diff --git a/routes/_components/Layout.html b/routes/_components/Layout.html
index 5f2972d0..d43e598e 100644
--- a/routes/_components/Layout.html
+++ b/routes/_components/Layout.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Nav :page :dynamicPage :dynamicHref :dynamicIcon :dynamicLabel/>
 
 {{#if virtual}}
-  <VirtualListContainer storeKey="{{virtualStoreKey}}">
+  <VirtualListContainer realm="{{virtualRealm}}">
     <main>
       <slot></slot>
     </main>
diff --git a/routes/_components/Timeline.html b/routes/_components/Timeline.html
index 1351f7a1..05dab511 100644
--- a/routes/_components/Timeline.html
+++ b/routes/_components/Timeline.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                shown="{{initialized}}"
                footerComponent="{{LoadingFooter}}"
                showFooter="{{initialized && runningUpdate}}"
-               storeKey="{{timeline}}"
+               realm="{{timeline}}"
                on:initializedVisibleItems="initialize()"
   />
 </div>
diff --git a/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualList.html b/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualList.html
index 93233ff2..4e6dd320 100644
--- a/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualList.html
+++ b/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualList.html
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@
   export default {
     oncreate () {
       this.observe('showFooter', showFooter => {
-        this.store.set({showFooter: showFooter})
+        this.store.setForRealm({showFooter: showFooter})
       })
       this.observe('items', (items) => {
         mark('set items')
-        this.store.set({
-          items: items
-        })
+        this.store.setForRealm({items: items})
         stop('set items')
         this.fireScrollToBottom = throttle(() => {
           this.fire('scrollToBottom')
diff --git a/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListContainer.html b/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListContainer.html
index cdfd926d..9b7231f7 100644
--- a/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListContainer.html
+++ b/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListContainer.html
@@ -13,73 +13,38 @@
 
   const SCROLL_EVENT_DELAY = 300
 
-  const cachedVirtualStores = {}
-
-  if (process.browser && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-    window.cachedVirtualStores = cachedVirtualStores
-  }
-
   export default {
     oncreate() {
       mark('onCreate VirtualListContainer')
       let node = this.refs.node
-      let storeKey = this.get('storeKey')
-      let cachedStore
-      if (storeKey && (cachedStore = cachedVirtualStores[storeKey])) {
-        this.store.set({
-          scrollTop: cachedStore.state.scrollTop,
-          scrollHeight: cachedStore.state.scrollHeight,
-          offsetHeight: cachedStore.state.offsetHeight
-        })
-        this.store.set(cachedStore.state)
-
-        // rehydrate scroll top
-        let cachedScrollTop = cachedStore.state.scrollTop || 0
-        if (cachedScrollTop === 0) {
-          if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-            console.log('no need to force scroll top')
-          }
-          return
-        }
-        let initializedScrollTop = false
-        let node = this.refs.node
+      let realm = this.get('realm')
+      this.store.set({currentRealm: realm})
+      let scrollTop = this.store.get('scrollTop')
+      if (scrollTop > 0) {
         this.observe('allVisibleItemsHaveHeight', allVisibleItemsHaveHeight => {
           if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
             console.log('allVisibleItemsHaveHeight', allVisibleItemsHaveHeight)
           }
-          if (!initializedScrollTop && allVisibleItemsHaveHeight && node) {
-            initializedScrollTop = true
+          if (!this.get('initializedScrollTop') && allVisibleItemsHaveHeight && node) {
+            this.set({'initializedScrollTop': true})
             requestAnimationFrame(() => {
               mark('set scrollTop')
               if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-                console.log('forcing scroll top to ', cachedScrollTop)
+                console.log('forcing scroll top to ', scrollTop)
               }
-              node.scrollTop = cachedScrollTop
+              node.scrollTop = scrollTop
               stop('set scrollTop')
             })
           }
         })
       } else {
-        this.store.set({
-          scrollTop: 0,
+        this.store.setForRealm({
           scrollHeight: node.scrollHeight,
           offsetHeight: node.offsetHeight
         })
       }
       stop('onCreate VirtualListContainer')
     },
-    ondestroy() {
-      let storeKey = this.get('storeKey')
-      if (storeKey) {
-        let clonedState = this.store.cloneState()
-        if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-          console.log('caching scroll top', clonedState.scrollTop)
-        }
-        cachedVirtualStores[storeKey] = {
-          state: clonedState
-        }
-      }
-    },
     store: () => virtualListStore,
     events: {
       scroll(node, callback) {
@@ -116,7 +81,7 @@
     },
     methods: {
       onScroll(event) {
-        this.store.set({
+        this.store.setForRealm({
           scrollTop: event.target.scrollTop,
           scrollHeight: event.target.scrollHeight
         })
diff --git a/routes/_components/virtualList/virtualListStore.js b/routes/_components/virtualList/virtualListStore.js
index 5b3270dc..834f4471 100644
--- a/routes/_components/virtualList/virtualListStore.js
+++ b/routes/_components/virtualList/virtualListStore.js
@@ -3,28 +3,12 @@ import { mark, stop } from '../../_utils/marks'
 
 const VIEWPORT_RENDER_FACTOR = 4
 
-const cloneKeys = [
-  'items',
-  'itemHeights',
-  'scrollTop',
-  'scrollHeight',
-  'offsetHeight'
-]
-
 class VirtualListStore extends Store {
   constructor(state) {
     super(state)
     this._batches = {}
   }
 
-  cloneState() {
-    let res = {}
-    for (let key of cloneKeys) {
-      res[key] = this.get(key)
-    }
-    return res
-  }
-
   batchUpdate(key, subKey, value) {
     let batch = this._batches[key]
     if (!batch) {
@@ -53,15 +37,42 @@ class VirtualListStore extends Store {
       stop('batchUpdate()')
     })
   }
+
+  setForRealm(obj) {
+    let realmName = this.get('currentRealm')
+    let realms = this.get('realms') || {}
+    realms[realmName] = Object.assign(realms[realmName] || {}, obj)
+    this.set({realms: realms})
+  }
 }
 
 const virtualListStore = new VirtualListStore({
-  items: [],
+  realms: {},
+  currentRealm: null,
   itemHeights: {},
-  showFooter: false,
   footerHeight: 0
 })
 
+virtualListStore.compute('items', ['currentRealm', 'realms'], (currentRealm, realms) => {
+  return realms[currentRealm] && realms[currentRealm].items || []
+})
+
+virtualListStore.compute('showFooter', ['currentRealm', 'realms'], (currentRealm, realms) => {
+  return realms[currentRealm] && realms[currentRealm].showFooter
+})
+
+virtualListStore.compute('scrollTop', ['currentRealm', 'realms'], (currentRealm, realms) => {
+  return realms[currentRealm] && realms[currentRealm].scrollTop || 0
+})
+
+virtualListStore.compute('scrollHeight', ['currentRealm', 'realms'], (currentRealm, realms) => {
+  return realms[currentRealm] && realms[currentRealm].scrollHeight || 0
+})
+
+virtualListStore.compute('offsetHeight', ['currentRealm', 'realms'], (currentRealm, realms) => {
+  return realms[currentRealm] && realms[currentRealm].offsetHeight || 0
+})
+
 virtualListStore.compute('visibleItems',
     ['items', 'scrollTop', 'itemHeights', 'offsetHeight'],
     (items, scrollTop, itemHeights, offsetHeight) => {
diff --git a/routes/accounts/[accountId].html b/routes/accounts/[accountId].html
index bc55e744..052baf04 100644
--- a/routes/accounts/[accountId].html
+++ b/routes/accounts/[accountId].html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <Layout page='tags'
         virtual="true"
-        virtualStoreKey='account/{{params.accountId}}'
+        virtualRealm='account/{{params.accountId}}'
         dynamicPage="{{profileName}}"
         dynamicHref="/accounts/{{params.accountId}}"
         dynamicLabel="{{shortProfileName}}"
diff --git a/routes/federated.html b/routes/federated.html
index 313a7abb..1637ecd1 100644
--- a/routes/federated.html
+++ b/routes/federated.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <title>Pinafore – Federated</title>
 </:Head>
 
-<Layout page='federated' virtual="true" virtualStoreKey="federated">
+<Layout page='federated' virtual="true" virtualRealm="federated">
   {{#if $isUserLoggedIn}}
   <LazyTimeline timeline='federated' />
   {{else}}
diff --git a/routes/index.html b/routes/index.html
index 3837390a..e621390d 100644
--- a/routes/index.html
+++ b/routes/index.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<title>Pinafore – Home</title>
 </:Head>
 
-<Layout page='home' virtual="true" virtualStoreKey="home">
+<Layout page='home' virtual="true" virtualRealm="home">
   {{#if $isUserLoggedIn}}
   <LazyTimeline timeline='home' />
   {{else}}
diff --git a/routes/local.html b/routes/local.html
index d31988f4..a9b67466 100644
--- a/routes/local.html
+++ b/routes/local.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <title>Pinafore – Local</title>
 </:Head>
 
-<Layout page='local' virtual="true" virtualStoreKey="local">
+<Layout page='local' virtual="true" virtualRealm="local">
   {{#if $isUserLoggedIn}}
   <LazyTimeline timeline='local' />
   {{else}}
diff --git a/routes/notifications.html b/routes/notifications.html
index c3c9cc90..681fe897 100644
--- a/routes/notifications.html
+++ b/routes/notifications.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<title>Pinafore – Notifications</title>
 </:Head>
 
-<Layout page='notifications' virtual="true" virtualStoreKey="federated">
+<Layout page='notifications' virtual="true" virtualRealm="federated">
   <HiddenFromSSR>
     <FreeTextLayout>
       <h1>Notifications</h1>
diff --git a/routes/tags/[tagName].html b/routes/tags/[tagName].html
index ee1cdd2b..ce88f261 100644
--- a/routes/tags/[tagName].html
+++ b/routes/tags/[tagName].html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <Layout page='tags'
         virtual="true"
-        virtualStoreKey='tag/{{params.tagName}}'
+        virtualRealm='tag/{{params.tagName}}'
         dynamicPage="{{params.tagName}}"
         dynamicHref="/tags/{{params.tagName}}"
         dynamicLabel="{{'#' + params.tagName}}"