diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d1635f..9efb425 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "react-contextual",
-    "version": "5.0.1",
+    "version": "5.0.2",
     "description": "store and hoc patterns for react 16s new context model",
     "main": "dist/react-contextual",
     "module": "dist/react-contextual.es",
diff --git a/src/store.js b/src/store.js
index c09517b..1b61f3e 100644
--- a/src/store.js
+++ b/src/store.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import ProviderContext, {
 export function createStore(state, id = uuid()) {
   const result = {
     id,
+    initialState: { ...state },
     state,
     subscriptions: new Set(),
     context: createNamedContext(id),
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export class Provider extends React.PureComponent {
     if (!store)
       this.store.context = id ? createNamedContext(id) : ProviderContext
     // Overwrite the functions in store.state to update the state of this Provider
-    const actions = getStateUpdateFunctions(this.store.state)
+    const actions = getStateUpdateFunctions(this.store.initialState)
     Object.assign(
       this.store.state,
       Object.keys(actions).reduce(
diff --git a/tests/__snapshots__/store.js.snap b/tests/__snapshots__/store.js.snap
index 2180f6f..70fd001 100644
--- a/tests/__snapshots__/store.js.snap
+++ b/tests/__snapshots__/store.js.snap
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ exports[`external store 1`] = `
       "destroy": [Function],
       "getState": [Function],
       "id": "externalTest",
+      "initialState": Object {
+        "async": [Function],
+        "count": 0,
+        "functional": [Function],
+        "simple": [Function],
+      },
       "state": Object {
         "async": [Function],
         "count": 0,
@@ -182,6 +188,12 @@ exports[`external store 2`] = `
       "destroy": [Function],
       "getState": [Function],
       "id": "externalTest",
+      "initialState": Object {
+        "async": [Function],
+        "count": 0,
+        "functional": [Function],
+        "simple": [Function],
+      },
       "state": Object {
         "async": [Function],
         "count": 2,
@@ -234,6 +246,9 @@ exports[`external store, setState 1`] = `
       "destroy": [Function],
       "getState": [Function],
       "id": "externalTest2",
+      "initialState": Object {
+        "count": 0,
+      },
       "state": Object {
         "count": 0,
         "setState": [Function],
@@ -280,6 +295,9 @@ exports[`external store, setState 2`] = `
       "destroy": [Function],
       "getState": [Function],
       "id": "externalTest2",
+      "initialState": Object {
+        "count": 0,
+      },
       "state": Object {
         "count": 1,
         "setState": [Function],
diff --git a/tests/__snapshots__/subscribe.js.snap b/tests/__snapshots__/subscribe.js.snap
index d50a4df..cd0254c 100644
--- a/tests/__snapshots__/subscribe.js.snap
+++ b/tests/__snapshots__/subscribe.js.snap
@@ -908,6 +908,9 @@ exports[`subscribe(store) 1`] = `
       "destroy": [Function],
       "getState": [Function],
       "id": "testStore",
+      "initialState": Object {
+        "message": "success!",
+      },
       "state": Object {
         "message": "success!",
         "setState": [Function],
@@ -946,6 +949,9 @@ exports[`subscribe(store) 1`] = `
           "destroy": [Function],
           "getState": [Function],
           "id": "testStore",
+          "initialState": Object {
+            "message": "success!",
+          },
           "state": Object {
             "message": "success!",
             "setState": [Function],
@@ -988,6 +994,9 @@ exports[`subscribe(store, "state") 1`] = `
       "destroy": [Function],
       "getState": [Function],
       "id": "testStore",
+      "initialState": Object {
+        "message": "success!",
+      },
       "state": Object {
         "message": "success!",
         "setState": [Function],
@@ -1030,6 +1039,9 @@ exports[`subscribe(store, "state") 1`] = `
           "destroy": [Function],
           "getState": [Function],
           "id": "testStore",
+          "initialState": Object {
+            "message": "success!",
+          },
           "state": Object {
             "message": "success!",
             "setState": [Function],
@@ -1076,6 +1088,9 @@ exports[`subscribe(store, context => context) 1`] = `
       "destroy": [Function],
       "getState": [Function],
       "id": "testStore",
+      "initialState": Object {
+        "message": "success!",
+      },
       "state": Object {
         "message": "success!",
         "setState": [Function],
@@ -1114,6 +1129,9 @@ exports[`subscribe(store, context => context) 1`] = `
           "destroy": [Function],
           "getState": [Function],
           "id": "testStore",
+          "initialState": Object {
+            "message": "success!",
+          },
           "state": Object {
             "message": "success!",
             "setState": [Function],