diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5daf84eb..eba88e01 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: mapdeck
 Type: Package
 Title: Interactive Maps Using 'Mapbox GL JS' and 'Deck.gl'
-Version: 0.3.5
-Date: 2024-01-29
+Version: 0.3.6
+Date: 2024-07-02
 Authors@R: c(
     person("David", "Cooley", ,"dcooley@symbolix.com.au", role = c("aut", "cre"))
     )
diff --git a/inst/htmlwidgets/lib/view_state/view_state.js b/inst/htmlwidgets/lib/view_state/view_state.js
index 6d19a738..ecc7c386 100644
--- a/inst/htmlwidgets/lib/view_state/view_state.js
+++ b/inst/htmlwidgets/lib/view_state/view_state.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/*
 function add_view_state( map_id, viewState ) {
 	'use strict';
 
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ function add_view_state( map_id, viewState ) {
     }
 
 }
-
 function md_placeViewState( map_id, object ) {
 
     var mapbox_ctrl = document.getElementById( "mapViewStateContainer"+map_id);
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ function clear_view_state( map_id ) {
 
 }
 
+*/
diff --git a/inst/htmlwidgets/mapdeck.js b/inst/htmlwidgets/mapdeck.js
index 50f7913c..993edad9 100644
--- a/inst/htmlwidgets/mapdeck.js
+++ b/inst/htmlwidgets/mapdeck.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
 				}
 
         // INITIAL VIEW
-        window[el.id + 'INITIAL_VIEW_STATE'] = {
+        const initialViewState = {
         	longitude: x.location[0],
         	latitude: x.location[1],
         	zoom: x.zoom,
@@ -73,17 +73,19 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
        	 	minPitch: x.min_pitch
         };
 
+				window[el.id + 'viewState'] = initialViewState;
+
+				const mapView = new deck.MapView({
+					id: el.id,
+					repeat: x.repeat_view
+				})
+
        if( x.access_token === null ) {
        	 deckgl = new deck.DeckGL({
-       	 	  views: [ new deck.MapView({
-       	 	  	id: el.id,
-       	 	  	repeat: x.repeat_view,
-//       	 	  	width: width,
-//		       	 	height: height
-       	 	  	}) ],
+       	 	  views: [mapView],
        	 	  map: false,
 			      container: el.id,
-			      initialViewState: window[el.id + 'INITIAL_VIEW_STATE'],
+			      initialViewState: initialViewState,
 			      layers: [],
 			      controller: true
 			      //onLayerHover: setTooltip
@@ -91,22 +93,22 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
 			   window[el.id + 'map'] = deckgl;
        } else {
         deckgl = new deck.DeckGL({
-        	  views: [ new deck.MapView({
-        	  	id: el.id,
-        	  	repeat: x.repeat_view,
-//		       	 	width: width,
-//		       	 	height: height
-        	  	})
-        	  ],
+        	  views: [mapView],
           	mapboxApiAccessToken: x.access_token,
 			      container: el.id,
 			      mapStyle: x.style,
-			      initialViewState: window[el.id + 'INITIAL_VIEW_STATE'],
+			      initialViewState: initialViewState,
 			      layers: [],
 			      controller: true,
 			      //onLayerHover: setTooltip
 			      onViewStateChange: ({viewId, viewState, interactionState}) => {
 
+			      	//console.log("onViewStateChange");
+			      	//console.log(viewState);
+
+							// issue 382
+			      	window[el.id + 'viewState'] = viewState;
+
 			      	if (!HTMLWidgets.shinyMode && !x.show_view_state ) { return; }
 							// as per:
 							// https://github.com/uber/deck.gl/issues/3344
diff --git a/inst/htmlwidgets/mapdeck_location.js b/inst/htmlwidgets/mapdeck_location.js
index 1062d4c2..03dd67a6 100644
--- a/inst/htmlwidgets/mapdeck_location.js
+++ b/inst/htmlwidgets/mapdeck_location.js
@@ -19,8 +19,25 @@ function md_change_location( map_id, map_type, location, zoom, pitch, bearing, d
 
 	  	currentViewState = window[ map_id + 'map'].viewState["default-view"];
 	  } else {
-	  	currentViewState = window[ map_id + 'map'].viewState;
+	  	//currentViewState = window[ map_id + 'map'].viewState;
+	  	currentViewState = window[ map_id + 'viewState'];
 	  }
+/*
+	  console.log("default-view");
+	  console.log(window[ map_id + 'map'].viewState["default-view"]);
+
+	  console.log("viewState");
+	  console.log(window[ map_id + 'map'].viewState);
+	  console.log(window[ map_id + 'viewState']);
+
+
+	  console.log("viewManager");
+	  console.log(window[ map_id + 'map'].viewManager);
+
+	  console.log("viewManager.viewState");
+	  console.log(window[ map_id + 'map'].viewManager.viewState);
+*/
+
 
 	  	currentLon = (location === null || location.length == 0) ? currentViewState.longitude : location[0];
 	  	currentLat = (location === null || location.length == 0) ? currentViewState.latitude : location[1];