks'
-export { default as useStore, initFlow } from './store'
+export { default as useStore } from './store'
 export * from './state'
diff --git a/src/store/state.ts b/src/store/state.ts
index a0decb8b..3ca61b83 100644
--- a/src/store/state.ts
+++ b/src/store/state.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const defaultEdgeTypes: DefaultEdgeTypes = {
   smoothstep: SmoothStepEdge,
 }
 
-export const initialState = (): FlowState => ({
+export default (): FlowState => ({
   elements: [],
   nodes: [],
   edges: [],
@@ -84,13 +84,8 @@ export const initialState = (): FlowState => ({
   deleteKeyCode: 'Backspace',
 
   hooks: createHooks(),
-  loading: undefined,
 
   storageKey: undefined,
 
   vueFlowVersion: typeof __VUE_FLOW_VERSION__ !== 'undefined' ? __VUE_FLOW_VERSION__ : '-',
 })
-
-export default (preloadedState: FlowState) => ({
-  ...preloadedState,
-})
diff --git a/src/store/store.ts b/src/store/store.ts
index 6f396385..ff48bbf7 100644
--- a/src/store/store.ts
+++ b/src/store/store.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import { getCurrentInstance } from 'vue'
-import useState, { initialState } from './state'
+import useState from './state'
 import useActions from './actions'
 import useGetters from './getters'
-import { EmitFunc, FlowExportObject, FlowHooksOn, FlowOptions, FlowState, FlowStore, Store } from '~/types'
-import { StoreSymbol } from '~/context'
+import { FlowExportObject, FlowHooksOn, FlowOptions, FlowState, Store } from '~/types'
 import { onLoadToObject } from '~/utils'
-import { useHooks, useStore } from '~/store/index'
 
 const useFlowStore = (id: string, preloadedState: FlowState): Store => {
-  const state = reactive(useState(preloadedState))
+  const state = reactive(useState())
   const getters = useGetters(state)
   const actions = useActions(state, getters)
   const hooksOn: FlowHooksOn = <any>{}
@@ -16,6 +13,7 @@ const useFlowStore = (id: string, preloadedState: FlowState): Store => {
     const name = `On${n.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + n.slice(1)}`
     hooksOn[<keyof FlowHooksOn>name] = h.on as any
   })
+  actions.setState(preloadedState)
   return {
     id,
     state,
@@ -27,10 +25,10 @@ const useFlowStore = (id: string, preloadedState: FlowState): Store => {
 }
 
 let id = 0
-export const createStore = (options?: FlowOptions) => {
+export default (options?: FlowOptions) => {
   const withStorage = options?.storageKey ?? false
   let storedState = ref<FlowExportObject>()
-  const initial = initialState()
+  const initial = useState()
   const storageKey = options?.id ?? `vue-flow-${id++}`
   delete options?.id
   const preloadedState = {
@@ -61,20 +59,3 @@ export const createStore = (options?: FlowOptions) => {
   }
   return store
 }
-
-export const initFlow = (emit: EmitFunc, id?: string): FlowStore => {
-  const store = useStore({ id })
-  useHooks(store, emit)
-  return store
-}
-
-export default (options?: FlowOptions): FlowStore => {
-  const currentInstance = getCurrentInstance()
-  let store = currentInstance ? inject(StoreSymbol, undefined) : false
-  if (!store || (store && options?.id && options.id !== store.id)) {
-    store = createStore(options)
-  }
-  if (currentInstance) provide(StoreSymbol, store)
-
-  return reactive(store)
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/changes.ts b/src/utils/changes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc7c1f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/changes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import {
+  CreatePositionChangeParams,
+  EdgeChange,
+  FlowElement,
+  FlowElements,
+  GraphNode,
+  NodeChange,
+  NodeDimensionChange,
+  SelectionChange,
+} from '~/types'
+import { clampPosition, isGraphNode } from '~/utils/graph'
+
+export const applyChanges = <
+  T extends FlowElement = GraphNode,
+  C extends NodeChange = T extends GraphNode ? NodeChange : EdgeChange,
+>(
+  changes: C[],
+  elements: T[],
+): T[] => {
+  let elementIds = elements.map((el) => el.id)
+  changes.forEach((change) => {
+    const i = elementIds.indexOf(change.id)
+    const el = elements[i]
+    if (el) {
+      switch (change.type) {
+        case 'select':
+          el.selected = change.selected
+          break
+        case 'dimensions':
+          if (isGraphNode(el)) {
+            if (typeof change.dimensions !== 'undefined') el.dimensions = change.dimensions
+            if (typeof change.position !== 'undefined') el.position = change.position
+            if (typeof change.dragging !== 'undefined') el.dragging = change.dragging
+          }
+          break
+        case 'remove':
+          elements.splice(i, 1)
+          elementIds = elements.map((el) => el.id)
+          break
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+  return elements
+}
+
+export const createSelectionChange = (id: string, selected: boolean): SelectionChange => ({
+  id,
+  type: 'select',
+  selected,
+})
+
+export const createPositionChange = ({ node, diff, dragging, nodeExtent }: CreatePositionChangeParams): NodeDimensionChange => {
+  const change: NodeDimensionChange = {
+    id: node.id,
+    type: 'dimensions',
+    dragging: !!dragging,
+    handleBounds: node.handleBounds,
+  }
+
+  if (diff) {
+    const nextPosition = { x: node.position.x + diff.x, y: node.position.y + diff.y }
+    let currentExtent = nodeExtent || node.extent
+
+    if (node.extent === 'parent' && node.parentNode && node.dimensions.width && node.dimensions.height) {
+      currentExtent =
+        node.parentNode?.dimensions.width && node.parentNode?.dimensions.height
+          ? [
+              [0, 0],
+              [
+                node.parentNode.dimensions.width - node.dimensions.width,
+                node.parentNode.dimensions.height - node.dimensions.height,
+              ],
+            ]
+          : currentExtent
+    }
+
+    change.position = currentExtent ? clampPosition(nextPosition, currentExtent) : nextPosition
+  }
+
+  return change
+}
+
+export const getSelectionChanges = (items: FlowElements, selectedIds: string[]) => {
+  return items.reduce((res, item) => {
+    const willBeSelected =
+      selectedIds.includes(item.id) || (isGraphNode(item) && item.parentNode && selectedIds.includes(item.parentNode?.id))
+
+    if (!item.selected && willBeSelected) {
+      item.selected = true
+      res.push(createSelectionChange(item.id, true))
+    } else if (item.selected && !willBeSelected) {
+      item.selected = false
+      res.push(createSelectionChange(item.id, false))
+    }
+
+    return res
+  }, [] as SelectionChange[])
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index f03d70ef..00810d61 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './edge'
 export * from './graph'
 export * from './node'
+export * from './changes'