diff --git a/src/contexts/UserCollectionsContext.tsx b/src/contexts/UserCollectionsContext.tsx
index eb88a1a..5ef4629 100644
--- a/src/contexts/UserCollectionsContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/UserCollectionsContext.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import {
     BasePaginatedContextProviderProps,
     BasePaginatedContextState, createCallbacks,
-    defaultBaseContext,
+    defaultBaseContext, prepareContextState,
 } from './BasePaginatedContext';
-import React, {PropsWithChildren, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState, Dispatch, SetStateAction} from 'react';
+import React, {PropsWithChildren, useEffect, useState} from 'react';
 import Collection from "../models/user/collection";
 
 /**
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@ export interface UserCollectionsContextState extends BasePaginatedContextState<C
 
 /**
  * This lets us persist the loaded state across multiple instances of the provider
- * For initial load only.
  */
-const initialPersistentContextState = createDefaultState();
+let persistentContext = createDefaultState();
 
 function createDefaultState(): UserCollectionsContextState {
     return {
-        ...defaultBaseContext<Collection>(), // Specify Model type
+        ...defaultBaseContext(),
         loadAll: true,
         order: {
             'created_at': 'desc',
@@ -38,47 +37,15 @@ export interface UserCollectionsContextProviderProps extends BasePaginatedContex
 }
 
 export const UserCollectionsContextProvider: React.FC<PropsWithChildren<UserCollectionsContextProviderProps>> = (props => {
-    const [userCollectionsState, setUserCollectionsState] = useState<UserCollectionsContextState>(initialPersistentContextState);
-
-    const wrappedSetUserCollectionsState: Dispatch<SetStateAction<BasePaginatedContextState<Collection>>> = 
-        useCallback((action) => {
-            setUserCollectionsState(currentUserCollectionsState => {
-                const baseStateChanges = typeof action === 'function' 
-                    ? (action as (prevState: BasePaginatedContextState<Collection>) => BasePaginatedContextState<Collection>)(currentUserCollectionsState) 
-                    : action;
-                return { ...currentUserCollectionsState, ...baseStateChanges } as UserCollectionsContextState;
-            });
-    }, [setUserCollectionsState]);
-
+    const [userCollectionsState, setUserCollectionsState] = useState(persistentContext);
     useEffect(() => {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-        setUserCollectionsState(_prevState => {
-            let newState = createDefaultState(); 
-
-            newState = createCallbacks<Collection>(
-                wrappedSetUserCollectionsState, 
-                newState, 
-                `/users/${props.userId}/collections`
-            );
-            
-            newState.refreshData(false).catch(console.error);
+        prepareContextState(setUserCollectionsState, userCollectionsState, '/users/' + props.userId + '/collections')
+    }, [props.userId, userCollectionsState]);
 
-            return {
-                ...newState,
-                loadedData: [],
-                lastLoadedPage: undefined,
-                noResults: false,
-                refreshing: true,
-                initialLoadComplete: false,
-                initiated: true, 
-            };
-        });
-    }, [props.userId, setUserCollectionsState, wrappedSetUserCollectionsState]);
-
-    const fullContext = useMemo(() => ({
-        ...userCollectionsState,
-        ...createCallbacks<Collection>(wrappedSetUserCollectionsState, userCollectionsState, `/users/${props.userId}/collections`)
-    }), [userCollectionsState, wrappedSetUserCollectionsState, props.userId]);
+    const fullContext = {
+        ...persistentContext,
+        ...createCallbacks(setUserCollectionsState, persistentContext, '/users/' + props.userId + '/collections')
+    }
 
     return (
         <UserCollectionsContext.Provider value={fullContext}>