diff --git a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/Editor.tsx b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/Editor.tsx
index 2ab252f..3efd795 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/Editor.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/Editor.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type {VFC} from 'react'
+import {useLayoutEffect} from 'react'
 import React, {useEffect, useRef, Suspense} from 'react'
 import {Canvas} from '@react-three/fiber'
 import {useEditorStore} from '../store'
@@ -8,8 +9,9 @@ import root from 'react-shadow'
 import styles from '../bundle.css.txt'
 import UI from './UI'
 import ProxyManager from './ProxyManager'
-import {Button, Heading, Code, PortalManager, IdProvider} from './elements'
+import {Button, PortalManager, IdProvider} from './elements'
 import studio from '@theatre/studio'
+import {useVal} from '@theatre/dataverse-react'
 
 const EditorScene = () => {
   const orbitControlsRef = useRef<typeof OrbitControls>()
@@ -60,24 +62,25 @@ const EditorScene = () => {
 }
 
 const Editor: VFC = () => {
-  const [
-    sceneSnapshot,
-    editorOpen,
-    initialState,
-    initialEditorCamera,
-    setEditorOpen,
-    createSnapshot,
-  ] = useEditorStore(
-    (state) => [
-      state.sceneSnapshot,
-      state.editorOpen,
-      state.initialState,
-      state.initialEditorCamera,
-      state.setEditorOpen,
-      state.createSnapshot,
-    ],
-    shallow,
-  )
+  const [editorObject, sceneSnapshot, initialEditorCamera, createSnapshot] =
+    useEditorStore(
+      (state) => [
+        state.editorObject,
+        state.sceneSnapshot,
+        state.initialEditorCamera,
+        state.createSnapshot,
+      ],
+      shallow,
+    )
+
+  const editorOpen = !!useVal(editorObject?.props._isOpen)
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (editorOpen) {
+      createSnapshot()
+    }
+  }, [editorOpen])
+
+  if (!editorObject) return <></>
 
   return (
     <root.div>
@@ -110,67 +113,15 @@ const Editor: VFC = () => {
 
                     <UI />
                   </>
-                ) : (
-                  <div className="flex justify-center items-center bg-white h-screen">
-                    <div className="flex flex-col gap-5 items-center ">
-                      <Heading className="text-2xl mb-4">
-                        No canvas connected
-                      </Heading>
-                      <div>
-                        Please use <Code>configure()</Code> and{' '}
-                        <Code>bind()</Code> to connect a canvas to React Three
-                        Editable.
-                      </div>
-                      <Code block>
-                        {`import React from 'react';
-import { Canvas } from '@react-three/fiber';
-import { configure, editable as e } from 'react-three-editable';
-
-const bind = configure({
-  localStorageNamespace: "MyProject"
-});
-
-const MyComponent = () => (
-  <Canvas onCreated={bind()}>
-    <e.mesh uniqueName="My First Editable Object">
-      <sphereBufferGeometry />
-      <meshStandardMaterial color="rebeccapurple" />
-    </e.mesh>
-  </Canvas>
-);`}
-                      </Code>
-                      <div>
-                        For more details, please consult the{' '}
-                        <a
-                          className="rounded-md font-medium text-green-600 hover:text-green-500"
-                          href="https://github.com/AndrewPrifer/react-three-editable"
-                          rel="noreferrer"
-                          target="_blank"
-                        >
-                          documentation
-                        </a>
-                        .
-                      </div>
-                      <Button
-                        className=""
-                        onClick={() => {
-                          setEditorOpen(false)
-                        }}
-                      >
-                        Close
-                      </Button>
-                    </div>
-                  </div>
-                )}
+                ) : null}
               </div>
               {editorOpen || (
                 <Button
                   className="fixed bottom-5 left-5"
                   onClick={() => {
-                    if (!sceneSnapshot) {
-                      createSnapshot()
-                    }
-                    setEditorOpen(true)
+                    studio.transaction(({set}) => {
+                      set(editorObject.props._isOpen, 1)
+                    })
                   }}
                 >
                   Editor
diff --git a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/ProxyManager.tsx b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/ProxyManager.tsx
index 504789c..a73171d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/ProxyManager.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/ProxyManager.tsx
@@ -145,10 +145,11 @@ const ProxyManager: VFC<ProxyManagerProps> = ({orbitControlsRef}) => {
     setRenderMaterials(renderMaterials)
 
     return () => {
-      Object.entries(renderMaterials).forEach(([id, material]) => {
-        ;(sceneProxy.getObjectById(Number.parseInt(id)) as Mesh).material =
-          material
-      })
+      // @todo do we need this cleanup?
+      // Object.entries(renderMaterials).forEach(([id, material]) => {
+      //   ;(sceneProxy.getObjectById(Number.parseInt(id)) as Mesh).material =
+      //     material
+      // })
     }
   }, [sceneProxy])
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/UI.tsx b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/UI.tsx
index 1bcf4c6..95045f4 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/UI.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/UI.tsx
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import {Vector3} from 'three'
 import {IconButton, Button, SettingsButton} from './elements'
 import ViewportSettings from './ViewportSettings'
 import type {$FixMe} from '@theatre/shared/utils/types'
+import studio from '@theatre/studio'
 
 const UI: VFC = () => {
   const [
+    editorObject,
     transformControlsMode,
     transformControlsSpace,
     viewportShading,
@@ -21,9 +23,9 @@ const UI: VFC = () => {
     setTransformControlsMode,
     setTransformControlsSpace,
     setViewportShading,
-    setEditorOpen,
   ] = useEditorStore(
     (state) => [
+      state.editorObject,
       state.transformControlsMode,
       state.transformControlsSpace,
       state.viewportShading,
@@ -31,11 +33,12 @@ const UI: VFC = () => {
       state.setTransformControlsMode,
       state.setTransformControlsSpace,
       state.setViewportShading,
-      state.setEditorOpen,
     ],
     shallow,
   )
 
+  if (!editorObject) return <></>
+
   return (
     <div className="absolute inset-0 z-50 pointer-events-none">
       <div className="flex h-full">
@@ -134,7 +137,11 @@ const UI: VFC = () => {
           {/* Bottom-left corner*/}
           <Button
             className="absolute left-0 bottom-0 pointer-events-auto"
-            onClick={() => setEditorOpen(false)}
+            onClick={() =>
+              studio.transaction(({set}) => {
+                set(editorObject.props._isOpen, 0)
+              })
+            }
           >
             Close
           </Button>
diff --git a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/store.ts b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/store.ts
index 14e4d28..a710449 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/store.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/store.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export interface EditableState {
 
 export type EditorStore = {
   sheet: ISheet | null
-  uiSheet: ISheet | null
+  editorObject: ISheetObject<typeof editorSheetObjectConfig['props']> | null
   sheetObjects: {[uniqueName in string]?: BaseSheetObjectType}
   scene: Scene | null
   gl: WebGLRenderer | null
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ export type EditorStore = {
   transformControlsMode: TransformControlsMode
   transformControlsSpace: TransformControlsSpace
   viewportShading: ViewportShading
-  editorOpen: boolean
   sceneSnapshot: Scene | null
   editablesSnapshot: Record<string, EditableSnapshot> | null
   hdrPaths: string[]
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ export type EditorStore = {
     allowImplicitInstancing: boolean,
     editorCamera: ContainerProps['camera'],
     sheet: ISheet,
-    uiSheet: null | ISheet,
+    editorObject: null | ISheetObject<typeof editorSheetObjectConfig['props']>,
   ) => void
 
   setOrbitControlsRef: (
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ export type EditorStore = {
   setShowGrid: (show: boolean) => void
   setShowAxes: (show: boolean) => void
   setReferenceWindowSize: (size: number) => void
-  setEditorOpen: (open: boolean) => void
   createSnapshot: () => void
   setSheetObject: (uniqueName: string, sheetObject: BaseSheetObjectType) => void
   setSnapshotProxyObject: (
@@ -214,7 +212,7 @@ const config: StateCreator<EditorStore> = (set, get) => {
 
   return {
     sheet: null,
-    uiSheet: null,
+    editorObject: null,
     sheetObjects: {},
     scene: null,
     gl: null,
@@ -228,7 +226,6 @@ const config: StateCreator<EditorStore> = (set, get) => {
     transformControlsMode: 'translate',
     transformControlsSpace: 'world',
     viewportShading: 'rendered',
-    editorOpen: false,
     sceneSnapshot: null,
     editablesSnapshot: null,
     hdrPaths: [],
@@ -246,7 +243,7 @@ const config: StateCreator<EditorStore> = (set, get) => {
       allowImplicitInstancing,
       editorCamera,
       sheet,
-      uiSheet,
+      editorObject,
     ) => {
       set({
         scene,
@@ -254,7 +251,7 @@ const config: StateCreator<EditorStore> = (set, get) => {
         allowImplicitInstancing,
         initialEditorCamera: editorCamera,
         sheet,
-        uiSheet,
+        editorObject,
       })
     },
 
@@ -339,9 +336,6 @@ const config: StateCreator<EditorStore> = (set, get) => {
       set({showAxes: show})
     },
     setReferenceWindowSize: (size) => set({referenceWindowSize: size}),
-    setEditorOpen: (open) => {
-      set({editorOpen: open})
-    },
     createSnapshot: () => {
       set((state) => ({
         sceneSnapshot: state.scene?.clone() ?? null,
@@ -370,6 +364,12 @@ export type BindFunction = (options: {
   sheet: ISheet
 }) => (options: {gl: WebGLRenderer; scene: Scene}) => void
 
+const editorSheetObjectConfig = {
+  props: types.compound({
+    _isOpen: types.number(0),
+  }),
+}
+
 export const bindToCanvas: BindFunction = ({
   allowImplicitInstancing = false,
   editorCamera = {},
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ export const bindToCanvas: BindFunction = ({
       ? getProject('R3F Plugin').sheet('UI')
       : null
 
+  const editorSheetObject =
+    uiSheet?.object('Editor', null, editorSheetObjectConfig) || null
+
   return ({gl, scene}) => {
     const init = useEditorStore.getState().init
     init(
@@ -388,7 +391,7 @@ export const bindToCanvas: BindFunction = ({
       allowImplicitInstancing,
       {...{position: [20, 20, 20]}, ...editorCamera},
       sheet,
-      uiSheet,
+      editorSheetObject,
     )
   }
 }