diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 5b2e681c..d4e16a67 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <template>
-  <RevueFlow style="height: 1000px" :elements="elements"> Let's flow! </RevueFlow>
+  <Basic style="height: 100vh" />
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts">
 import { defineComponent } from 'vue';
-import RevueFlow from './container/RevueFlow';
+import Basic from './Basic';
 
 export default defineComponent({
   name: 'App',
   components: {
-    RevueFlow
+    Basic
   },
   data() {
     return {
diff --git a/src/Basic.tsx b/src/Basic.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bbc7605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Basic.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { Connection, Edge, Elements, FlowElement, Node, OnLoadParams } from './types';
+import { addEdge, isNode, removeElements } from './utils/graph';
+import RevueFlow from './container/RevueFlow';
+import { defineComponent, ref } from 'vue';
+
+const onNodeDragStop = (_: MouseEvent, node: Node) => console.log('drag stop', node);
+const onElementClick = (_: MouseEvent, element: FlowElement) => console.log('click', element);
+
+const initialElements: Elements = [
+  { id: '1', type: 'input', data: { label: 'Node 1' }, position: { x: 250, y: 5 } },
+  { id: '2', data: { label: 'Node 2' }, position: { x: 100, y: 100 } },
+  { id: '3', data: { label: 'Node 3' }, position: { x: 400, y: 100 } },
+  { id: '4', data: { label: 'Node 4' }, position: { x: 400, y: 200 } },
+  { id: 'e1-2', source: '1', target: '2', animated: true },
+  { id: 'e1-3', source: '1', target: '3' }
+];
+
+const BasicFlow = defineComponent({
+  setup() {
+    const elements = ref<Elements>(initialElements);
+    const rfInstance = ref<OnLoadParams | null>(null);
+    const onElementsRemove = (elementsToRemove: Elements) => (elements.value = removeElements(elementsToRemove, elements.value));
+    const onConnect = (params: Edge | Connection) => (elements.value = addEdge(params, elements.value));
+    const onLoad = (reactFlowInstance: OnLoadParams) => {
+      console.log('loaded', reactFlowInstance);
+      rfInstance.value = reactFlowInstance;
+    };
+
+    const updatePos = () => {
+      elements.value = elements.value.map((el) => {
+        if (isNode(el)) {
+          el.position = {
+            x: Math.random() * 400,
+            y: Math.random() * 400
+          };
+        }
+
+        return el;
+      });
+    };
+
+    const logToObject = () => console.log(rfInstance.value?.toObject());
+    const resetTransform = () => rfInstance.value?.setTransform({ x: 0, y: 0, zoom: 1 });
+
+    const toggleClassnames = () => {
+      elements.value = elements.value.map((el) => {
+        if (isNode(el)) {
+          el.className = el.className === 'light' ? 'dark' : 'light';
+        }
+
+        return el;
+      });
+    };
+
+    return () => (
+      <RevueFlow
+        elements={elements.value}
+        onLoad={onLoad}
+        onElementClick={onElementClick}
+        onElementsRemove={onElementsRemove}
+        onConnect={onConnect}
+        onNodeDragStop={onNodeDragStop}
+        class="react-flow-basic-example"
+        defaultZoom={1.5}
+        minZoom={0.2}
+        maxZoom={4}
+      >
+        <div style={{ position: 'absolute', right: '10px', top: '10px', zIndex: 4 }}>
+          <button onClick={resetTransform} style={{ marginRight: '5px' }}>
+            reset transform
+          </button>
+          <button onClick={updatePos} style={{ marginRight: '5px' }}>
+            change pos
+          </button>
+          <button onClick={toggleClassnames} style={{ marginRight: '5px' }}>
+            toggle classnames
+          </button>
+          <button onClick={logToObject}>toObject</button>
+        </div>
+      </RevueFlow>
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+export default BasicFlow;
diff --git a/src/components/Edges/BezierEdge.tsx b/src/components/Edges/BezierEdge.tsx
index 2213ad60..8133fff8 100644
--- a/src/components/Edges/BezierEdge.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Edges/BezierEdge.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CSSProperties, defineComponent, PropType } from 'vue';
+import { computed, CSSProperties, defineComponent, PropType } from 'vue';
 
 import EdgeText from './EdgeText';
 
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ const BezierEdge = defineComponent({
       required: true
     },
     labelBgPadding: {
-      type: ([0, 0] as any) as PropType<[number, number]>,
+      type: Array as unknown as PropType<[number, number]>,
       required: false,
-      default: () => [0, 0] as [number, number]
+      default: () => [0, 0]
     },
     labelBgBorderRadius: {
       type: Number,
@@ -120,26 +120,32 @@ const BezierEdge = defineComponent({
     }
   },
   setup(props) {
-    const [centerX, centerY] = getCenter({
-      sourceX: props.sourceX,
-      sourceY: props.sourceY,
-      targetX: props.targetX,
-      targetY: props.targetY,
-      sourcePosition: props.sourcePosition,
-      targetPosition: props.targetPosition
+    console.log('edge');
+    const centered = computed(() => {
+      return getCenter({
+        sourceX: props.sourceX,
+        sourceY: props.sourceY,
+        targetX: props.targetX,
+        targetY: props.targetY,
+        sourcePosition: props.sourcePosition,
+        targetPosition: props.targetPosition
+      });
     });
-    const path = getBezierPath({
-      sourceX: props.sourceX,
-      sourceY: props.sourceY,
-      targetX: props.targetX,
-      targetY: props.targetY,
-      targetPosition: props.targetPosition
+    const path = computed(() => {
+      console.log('computing in edge');
+      return getBezierPath({
+        sourceX: props.sourceX,
+        sourceY: props.sourceY,
+        targetX: props.targetX,
+        targetY: props.targetY,
+        targetPosition: props.targetPosition
+      });
     });
 
     const text = props.label ? (
       <EdgeText
-        x={centerX}
-        y={centerY}
+        x={centered.value[0]}
+        y={centered.value[1]}
         label={props.label}
         labelStyle={props.labelStyle}
         labelShowBg={props.labelShowBg}
@@ -151,9 +157,9 @@ const BezierEdge = defineComponent({
 
     const markerEnd = getMarkerEnd(props.arrowHeadType, props.markerEndId);
 
-    return (
+    return () => (
       <>
-        <path style={props.style} d={path} class="react-flow__edge-path" marker-end={markerEnd} />
+        <path style={props.style} d={path.value} class="react-flow__edge-path" marker-end={markerEnd} />
         {text}
       </>
     );
diff --git a/src/components/Edges/wrapEdge.tsx b/src/components/Edges/wrapEdge.tsx
index f2dad75e..7ef0a996 100644
--- a/src/components/Edges/wrapEdge.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Edges/wrapEdge.tsx
@@ -10,16 +10,13 @@ export default (EdgeComponent: any): Component<EdgeProps> => {
     components: { EdgeComponent },
     props: WrapEdgeProps,
     setup(props) {
-      console.log('wrap');
       const pinia = store();
-
       const updating = ref<boolean>(false);
-
       const inactive = !props.elementsSelectable && !props.onClick;
       const edgeClasses = [
         'react-flow__edge',
         `react-flow__edge-${props.type}`,
-        { selected: props.selected, animated: props.animated, inactive, updating }
+        { selected: props.selected, animated: props.animated, inactive, updating: updating.value }
       ];
 
       const edgeElement = computed<Edge>(() => {
diff --git a/src/container/EdgeRenderer/index.tsx b/src/container/EdgeRenderer/index.tsx
index 7b9521f7..d2c34150 100644
--- a/src/container/EdgeRenderer/index.tsx
+++ b/src/container/EdgeRenderer/index.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   Transform,
   OnEdgeUpdateFunc
 } from '../../types';
-import { computed, CSSProperties, defineComponent, PropType, ref } from 'vue';
+import { computed, CSSProperties, defineComponent, PropType } from 'vue';
 import store from '../../store';
 
 interface EdgeRendererProps {
@@ -102,71 +102,59 @@ const EdgeCmp = defineComponent({
     }
   },
   setup(props) {
-    const sourceHandleId = props.edge.sourceHandle || null;
-    const targetHandleId = props.edge.targetHandle || null;
-    const nodes = computed(() => {
-      console.log('foo');
-      return getSourceTargetNodes(props.edge, props.nodes);
-    });
-    const { sourceNode, targetNode } = nodes.value;
-    console.log(nodes.value);
+    const sourceHandleId = computed(() => props.edge.sourceHandle ?? null);
+    const targetHandleId = computed(() => props.edge.targetHandle ?? null);
+    const nodes = computed(() => getSourceTargetNodes(props.edge, props.nodes));
 
     const onConnectEdge = (connection: Connection) => {
       props.props.onEdgeUpdate?.(props.edge, connection);
     };
 
-    if (!sourceNode) {
+    if (!nodes.value.sourceNode) {
       console.log(`couldn't create edge for source id: ${props.edge.source}; edge id: ${props.edge.id}`);
-      return null;
+      return () => null;
     }
 
-    if (!targetNode) {
+    if (!nodes.value.targetNode) {
       console.log(`couldn't create edge for target id: ${props.edge.target}; edge id: ${props.edge.id}`);
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    // source and target node need to be initialized
-    if (!sourceNode.__rf.width || !targetNode.__rf.width) {
-      return null;
+      return () => null;
     }
 
     const edgeType = props.edge.type || 'default';
     const EdgeComponent: any = props.props.edgeTypes[edgeType] || props.props.edgeTypes.default;
-    const targetNodeBounds = targetNode.__rf.handleBounds;
+    const targetNodeBounds = nodes.value.targetNode.__rf.handleBounds;
     // when connection type is loose we can define all handles as sources
     const targetNodeHandles =
       props.connectionMode === ConnectionMode.Strict
         ? targetNodeBounds.target
         : targetNodeBounds.target || targetNodeBounds.source;
-    const sourceHandle = getHandle(sourceNode.__rf.handleBounds.source, sourceHandleId);
-    const targetHandle = getHandle(targetNodeHandles, targetHandleId);
-    const sourcePosition = sourceHandle ? sourceHandle.position : Position.Bottom;
-    const targetPosition = targetHandle ? targetHandle.position : Position.Top;
-
-    if (!sourceHandle) {
-      console.log(`couldn't create edge for source handle id: ${sourceHandleId}; edge id: ${props.edge.id}`);
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    if (!targetHandle) {
-      console.log(`couldn't create edge for target handle id: ${targetHandleId}; edge id: ${props.edge.id}`);
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    const { sourceX, sourceY, targetX, targetY } = getEdgePositions(
-      sourceNode,
-      sourceHandle,
-      sourcePosition,
-      targetNode,
-      targetHandle,
-      targetPosition
+    const sourceHandle = computed(
+      () => nodes.value.sourceNode && getHandle(nodes.value.sourceNode.__rf.handleBounds.source, sourceHandleId.value)
     );
+    const targetHandle = computed(() => getHandle(targetNodeHandles, targetHandleId.value));
+    const sourcePosition = sourceHandle.value ? sourceHandle.value.position : Position.Bottom;
+    const targetPosition = targetHandle.value ? targetHandle.value.position : Position.Top;
+
+    const edgePositions = computed(() => {
+      return (
+        nodes.value.sourceNode &&
+        nodes.value.targetNode &&
+        getEdgePositions(
+          nodes.value.sourceNode,
+          sourceHandle,
+          sourcePosition,
+          nodes.value.targetNode,
+          targetHandle,
+          targetPosition
+        )
+      );
+    });
 
     const isVisible = computed(() => {
       return props.onlyRenderVisibleElements
         ? isEdgeVisible({
-            sourcePos: { x: sourceX, y: sourceY },
-            targetPos: { x: targetX, y: targetY },
+            sourcePos: { x: edgePositions.value?.sourceX, y: edgePositions.value?.sourceY },
+            targetPos: { x: edgePositions.value?.targetX, y: edgePositions.value?.targetY },
             width: props.width || 0,
             height: props.height || 0,
             transform: props.transform
@@ -202,10 +190,10 @@ const EdgeCmp = defineComponent({
         target={props.edge.target}
         sourceHandleId={sourceHandleId}
         targetHandleId={targetHandleId}
-        sourceX={sourceX}
-        sourceY={sourceY}
-        targetX={targetX}
-        targetY={targetY}
+        sourceX={edgePositions.value.sourceX}
+        sourceY={edgePositions.value.sourceY}
+        targetX={edgePositions.value.targetX}
+        targetY={edgePositions.value.targetY}
         sourcePosition={sourcePosition}
         targetPosition={targetPosition}
         elementsSelectable={props.elementsSelectable}
@@ -228,7 +216,10 @@ const EdgeCmp = defineComponent({
 
 const EdgeRenderer = defineComponent({
   name: 'EdgeRenderer',
-  components: { EdgeCmp, ConnectionLine },
+  components: {
+    EdgeCmp,
+    ConnectionLine
+  },
   props: {
     edgeTypes: {
       type: Object,
@@ -323,13 +314,12 @@ const EdgeRenderer = defineComponent({
   },
   setup(props) {
     const pinia = store();
-
-    const transformStyle = `translate(${pinia.transform[0]},${pinia.transform[1]}) scale(${pinia.transform[2]})`;
-    const renderConnectionLine = pinia.connectionNodeId && pinia.connectionHandleType;
+    const transformStyle = computed(() => `translate(${pinia.transform[0]},${pinia.transform[1]}) scale(${pinia.transform[2]})`);
+    const renderConnectionLine = computed(() => pinia.connectionNodeId && pinia.connectionHandleType);
 
     return () => (
       <svg width={pinia.width} height={pinia.height} class="react-flow__edges">
-        <g transform={transformStyle}>
+        <g transform={transformStyle.value}>
           {pinia.edges.map((edge: Edge) => (
             <EdgeCmp
               key={edge.id}
@@ -344,7 +334,7 @@ const EdgeRenderer = defineComponent({
               onlyRenderVisibleElements={props.onlyRenderVisibleElements}
             />
           ))}
-          {renderConnectionLine && (
+          {renderConnectionLine.value && (
             <ConnectionLine
               nodes={pinia.nodes}
               connectionNodeId={pinia.connectionNodeId!}
diff --git a/src/container/EdgeRenderer/utils.ts b/src/container/EdgeRenderer/utils.ts
index bfa193a8..56dfb82b 100644
--- a/src/container/EdgeRenderer/utils.ts
+++ b/src/container/EdgeRenderer/utils.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ export function getHandlePosition(position: Position, node: Node, handle: any |
 }
 
 export function getHandle(bounds: HandleElement[], handleId: ElementId | null): HandleElement | null {
-  console.log('handle', bounds);
   if (!bounds) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -94,6 +93,7 @@ export const getEdgePositions = (
   const sourceHandlePos = getHandlePosition(sourcePosition, sourceNode, sourceHandle);
   const targetHandlePos = getHandlePosition(targetPosition, targetNode, targetHandle);
 
+  console.log('getting edge positions');
   return {
     sourceX: sourceHandlePos.x,
     sourceY: sourceHandlePos.y,
diff --git a/src/container/GraphView/index.tsx b/src/container/GraphView/index.tsx
index b579f5a5..89d79ab6 100644
--- a/src/container/GraphView/index.tsx
+++ b/src/container/GraphView/index.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,18 @@ import { onLoadProject, onLoadGetElements, onLoadToObject } from '../../utils/gr
 import { ReactFlowProps } from '../RevueFlow';
 
 import { NodeTypesType, EdgeTypesType, ConnectionLineType, KeyCode } from '../../types';
-import { CSSProperties, defineComponent, onMounted, PropType, ref } from 'vue';
+import {
+  reactive,
+  computed,
+  CSSProperties,
+  defineComponent,
+  onBeforeMount,
+  onMounted,
+  onUpdated,
+  PropType,
+  ref,
+  watch
+} from 'vue';
 import store from '../../store';
 import useZoomPanHelper from '../../hooks/useZoomPanHelper';
 
@@ -350,9 +361,9 @@ const GraphView = defineComponent({
     const pinia = store();
     const isInitialized = ref<boolean>(false);
 
-    const { zoomIn, zoomOut, zoomTo, transform, fitView, initialized } = useZoomPanHelper();
-
     onMounted(() => {
+      const { zoomIn, zoomOut, zoomTo, transform, fitView, initialized } = useZoomPanHelper();
+
       if (!isInitialized.value && initialized) {
         if (props.onLoad) {
           props.onLoad({
@@ -364,9 +375,8 @@ const GraphView = defineComponent({
             project: onLoadProject(pinia),
             getElements: onLoadGetElements(pinia),
             toObject: onLoadToObject(pinia)
-          } as any);
+          });
         }
-
         isInitialized.value = true;
       }
     });
diff --git a/src/container/RevueFlow/index.tsx b/src/container/RevueFlow/index.tsx
index 1001590f..f8df68c4 100644
--- a/src/container/RevueFlow/index.tsx
+++ b/src/container/RevueFlow/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { computed, CSSProperties, defineComponent, HTMLAttributes, onMounted, PropType, provide } from 'vue';
+import { computed, CSSProperties, defineComponent, HTMLAttributes, onBeforeMount, PropType, provide } from 'vue';
 import GraphView from '../GraphView';
 import DefaultNode from '../../components/Nodes/DefaultNode';
 import InputNode from '../../components/Nodes/InputNode';
@@ -454,14 +454,11 @@ const RevueFlow = defineComponent({
   },
   setup(props, { slots }) {
     const pinia = store();
-    const nodeTypesParsed = computed(() => createNodeTypes(props.nodeTypes as any));
-    const edgeTypesParsed = computed(() => createEdgeTypes(props.edgeTypes as any));
-    provide('store', pinia);
-    const reactFlowClasses = ['react-flow'];
+    pinia.setElements(props.elements);
 
-    onMounted(() => {
-      pinia.setElements(props.elements);
-    });
+    const nodeTypesParsed = computed(() => props.nodeTypes && createNodeTypes(props.nodeTypes));
+    const edgeTypesParsed = computed(() => props.edgeTypes && createEdgeTypes(props.edgeTypes));
+    const reactFlowClasses = ['react-flow'];
 
     return () => (
       <div class={reactFlowClasses}>
diff --git a/src/hooks/useResizeHandler.ts b/src/hooks/useResizeHandler.ts
index d7cc0aed..c4cc0e86 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useResizeHandler.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useResizeHandler.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default (rendererNode: HTMLDivElement) => {
     const size = getDimensions(rendererNode);
 
     if (size.height === 0 || size.width === 0) {
-      console.warn('The React Flow parent container needs a width and a height to render the graph.');
+      console.log('The React Flow parent container needs a width and a height to render the graph.');
     }
 
     pinia.updateSize(size);
diff --git a/src/hooks/useZoomPanHelper.ts b/src/hooks/useZoomPanHelper.ts
index 710032d9..b7f35306 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useZoomPanHelper.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useZoomPanHelper.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { zoomIdentity } from 'd3-zoom';
 import { getRectOfNodes, pointToRendererPoint, getTransformForBounds } from '../utils/graph';
 import { FitViewParams, FlowTransform, ZoomPanHelperFunctions, Rect, XYPosition } from '../types';
-import { computed } from 'vue';
 import store from '../store';
 
 const DEFAULT_PADDING = 0.1;
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ const initialZoomPanHelper: ZoomPanHelperFunctions = {
 
 const useZoomPanHelper = (): ZoomPanHelperFunctions => {
   const pinia = store();
-  const zoomPanHelperFunctions = computed<ZoomPanHelperFunctions>(() => {
+  const zoomPanHelperFunctions = () => {
     if (pinia.d3Selection && pinia.d3Zoom) {
       return {
         zoomIn: () => pinia.d3Zoom?.scaleBy(pinia.d3Selection as any, 1.2),
@@ -77,9 +76,9 @@ const useZoomPanHelper = (): ZoomPanHelperFunctions => {
     }
 
     return initialZoomPanHelper;
-  });
+  };
 
-  return zoomPanHelperFunctions.value;
+  return zoomPanHelperFunctions();
 };
 
 export default useZoomPanHelper;