diff --git a/src/components/Handle/Handle.vue b/src/components/Handle/Handle.vue
index a0fcb32f..e8669773 100644
--- a/src/components/Handle/Handle.vue
+++ b/src/components/Handle/Handle.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import { useHandle, useHooks, useStore } from '../../composables'
 import { Position, ValidConnectionFunc } from '../../types'
-import { NodeIdContextKey } from '~/context'
+import { NodeId } from '~/context'
 
 interface HandleProps {
   id?: string
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<HandleProps>(), {
 
 const store = useStore()
 const hooks = useHooks()
-const nodeId = inject(NodeIdContextKey)!
+const nodeId = inject(NodeId)!
 
 const handler = useHandle()
 const onMouseDownHandler = (event: MouseEvent) =>
diff --git a/src/components/Nodes/Node.vue b/src/components/Nodes/Node.vue
index 0f72bb9e..791d2d63 100644
--- a/src/components/Nodes/Node.vue
+++ b/src/components/Nodes/Node.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { DraggableEventListener, DraggableCore } from '@braks/revue-draggable'
 import { useHooks, useStore } from '../../composables'
 import { Node, NodeType, SnapGrid } from '../../types'
-import { NodeIdContextKey } from '~/context'
+import { NodeId } from '~/context'
 
 interface NodeProps {
   node: Node
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<NodeProps>(), {
 
 const store = useStore()
 const hooks = useHooks()
-provide(NodeIdContextKey, props.node.id)
+provide(NodeId, props.node.id)
 
 const nodeElement = templateRef<HTMLDivElement>('node-element', null)
 
diff --git a/src/composables/index.ts b/src/composables/index.ts
index c173fcbd..2d8dce4b 100644
--- a/src/composables/index.ts
+++ b/src/composables/index.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ export { default as useKeyPress } from './useKeyPress'
 export { default as useZoomPanHelper } from './useZoomPanHelper'
 export { default as useStore } from './useStore'
 export { default as useWindow } from './useWindow'
-export { default as useVueFlow } from './useVueFlow'
+export { default as useVueFlow, initFlow } from './useVueFlow'
diff --git a/src/composables/useHooks.ts b/src/composables/useHooks.ts
index f525b045..1d610efe 100644
--- a/src/composables/useHooks.ts
+++ b/src/composables/useHooks.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-import { Connection, Edge, Elements, EmitFunc, FlowHooks, FlowTransform, Node, OnConnectStartParams, FlowInstance } from '~/types'
+import useStore from './useStore'
+import {
+  Connection,
+  Edge,
+  Elements,
+  EmitFunc,
+  FlowHooks,
+  FlowTransform,
+  Node,
+  OnConnectStartParams,
+  FlowInstance,
+  FlowEvents,
+} from '~/types'
 import { Hooks } from '~/context'
 
 // flow event hooks
-const hooks = (): FlowHooks => {
+export const createHooks = (): FlowHooks => {
   return {
     elementClick: createEventHook<{ event: MouseEvent; element: Node | Edge }>(),
     elementsRemove: createEventHook<Elements>(),
@@ -45,33 +57,23 @@ const hooks = (): FlowHooks => {
     edgeUpdateEnd: createEventHook<MouseEvent>(),
   }
 }
-export const createHooks = (): FlowHooks & { bind: (emit: EmitFunc) => FlowHooks } => {
-  const eventHooks = hooks()
-  const bind = (emit: EmitFunc) => {
-    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(eventHooks)) {
-      value.on((data: unknown) => {
-        emit(key as keyof FlowHooks, data)
-      })
-    }
 
-    return eventHooks
-  }
-
-  return {
-    ...eventHooks,
-    bind,
+const bind = (emit: EmitFunc, hooks: FlowHooks) => {
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(hooks)) {
+    value.on((data: FlowEvents[keyof FlowHooks]) => {
+      emit(key as keyof FlowHooks, data)
+    })
   }
 }
 
 export default (emit?: EmitFunc) => {
   let hooks = inject(Hooks)!
   if (!hooks) {
+    const store = useStore()
     if (import.meta.env.DEV) console.warn('hooks context not found; creating default hooks')
-    if (!emit) console.error('no emit function found for hook context.')
-    else {
-      hooks = createHooks().bind(emit)
-      provide(Hooks, hooks)
-    }
+    hooks = store.hooks
+    if (typeof emit === 'function') bind(emit, hooks)
+    provide(Hooks, hooks)
   }
 
   return hooks
diff --git a/src/composables/useStore.ts b/src/composables/useStore.ts
index 184bd3c4..bff64b11 100644
--- a/src/composables/useStore.ts
+++ b/src/composables/useStore.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Store } from '~/context'
 
 export default (options?: Partial<FlowOptions>) => {
   let store = inject(Store)!
+
   if (!store) {
     if (import.meta.env.DEV) console.warn('store context not found; creating default store')
     store = useFlowStore({
diff --git a/src/composables/useVueFlow.ts b/src/composables/useVueFlow.ts
index 2eb65b60..4636227c 100644
--- a/src/composables/useVueFlow.ts
+++ b/src/composables/useVueFlow.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
 import useHooks from './useHooks'
 import useStore from './useStore'
-import { FlowInstance } from '~/types'
+import { EmitFunc } from '~/types'
 
-export default () => {
+export const initFlow = (emit: EmitFunc) => {
   const store = useStore()
-  const hooks = useHooks()
-  const isReady = ref(false)
-  const instance = ref<FlowInstance>()
-  hooks.load.on((flow) => {
-    isReady.value = true
-    instance.value = flow
-    if (import.meta.env.DEV) console.log(`vue flow ${store.$id} ready.`)
-  })
+  const hooks = useHooks(emit)
 
   return {
-    isReady,
-    instance,
     store,
     hooks,
   }
 }
+
+export default () => useStore()
diff --git a/src/container/VueFlow/VueFlow.vue b/src/container/VueFlow/VueFlow.vue
index 5b771fb0..868076c7 100644
--- a/src/container/VueFlow/VueFlow.vue
+++ b/src/container/VueFlow/VueFlow.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import { CSSProperties, onBeforeUnmount } from 'vue'
 import { invoke } from '@vueuse/core'
+import diff from 'microdiff'
 import {
   ConnectionLineType,
   ConnectionMode,
@@ -12,14 +13,15 @@ import {
   TranslateExtent,
   NodeExtent,
   FlowOptions,
+  FlowEvents,
 } from '../../types'
-import { useHooks, useStore, createHooks } from '../../composables'
 import ZoomPane from '../../container/ZoomPane/ZoomPane.vue'
 import SelectionPane from '../../container/SelectionPane/SelectionPane.vue'
 import NodeRenderer from '../../container/NodeRenderer/NodeRenderer.vue'
 import EdgeRenderer from '../../container/EdgeRenderer/EdgeRenderer.vue'
 import { DefaultNode, InputNode, OutputNode } from '../../components/Nodes'
 import { BezierEdge, SmoothStepEdge, StepEdge, StraightEdge } from '../../components/Edges'
+import { initFlow } from '~/composables'
 
 export interface FlowProps extends FlowOptions {
   elements: Elements
@@ -98,7 +100,9 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<FlowProps>(), {
   edgeTypesId: '1',
   nodeTypesId: '1',
 })
-const emit = defineEmits(Object.keys(createHooks()))
+export type DefineFlowEvents = { (event: keyof FlowEvents, flowEvent: FlowEvents[keyof FlowEvents]): void }
+
+const emit = defineEmits<DefineFlowEvents>()
 
 const defaultNodeTypes: Record<string, NodeType> = {
   input: InputNode as NodeType,
@@ -113,8 +117,7 @@ const defaultEdgeTypes: Record<string, EdgeType> = {
   smoothstep: SmoothStepEdge as EdgeType,
 }
 
-const store = useStore(props)
-const hooks = useHooks(emit)
+const { store, hooks } = initFlow(emit)
 
 const init = (opts: typeof props) => {
   store.$state = { ...store.$state, ...opts }
@@ -124,12 +127,16 @@ const init = (opts: typeof props) => {
   store.setTranslateExtent(opts.translateExtent)
   store.setNodeExtent(opts.nodeExtent)
 }
+const elements = useVModel(props, 'elements', emit)
 
 onBeforeUnmount(() => store?.$dispose())
 
 watch(
   () => props,
-  (val) => init(val),
+  (val, oldVal) => {
+    const hasDiff = diff(val, oldVal)
+    if (hasDiff.length > 0) init(val)
+  },
   { flush: 'pre', deep: true },
 )
 invoke(async () => {
@@ -137,16 +144,27 @@ invoke(async () => {
   init(props)
 })
 
+watch(
+  elements,
+  (val, oldVal) => {
+    const hasDiff = diff(val, oldVal)
+    if (hasDiff.length > 0) store.setElements(val)
+  },
+  { flush: 'pre', deep: true },
+)
+
 const nodeTypes = computed(() => {
   let types = defaultNodeTypes
   if (Array.isArray(props.nodeTypes)) props.nodeTypes.forEach((type) => (types[type] = true))
   else types = { ...types, ...props.nodeTypes }
+  store.$state.nodeTypes = types
   return types
 })
 const edgeTypes = computed(() => {
   let types = defaultEdgeTypes
   if (Array.isArray(props.edgeTypes)) props.edgeTypes.forEach((type) => (types[type] = true))
   else types = { ...types, ...props.edgeTypes }
+  store.$state.edgeTypes = types
   return types
 })
 </script>
diff --git a/src/container/ZoomPane/ZoomPane.vue b/src/container/ZoomPane/ZoomPane.vue
index 28a2a14d..7dbb6f46 100644
--- a/src/container/ZoomPane/ZoomPane.vue
+++ b/src/container/ZoomPane/ZoomPane.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { D3ZoomEvent, zoom, zoomIdentity, ZoomTransform } from 'd3-zoom'
 import { get, invoke } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { pointer, select } from 'd3-selection'
-import { FlowTransform, KeyCode, PanOnScrollMode } from '../../types'
+import { FlowInstance, FlowTransform, KeyCode, PanOnScrollMode } from '../../types'
 import { useHooks, useKeyPress, useStore, useZoomPanHelper } from '../../composables'
 import { clamp, onLoadGetElements, onLoadProject, onLoadToObject } from '../../utils'
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ store.dimensions = {
 
 invoke(async () => {
   await until(() => !isNaN(width.value) && width.value > 0 && !isNaN(height.value) && height.value > 0).toBeTruthy()
-  hooks.load.trigger({
+  const instance: FlowInstance = {
     fitView: (params = { padding: 0.1 }) => fitView(params),
     zoomIn,
     zoomOut,
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ invoke(async () => {
     project: onLoadProject(store),
     getElements: onLoadGetElements(store),
     toObject: onLoadToObject(store),
-  })
+  }
+  hooks.load.trigger(instance)
 })
 
 watch(
diff --git a/src/context/index.ts b/src/context/index.ts
index 405cdeb8..95df9a46 100644
--- a/src/context/index.ts
+++ b/src/context/index.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ import { ElementId, FlowHooks, FlowStore } from '~/types'
 
 export const Store: InjectionKey<FlowStore> = Symbol('store')
 export const Hooks: InjectionKey<FlowHooks> = Symbol('hooks')
-export const NodeIdContextKey: InjectionKey<ElementId> = Symbol('NodeIdContext')
+export const NodeId: InjectionKey<ElementId> = Symbol('nodeId')
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f838935b..f825737d 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ export {
   graphPosToZoomedPos,
 } from './utils/graph'
 export { default as useZoomPanHelper } from './composables/useZoomPanHelper'
-export { default as useStore } from './composables/useStore'
-export { default as useHooks } from './composables/useHooks'
+export { default as useVueFlow } from './composables/useVueFlow'
 export { default as useHandle } from './composables/useHandle'
 export { default as useKeyPress } from './composables/useKeyPress'
-export { default as useVueFlow } from './composables/useVueFlow'
 
 export * from './additional-components'
 export * from './types'
diff --git a/src/store/useFlowStore.ts b/src/store/flowStore.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from src/store/useFlowStore.ts
rename to src/store/flowStore.ts
index e769d082..08e9d756 100644
--- a/src/store/useFlowStore.ts
+++ b/src/store/flowStore.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { setActivePinia, createPinia, defineStore, StoreDefinition } from 'pinia'
 import diff from 'microdiff'
-import { Edge, FlowState, Node, FlowActions } from '~/types'
+import { Edge, FlowState, Node, FlowActions, Elements, NodeExtent } from '~/types'
 import {
   clampPosition,
   getDimensions,
@@ -21,7 +21,54 @@ type NextElements = {
 const pinia = createPinia()
 let id = 0
 
-export default function useFlowStore(preloadedState: FlowState): StoreDefinition<string, FlowState, any, FlowActions> {
+const parseElements = (elements: Elements, nodes: Node[], edges: Edge[], nodeExtent: NodeExtent) => {
+  const nextElements: NextElements = {
+    nextNodes: [],
+    nextEdges: [],
+  }
+  for (const element of elements) {
+    if (isNode(element)) {
+      const storeNode = nodes.find((node) => node.id === element.id)
+
+      if (storeNode) {
+        const updatedNode: Node = {
+          ...storeNode,
+          ...element,
+        }
+        if (!updatedNode.__rf) updatedNode.__rf = {}
+
+        if (storeNode.position.x !== element.position.x || storeNode.position.y !== element.position.y) {
+          updatedNode.__rf.position = element.position
+        }
+
+        if (typeof element.type !== 'undefined' && element.type !== storeNode.type) {
+          // we reset the elements dimensions here in order to force a re-calculation of the bounds.
+          // When the type of a node changes it is possible that the number or positions of handles changes too.
+          updatedNode.__rf.width = undefined
+        }
+
+        nextElements.nextNodes.push(updatedNode)
+      } else {
+        nextElements.nextNodes.push(parseNode(element, nodeExtent))
+      }
+    } else if (isEdge(element)) {
+      const storeEdge = edges.find((se) => se.id === element.id)
+
+      if (storeEdge) {
+        nextElements.nextEdges.push({
+          ...storeEdge,
+          ...element,
+        })
+      } else {
+        nextElements.nextEdges.push(parseEdge(element))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return nextElements
+}
+
+export default function flowStore(preloadedState: FlowState): StoreDefinition<string, FlowState, any, FlowActions> {
   setActivePinia(pinia)
 
   return defineStore({
@@ -32,51 +79,7 @@ export default function useFlowStore(preloadedState: FlowState): StoreDefinition
     getters: {},
     actions: {
       setElements(elements) {
-        const nextElements: NextElements = {
-          nextNodes: [],
-          nextEdges: [],
-        }
-        const { nextNodes, nextEdges } = elements.reduce((res, propElement): NextElements => {
-          if (isNode(propElement)) {
-            const storeNode = this.nodes.find((node) => node.id === propElement.id)
-
-            if (storeNode) {
-              const updatedNode: Node = {
-                ...storeNode,
-                ...propElement,
-              }
-              if (!updatedNode.__rf) updatedNode.__rf = {}
-
-              if (storeNode.position.x !== propElement.position.x || storeNode.position.y !== propElement.position.y) {
-                updatedNode.__rf.position = propElement.position
-              }
-
-              if (typeof propElement.type !== 'undefined' && propElement.type !== storeNode.type) {
-                // we reset the elements dimensions here in order to force a re-calculation of the bounds.
-                // When the type of a node changes it is possible that the number or positions of handles changes too.
-                updatedNode.__rf.width = undefined
-              }
-
-              res.nextNodes.push(updatedNode)
-            } else {
-              res.nextNodes.push(parseNode(propElement, this.nodeExtent))
-            }
-          } else if (isEdge(propElement)) {
-            const storeEdge = this.edges.find((se) => se.id === propElement.id)
-
-            if (storeEdge) {
-              res.nextEdges.push({
-                ...storeEdge,
-                ...propElement,
-              })
-            } else {
-              res.nextEdges.push(parseEdge(propElement))
-            }
-          }
-
-          return res
-        }, nextElements)
-
+        const { nextNodes, nextEdges } = parseElements(elements, this.nodes, this.edges, this.nodeExtent)
         this.nodes = nextNodes
         this.edges = nextEdges
       },
@@ -257,6 +260,11 @@ export default function useFlowStore(preloadedState: FlowState): StoreDefinition
         this.nodesConnectable = isInteractive
         this.elementsSelectable = isInteractive
       },
+      addElements(elements: Elements) {
+        const { nextNodes, nextEdges } = parseElements(elements, this.nodes, this.edges, this.nodeExtent)
+        this.nodes = [...this.nodes, ...nextNodes]
+        this.edges = [...this.edges, ...nextEdges]
+      },
     },
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/store/index.ts b/src/store/index.ts
index d7f28009..c0591b49 100644
--- a/src/store/index.ts
+++ b/src/store/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ConnectionMode, FlowState } from '~/types'
+import { createHooks } from '~/composables'
 
 export const initialState = (): FlowState => ({
   dimensions: {
@@ -6,6 +7,8 @@ export const initialState = (): FlowState => ({
     height: 0,
   },
   transform: [0, 0, 1],
+  nodeTypes: [],
+  edgeTypes: [],
   elements: [],
   nodes: [],
   edges: [],
@@ -54,7 +57,10 @@ export const initialState = (): FlowState => ({
 
   multiSelectionActive: false,
 
+  isReady: false,
+  hooks: createHooks(),
+
   vueFlowVersion: typeof __VUE_FLOW_VERSION__ !== 'undefined' ? __VUE_FLOW_VERSION__ : '-',
 })
 
-export { default as useFlowStore } from './useFlowStore'
+export { default as useFlowStore } from './flowStore'
diff --git a/src/types/actions.ts b/src/types/actions.ts
index be2c987b..98f45af1 100644
--- a/src/types/actions.ts
+++ b/src/types/actions.ts
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ export interface FlowActions {
   updateSize: (size: Dimensions) => void
   setConnectionNodeId: (payload: SetConnectionId) => void
   setInteractive: (isInteractive: boolean) => void
+  addElements: (elements: Elements) => void
 }
diff --git a/src/types/store.ts b/src/types/store.ts
index 27061129..734dc5ec 100644
--- a/src/types/store.ts
+++ b/src/types/store.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@ import { Store } from 'pinia'
 import { Dimensions, ElementId, Elements, Rect, SelectionRect, SnapGrid, Transform, XYPosition } from './types'
 import { HandleType } from './handle'
 import { ConnectionMode, OnConnectEndFunc, OnConnectFunc, OnConnectStartFunc, OnConnectStopFunc } from './connection'
-import { Edge } from './edge'
-import { Node, NodeExtent, TranslateExtent } from './node'
+import { Edge, EdgeType } from './edge'
+import { Node, NodeExtent, NodeType, TranslateExtent } from './node'
 import { FlowActions } from './actions'
 import { D3Selection, D3Zoom, D3ZoomHandler } from './panel'
+import { FlowHooks } from '~/types/hooks'
 
 export interface FlowState {
   dimensions: Dimensions
   transform: Transform
   elements: Elements
   nodes: Node[]
+  nodeTypes: Record<string, NodeType> | string[]
   edges: Edge[]
+  edgeTypes: Record<string, EdgeType> | string[]
   selectedElements?: Elements
   selectedNodesBbox: Rect
 
@@ -50,6 +53,9 @@ export interface FlowState {
   onConnectStart?: OnConnectStartFunc
   onConnectStop?: OnConnectStopFunc
   onConnectEnd?: OnConnectEndFunc
+
+  isReady: boolean
+  hooks: FlowHooks
 }
 
 export type FlowStore = Store<string, FlowState, any, FlowActions>