diff --git a/example/package.json b/example/package.json
index 51e7e08..9e6a158 100644
--- a/example/package.json
+++ b/example/package.json
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
     "expo-splash-screen": "~0.18.2",
     "expo-status-bar": "^1.4.4",
     "expo-system-ui": "~2.2.1",
-    "navigation": "^6.1.0",
+    "navigation": "^6.2.0",
     "navigation-react": "^4.5.1",
-    "navigation-react-mobile": "^3.9.0",
-    "navigation-react-native": "^9.2.2",
+    "navigation-react-mobile": "^3.10.0",
+    "navigation-react-native": "^9.2.3",
     "navigation-react-native-web": "^1.3.0",
     "react": "18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "18.2.0",
diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index ac61e0d..a083b65 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import { BottomRoot, NavigationRoots, screens } from './Navigator';
 import routes from './Routes';
 import AsyncBoundaryScreen from './helpers/AsyncBoundaryScreen';
 import HeaderWeb from './HeaderWeb';
-
 function getTheme(colorScheme: ColorSchemeName): typeof MD3LightTheme {
   const isDark = colorScheme === 'dark';
   const baseTheme = colorScheme === 'dark' ? MD3DarkTheme : MD3LightTheme;
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ export default function App() {
               SuspenseContainer={AsyncBoundaryScreen}
               navigationRoot={navigationRoot}
               themeSettings={theme}
+              initialRootKey={NavigationRoots.RootHome}
             />
           </AsyncBoundary>
         </PaperProvider>
diff --git a/example/src/HeaderWeb.tsx b/example/src/HeaderWeb.tsx
index f94724c..b391fea 100644
--- a/example/src/HeaderWeb.tsx
+++ b/example/src/HeaderWeb.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function HeaderWeb({
       <>
         <View
           style={{
-            backgroundColor: '#FCFCFC',
+            backgroundColor: theme.colors.background,
             alignItems: 'center',
             flexDirection: 'row',
             paddingTop: 12,
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ export default function HeaderWeb({
             paddingHorizontal: 24,
           }}
         >
-          <Text style={{ color: '#000', fontSize: 22 }}>Logo</Text>
+          <Text style={{ color: theme.colors.onBackground, fontSize: 22 }}>
+            Logo
+          </Text>
           <BottomTabLink to={BottomRoot.Home} params={{}}>
             {({ isSelected, ...linkProps }) => (
               <Button {...linkProps}>
diff --git a/example/src/NavigatorScreens.tsx b/example/src/NavigatorScreens.tsx
index 97181ed..ea2f6c7 100644
--- a/example/src/NavigatorScreens.tsx
+++ b/example/src/NavigatorScreens.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const PostsScreen = registerScreen(
 );
 
 export const PostScreen = registerScreen(
-  '/post-test/:id',
+  '/post/:id',
   RequireAuthHOC(lazy(() => import('./PostScreen'))),
   (params) => {
     const { id } = params;
diff --git a/example/src/PostScreen.tsx b/example/src/PostScreen.tsx
index 883b139..8ecf3a8 100644
--- a/example/src/PostScreen.tsx
+++ b/example/src/PostScreen.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ import { queryKeyPostScreen, queryKeyPostScreenPromise } from './queryKeys';
 import routes from './Routes';
 import ButtonLink from './ButtonLink';
 import Spacer from './helpers/Spacer';
+import { useRenderLog } from './helpers/utils';
 
 function PostScreen() {
+  useRenderLog('PostScreen');
   // optional with react-query  but could be used i.c.w. Relay.dev etc.
   // for now we use this to test if it keeps working
   const queryReference = usePreloadResult(routes.PostScreen);
diff --git a/example/src/useAuthState.tsx b/example/src/useAuthState.tsx
index 30a4426..091357d 100644
--- a/example/src/useAuthState.tsx
+++ b/example/src/useAuthState.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const useAuthState = create<UseAuthState>(() => initialState || emptyAuthState);
 
 export function setAuthState(state: UseAuthState) {
   useAuthState.setState(state);
+  storage.set('auth', JSON.stringify(state));
 }
 fetchAndSaveProfileForToken({ token: initialState.token });
 export function reset() {
@@ -50,17 +51,12 @@ export async function fetchAndSaveProfileForToken({
   if (!token) {
     return;
   }
-  useAuthState.setState((prev) => ({
-    ...prev,
-    token,
-    resolving: true,
-  }));
 
   const response: any = await api({
     path: 'users/1',
   });
 
-  useAuthState.setState({
+  setAuthState({
     token,
     user: response,
     resolving: false,
diff --git a/example/yarn.lock b/example/yarn.lock
index d75ff3f..1f1bac6 100644
--- a/example/yarn.lock
+++ b/example/yarn.lock
@@ -6480,11 +6480,16 @@ nanomatch@^1.2.9:
     snapdragon "^0.8.1"
     to-regex "^3.0.1"
 
-navigation-react-mobile@*, navigation-react-mobile@^3.9.0:
+navigation-react-mobile@*:
   version "3.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/navigation-react-mobile/-/navigation-react-mobile-3.9.0.tgz#4b38bd2412f3a503346c1912c48b24639a3ba5fd"
   integrity sha512-ZWwRs3TAByIXgne2ZNvTLSgXa0tKK4puorEC05SUnmeJobXOMFPJpJiYDQrb/pZg0GBr69waFAqPiveGyr0CGw==
 
+navigation-react-mobile@^3.10.0:
+  version "3.10.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/navigation-react-mobile/-/navigation-react-mobile-3.10.0.tgz#ba9ef10d51b492a449b3afa9777debe86f70dabf"
+  integrity sha512-SEOhP6ugX02kZ/f+2KZA1G+UTMLhyBWLSJAGUfUrOAPSFqCmPv0jKJTRM2EoAvQg+FVqfwOObXNoDWf2UXEBIA==
+
 navigation-react-native-web@^1.3.0:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/navigation-react-native-web/-/navigation-react-native-web-1.3.0.tgz#dc192205d3d9fc117adac51d7b86c83748ac92b8"
@@ -6492,20 +6497,20 @@ navigation-react-native-web@^1.3.0:
   dependencies:
     navigation-react-mobile "*"
 
-navigation-react-native@^9.2.2:
-  version "9.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/navigation-react-native/-/navigation-react-native-9.2.2.tgz#91968f9e407f1e91e654a3f94394d772094acfe0"
-  integrity sha512-XaxKMtczRnFF+9yLHAteP09sWVcgyADMv8dPHfHUI8DyR/RhZs3bmHtG6PX33r2nd4Rl27pYTYe4w3e1+02n+Q==
+navigation-react-native@^9.2.3:
+  version "9.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/navigation-react-native/-/navigation-react-native-9.2.3.tgz#32ba22192d3e4d75e30008490616e5926e3dad50"
+  integrity sha512-P6VxlEUPD+qir1zGB80u43NQPuNwxXIsskpL79Kul65MnUDKSFvuua4LDTEE2y39hAIl0et3rA++8mzUP1AjbQ==
 
 navigation-react@^4.5.1:
   version "4.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/navigation-react/-/navigation-react-4.5.1.tgz#47adb8ba220f0701736328b359f347a619f2fc6c"
   integrity sha512-s8FUkLATlr2JcXiyOR9DUQlIAZNyqX3oW0m2u6VCLxmSNSUHUCqueSsULtRTS2FoBAYqN81tZzLMsSw0sBQeDg==
 
-navigation@^6.1.0:
-  version "6.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/navigation/-/navigation-6.1.0.tgz#6addd11b212064250f6c7168c05b4ddb1fbbd2aa"
-  integrity sha512-lzFTF9L49o5v5/Ja3VTACLqg2cthMu63YjAa8ripzMA6+ayAVUvNmfulZcbHhU8LFX/qoUlb8fSSKFb+lNpwQQ==
+navigation@^6.2.0:
+  version "6.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/navigation/-/navigation-6.2.0.tgz#9dee79f82e1ab603fa2d9bdd5465e42441fcbf6e"
+  integrity sha512-PcAsKXzTJ4WSLEz2AWHeIv+R9tvagN7qdMaGO8mY0SuPaY11q5HLBbpYQi6+kwljbmRKHju0gxRMwNf17e1zDg==
 
 ncp@~2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
diff --git a/src/NavigationProvider.tsx b/src/NavigationProvider.tsx
index 9ee6356..14402b7 100644
--- a/src/NavigationProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/NavigationProvider.tsx
@@ -208,23 +208,55 @@ export default function NavigationProvider<ScreenItems extends BaseScreen[]>({
     [preloadElement, preloadScreen, rootNavigator]
   );
 
-  React.useMemo(() => {
-    const path = getPathFromUrl(initialUrl);
-    const rootKey = getRootKeyFromPath(path)!;
-    const root = navigationRoot[rootKey];
-    const rootType = root?.type;
-    const isBottomTabs = rootType === 'bottomTabs';
-    const isNative = Platform.OS !== 'web';
+  const openUrl = React.useCallback(
+    (uri: string, change: boolean, fallback?: boolean) => {
+      try {
+        const path = getPathFromUrl(uri);
+        const rootKey = getRootKeyFromPath(path)!;
+        const root = navigationRoot[rootKey];
+        const rootType = root?.type;
+        const isBottomTabs = rootType === 'bottomTabs';
+        const isNative = Platform.OS !== 'web';
 
-    if (isNative && isBottomTabs) {
-      preloadRoot(rootKey);
-      rootNavigator.start(rootKey);
-    } else {
-      preloadLink(initialUrl);
-      rootNavigator.navigateLink(initialUrl);
-    }
+        if (isNative && isBottomTabs) {
+          preloadRoot(rootKey);
+          rootNavigator.start(rootKey);
+        } else {
+          preloadLink(uri);
+          // rootNavigator.start(rootKey);
+          rootNavigator.navigateLink(uri);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.log(
+          `Can't convert deep link to the right stack: ${initialUrl}`,
+          e,
+          { fallback, change }
+        );
+        if (!fallback && !change) {
+          console.log(
+            'there is no app started yet, lets go to the default url}',
+            { defaultUrl: initialDefaultUrl }
+          );
+          // setTimeout(() => {
+          openUrl(initialDefaultUrl, false, true);
+          // }, 1000);
+        }
+      }
+    },
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [initialUrl]);
+    []
+  );
+
+  const onStart = () => {
+    openUrl(initialUrl, false, false);
+    return initialUrl;
+  };
+  const startedUrl = React.useRef(onStart());
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (startedUrl.current !== initialUrl) {
+      openUrl(initialUrl, false);
+    }
+  }, [initialUrl, openUrl]);
 
   return (
     <RidgeNavigationContext.Provider
diff --git a/src/contexts/OptimizedContext.tsx b/src/contexts/OptimizedContext.tsx
index 241b4d0..8ceeb17 100644
--- a/src/contexts/OptimizedContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/OptimizedContext.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export function OptimizedContextProvider({
     data: fallbackData,
   } = React.useContext(NavigationContext);
   const preloadId = state?.preloadId || fallbackState?.preloadId;
+
   const params = data || fallbackData;
 
   const value = React.useMemo(
diff --git a/src/navigationUtils.ts b/src/navigationUtils.ts
index 43161f5..2eae21a 100644
--- a/src/navigationUtils.ts
+++ b/src/navigationUtils.ts
@@ -238,8 +238,12 @@ export function getPathFromUrl(url: string): string {
     const u = new URL(url);
     return u.pathname + u.search;
   }
-  const split = url.split('://');
-  return '/' + split[1];
+  if (url.includes('://')) {
+    const split = url.split('://');
+    return '/' + split[1];
+  }
+
+  return '/' + url;
 }
 export function partMatches(
   urlPart: string | undefined,