diff --git a/src/ext/Portal.ts b/src/ext/Portal.ts
index ed9712b..714b393 100644
--- a/src/ext/Portal.ts
+++ b/src/ext/Portal.ts
@@ -12,46 +12,47 @@ export interface PortalProps {
     children?: unknown;
 }
 
-export interface PortalStore {
+export type PortalStore = Store<{
     p: Node;
     f: HNode<FragmentProps, EmptyStore, EmptyStore>;
-}
-
-export const Portal = define<PortalProps, Store<PortalStore>, EmptyStore>('HUI.Portal', {
-
-    effects: [
-        function ptl_eff(props, store) {
-
-            const { parent = _document.body } = props,
-                fragment = HUI(Fragment, _null, props.children);
-
-            store.set('p', parent);
-            store.set('f', fragment);
-
-            return function ptl_clr() {
+}, {
+    c: (frag: HNode<FragmentProps, EmptyStore, EmptyStore>) => void
+}>
 
-                const { ownNode, nodes } = fragment;
+export const Portal = define<PortalProps, PortalStore, EmptyStore>('HUI.Portal', {
 
+    storeHandlers: {
+        c: function ptl_c(fragment) {
+            const { ownNode, nodes } = fragment;
+            if (nodes) {
                 clear(fragment);
-
-                nodes!.forEach(node => {
+                nodes.forEach(node => {
                     ownNode!.removeChild(node);
                 });
-
-                nodes!.length = 0;
-
-            };
-
+                nodes.length = 0;
+            }
         }
-    ],
+    },
 
+    init: function ptl_init(props, store) {
+        const { parent = _document.body } = props,
+            fragment = HUI(Fragment, _null, props.children);
+        store.set('p', parent);
+        store.set('f', fragment);
+    },
 
     render: function ptl_render(props, store, context) {
-        renderToDOM(store.get('f'), {
+        const fragment = store.get('f')!;
+        store.trigger('c', fragment);
+        renderToDOM(fragment, {
             parent: store.get('p'),
             owner: this,
             context
         });
+    },
+
+    clear: function ptl_clr(props, store) {
+        store.trigger('c', store.get('f')!);
     }
 
 });
diff --git a/src/ticker/updateChildren.ts b/src/ticker/updateChildren.ts
index b800ebe..8034a3a 100644
--- a/src/ticker/updateChildren.ts
+++ b/src/ticker/updateChildren.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const updateChildren = function updChd(
                     element.removeChild(node);
                 });
                 oldChild.nodes!.length = 0;
-            } else if (childNodes.length) {
+            } else if (childNodes.length > nodeOffset) {
                 element.removeChild(childNodes[nodeOffset++]);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/ticker/updateComponent.ts b/src/ticker/updateComponent.ts
index facba10..fd886ef 100644
--- a/src/ticker/updateComponent.ts
+++ b/src/ticker/updateComponent.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export const updateComponent = function updCom(hNode: HNode<any>) {
 
                     oldNodesLength = (oldNodes = old.nodes!).length;
 
+                    clear(old);
+
                     if (isHNode(cur) && old.type === cur.type) {
 
                         if (old.desc) {
@@ -51,9 +53,7 @@ export const updateComponent = function updCom(hNode: HNode<any>) {
 
                             mark(cur);
 
-                            nodeOffset += cur.nodes!.length;
-
-                            return;
+                            return nodeOffset += oldNodesLength;
 
                         } else {
 
@@ -79,10 +79,8 @@ export const updateComponent = function updCom(hNode: HNode<any>) {
 
                     }
 
-                    clear(old);
-
                 } else if (!isHNode(cur) && HUI.cmp(old, cur)) {
-                    return;
+                    return nodeOffset++;
                 }
 
                 curNodes = toNodeArr(cur, ctx!, ownNode!, hNode);
diff --git a/src/utils/clear.ts b/src/utils/clear.ts
index 1a2d062..3afbcfb 100644
--- a/src/utils/clear.ts
+++ b/src/utils/clear.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { isHNode } from "./helpers";
 
 export const clear = function clr(hNode: HNode<any>) {
 
-    const { desc, out: output, props } = hNode;
+    const { desc, props } = hNode;
 
     hNode.active = false;
 
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export const clear = function clr(hNode: HNode<any>) {
         expired.splice(index, 1);
     }
 
-    if (output) {
-        output.forEach((child: unknown) => {
+    if (hNode.out) {
+        hNode.out.forEach((child: unknown) => {
             if (isHNode(child)) {
                 clear(child);
             }