diff --git a/frontend/layout/lib/TileLayout.tsx b/frontend/layout/lib/TileLayout.tsx
index 5bea213f..b4bc200a 100644
--- a/frontend/layout/lib/TileLayout.tsx
+++ b/frontend/layout/lib/TileLayout.tsx
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ const DisplayNode = ({ layoutModel, layoutNode, contents }: DisplayNodeProps) =>
             className={clsx("tile-node", {
                 dragging: isDragging,
                 magnified: layoutModel.treeState.magnifiedNodeId === layoutNode.id,
-                "last-magnified": addlProps.isLastMagnifiedNode,
+                "last-magnified": addlProps?.isLastMagnifiedNode,
             })}
             ref={tileNodeRef}
             id={layoutNode.id}
diff --git a/frontend/layout/lib/layoutAtom.ts b/frontend/layout/lib/layoutAtom.ts
index 39fc160a..1599a15f 100644
--- a/frontend/layout/lib/layoutAtom.ts
+++ b/frontend/layout/lib/layoutAtom.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function getLayoutStateAtomFromTab(tabAtom: Atom<Tab>, get: Getter): WritableWav
 
 export function withLayoutTreeStateAtomFromTab(tabAtom: Atom<Tab>): WritableLayoutTreeStateAtom {
     if (layoutStateAtomMap.has(tabAtom)) {
-        console.log("found atom");
+        // console.log("found atom");
         return layoutStateAtomMap.get(tabAtom);
     }
     const generationAtom = atom(1);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export function withLayoutTreeStateAtomFromTab(tabAtom: Atom<Tab>): WritableLayo
             const stateAtom = getLayoutStateAtomFromTab(tabAtom, get);
             if (!stateAtom) return;
             const layoutStateData = get(stateAtom);
-            console.log("layoutStateData", layoutStateData);
+            // console.log("layoutStateData", layoutStateData);
             const layoutTreeState: LayoutTreeState = {
                 rootNode: layoutStateData?.rootnode,
                 magnifiedNodeId: layoutStateData?.magnifiednodeid,
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ export function withLayoutTreeStateAtomFromTab(tabAtom: Atom<Tab>): WritableLayo
         (get, set, value) => {
             if (get(generationAtom) < value.generation) {
                 const stateAtom = getLayoutStateAtomFromTab(tabAtom, get);
-                console.log("setting new atom val", value);
+                // console.log("setting new atom val", value);
                 if (!stateAtom) return;
                 const waveObjVal = get(stateAtom);
-                console.log("waveObjVal", waveObjVal);
+                // console.log("waveObjVal", waveObjVal);
                 waveObjVal.rootnode = value.rootNode;
                 waveObjVal.magnifiednodeid = value.magnifiedNodeId;
                 set(generationAtom, value.generation);
diff --git a/frontend/layout/lib/layoutModel.ts b/frontend/layout/lib/layoutModel.ts
index fa3c1689..a35e8619 100644
--- a/frontend/layout/lib/layoutModel.ts
+++ b/frontend/layout/lib/layoutModel.ts
@@ -365,10 +365,10 @@ export class LayoutModel {
          * Gets normalized dimensions for the TileLayout container.
          * @returns The normalized dimensions for the TileLayout container.
          */
-        function getBoundingRect(): Dimensions {
+        const getBoundingRect: () => Dimensions = () => {
             const boundingRect = this.displayContainerRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
             return { top: 0, left: 0, width: boundingRect.width, height: boundingRect.height };
-        }
+        };
 
         if (!node.children?.length) {
             // console.log("adding node to leafs", node);
diff --git a/frontend/layout/lib/layoutModelHooks.ts b/frontend/layout/lib/layoutModelHooks.ts
index aba99307..2b6c3dc4 100644
--- a/frontend/layout/lib/layoutModelHooks.ts
+++ b/frontend/layout/lib/layoutModelHooks.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { globalStore, WOS } from "@/app/store/global";
 import useResizeObserver from "@react-hook/resize-observer";
-import { atom, Atom, useAtomValue } from "jotai";
+import { Atom, useAtomValue } from "jotai";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { withLayoutTreeStateAtomFromTab } from "./layoutAtom";
 import { LayoutModel } from "./layoutModel";
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ export function getLayoutModelForTab(tabAtom: Atom<Tab>): LayoutModel {
     if (layoutModelMap.has(tabId)) {
         const layoutModel = layoutModelMap.get(tabData.oid);
         if (layoutModel) {
-            if (!layoutModel.generationAtom) layoutModel.generationAtom = atom(0);
             return layoutModel;
         }
     }