diff --git a/src/component/component.ts b/src/component/component.ts
index 36bfbe82..ca62a1da 100644
--- a/src/component/component.ts
+++ b/src/component/component.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import type { ComponentNode } from "./component_node";
 
+export type Props = { [key: string]: any };
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Component Class
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export class Component<Props = any, Env = any> {
   static template: string = "";
-  static props?: any;
+  static props?: Props;
 
   props: Props;
   env: Env;
diff --git a/src/component/component_node.ts b/src/component/component_node.ts
index b0c97864..1b84fb8c 100644
--- a/src/component/component_node.ts
+++ b/src/component/component_node.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import type { App, Env } from "../app/app";
 import { BDom, VNode } from "../blockdom";
+import { clearReactivesForCallback, Reactive, reactive } from "../reactivity";
+import { batched, Callback } from "../utils";
 import { Component } from "./component";
+import { fibersInError, handleError } from "./error_handling";
 import {
   Fiber,
   makeChildFiber,
@@ -9,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   MountOptions,
   RootFiber,
 } from "./fibers";
-import { handleError, fibersInError } from "./error_handling";
 import { applyDefaultProps } from "./props_validation";
 import { STATUS } from "./status";
 
@@ -23,6 +25,37 @@ export function useComponent(): Component {
   return currentNode!.component;
 }
 
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Integration with reactivity system (useState)
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const batchedRenderFunctions = new WeakMap<ComponentNode, Callback>();
+/**
+ * Creates a reactive object that will be observed by the current component.
+ * Reading data from the returned object (eg during rendering) will cause the
+ * component to subscribe to that data and be rerendered when it changes.
+ *
+ * @param state the state to observe
+ * @returns a reactive object that will cause the component to re-render on
+ *  relevant changes
+ * @see reactive
+ */
+export function useState<T extends object>(state: T): Reactive<T> {
+  const node = currentNode!;
+  let render = batchedRenderFunctions.get(node)!;
+  if (!render) {
+    render = batched(node.render.bind(node));
+    batchedRenderFunctions.set(node, render);
+    // manual implementation of onWillUnmount to break cyclic dependency
+    node.willUnmount.unshift(clearReactivesForCallback.bind(null, render));
+  }
+  return reactive(state, render);
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// component function (used in compiled template code)
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 export function component(
   name: string | typeof Component,
   props: any,
@@ -69,7 +102,7 @@ export function component(
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//  Component VNode
+//  Component VNode class
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 type LifecycleHook = Function;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f767bbbe..d4862fd0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ export { useComponent } from "./component/component_node";
 export { status } from "./component/status";
 export { Memo } from "./memo";
 export { xml } from "./app/template_set";
-export { useState, reactive } from "./reactivity";
+export { reactive } from "./reactivity";
+export { useState } from "./component/component_node";
 export { useEffect, useEnv, useExternalListener, useRef, useSubEnv } from "./hooks";
 export { EventBus, whenReady, loadFile, markup } from "./utils";
 export {
diff --git a/src/reactivity.ts b/src/reactivity.ts
index 737c2219..51178ae9 100644
--- a/src/reactivity.ts
+++ b/src/reactivity.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { onWillUnmount } from "./component/lifecycle_hooks";
-import { ComponentNode, getCurrent } from "./component/component_node";
-import { batched, Callback } from "./utils";
+import { Callback } from "./utils";
 
 // Allows to get the target of a Reactive (used for making a new Reactive from the underlying object)
 const TARGET = Symbol("Target");
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ const callbacksToTargets = new WeakMap<Callback, Set<Target>>();
  *
  * @param callback the callback for which the reactives need to be cleared
  */
-function clearReactivesForCallback(callback: Callback): void {
+export function clearReactivesForCallback(callback: Callback): void {
   const targetsToClear = callbacksToTargets.get(callback);
   if (!targetsToClear) {
     return;
@@ -190,28 +188,3 @@ export function reactive<T extends Target>(target: T, callback: Callback = () =>
   }
   return reactivesForTarget.get(callback) as Reactive<T>;
 }
-
-const batchedRenderFunctions = new WeakMap<ComponentNode, Callback>();
-/**
- * Creates a reactive object that will be observed by the current component.
- * Reading data from the returned object (eg during rendering) will cause the
- * component to subscribe to that data and be rerendered when it changes.
- *
- * @param state the state to observe
- * @returns a reactive object that will cause the component to re-render on
- *  relevant changes
- * @see reactive
- */
-export function useState<T extends object>(state: T): Reactive<T> {
-  const node = getCurrent()!;
-  if (!batchedRenderFunctions.has(node)) {
-    batchedRenderFunctions.set(
-      node,
-      batched(() => node.render())
-    );
-    onWillUnmount(() => clearReactivesForCallback(render));
-  }
-  const render = batchedRenderFunctions.get(node)!;
-  const reactiveState = reactive(state, render);
-  return reactiveState;
-}