diff --git a/packages/emoji-mart/package.json b/packages/emoji-mart/package.json
index cd0c9932..281eecd3 100644
--- a/packages/emoji-mart/package.json
+++ b/packages/emoji-mart/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@campsite-software/emoji-mart",
-  "version": "5.6.0",
+  "version": "5.6.1-reactive-store.11",
   "description": "Emoji picker for the web",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/campsite/emoji-mart",
diff --git a/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/Picker.tsx b/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/Picker.tsx
index 24cad2e6..535a33a0 100644
--- a/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/Picker.tsx
+++ b/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/Picker.tsx
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export default class Picker extends Component {
       const nextState = this.getInitialState()
 
       if (requiresGridReset) {
+        console.log('picker requires grid reset')
         return this.reset(nextState)
       }
 
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ export default class Picker extends Component {
   }
 
   async reset(nextState = {}) {
+    console.log('picker reset init')
     await init(this.props)
 
     this.initGrid()
diff --git a/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/PickerElement.tsx b/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/PickerElement.tsx
index 78d16fd9..8039f181 100644
--- a/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/PickerElement.tsx
+++ b/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/PickerElement.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export default class PickerElement extends ShadowElement {
       this.component = component
     }
 
+    console.log('picker connected callback', props)
+
     await init(props)
     if (this.disconnected) return
 
diff --git a/packages/emoji-mart/src/config.ts b/packages/emoji-mart/src/config.ts
index 725e3a38..7c33de9c 100644
--- a/packages/emoji-mart/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/emoji-mart/src/config.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ export function init(options, { caller } = {}) {
 }
 
 async function _init(props) {
+  console.log('init', Data, props)
   initialized = true
 
+  // console.log('init reset data')
+  // Data = null
+
   let { emojiVersion, set, locale } = props
   emojiVersion || (emojiVersion = PickerProps.emojiVersion.value)
   set || (set = PickerProps.set.value)
@@ -80,8 +84,10 @@ async function _init(props) {
 
     Data.originalCategories = Data.categories
   } else {
+    console.log('init else', Data.originalCategories)
     Data.categories = Data.categories.filter((c) => {
       const isCustom = !!c.name
+      console.log('init categories filtering', { c, isCustom })
       if (!isCustom) return true
 
       return false
@@ -111,6 +117,7 @@ async function _init(props) {
         category.target = prevCategory.target || prevCategory
       }
 
+      console.log('init push category', { category })
       Data.categories.push(category)
 
       for (const emoji of category.emojis) {
@@ -120,6 +127,10 @@ async function _init(props) {
   }
 
   if (props.categories) {
+    console.log('init override categories', {
+      categories: Data.categories,
+      originalCategories: Data.originalCategories,
+    })
     Data.categories = Data.originalCategories
       .filter((c) => {
         return props.categories.indexOf(c.id) != -1
@@ -248,9 +259,10 @@ async function _init(props) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (resetSearchIndex) {
-    SearchIndex.reset()
-  }
+  // if (resetSearchIndex) {
+  console.log('init reset search index')
+  SearchIndex.reset()
+  // }
 
   initCallback()
 }
@@ -263,6 +275,8 @@ export function getProps(props, defaultProps, element) {
     _props[k] = getProp(k, props, defaultProps, element)
   }
 
+  console.log('new props', { _props })
+
   return _props
 }
 
@@ -274,6 +288,8 @@ export function getProp(propName, props, defaultProps, element) {
       ? props[propName]
       : null)
 
+  console.log('getProp', { propName, props, defaultProps, value, defaults })
+
   if (!defaults) {
     return value
   }
diff --git a/packages/emoji-mart/src/helpers/search-index.ts b/packages/emoji-mart/src/helpers/search-index.ts
index 20ae01fb..a86fe84a 100644
--- a/packages/emoji-mart/src/helpers/search-index.ts
+++ b/packages/emoji-mart/src/helpers/search-index.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ async function search(value, { maxResults, caller } = {}) {
 
   if (!values.length) return
 
-  let pool = Pool || (Pool = Object.values(Data.emojis))
+  // let pool = Pool || (Pool = Object.values(Data.emojis))
+  let pool = Object.values(Data.emojis)
   let results, scores
 
   for (const value of values) {