diff --git a/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListFooter.html b/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListFooter.html
index c1d83668..8ad93a02 100644
--- a/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListFooter.html
+++ b/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListFooter.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       const asyncLayout = new AsyncLayout(() => '__footer__')
       asyncLayout.observe('__footer__', this.refs.node, (rect) => {
         asyncLayout.disconnect()
-        this.store.set({footerHeight: rect.height})
+        this.store.setForRealm({footerHeight: rect.height})
       })
     },
     store: () => virtualListStore,
diff --git a/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListItem.html b/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListItem.html
index ed40f1d0..ecde2abc 100644
--- a/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListItem.html
+++ b/routes/_components/virtualList/VirtualListItem.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <:Component {component}
               virtualProps="{{props}}"
               virtualIndex="{{index}}"
-              virtualLength="{{$numItems}}"
+              virtualLength="{{numItems}}"
               on:recalculateHeight="doRecalculateHeight()"/>
 </div>
 <style>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         asyncLayout.observe(key, this.refs.node, (rect) => {
           asyncLayout.disconnect()
           // update all item heights in one batch for better perf
-          this.store.batchUpdate('itemHeights', key, rect.height)
+          this.store.batchUpdateForRealm('itemHeights', key, rect.height)
         })
       }
     }
diff --git a/routes/_components/virtualList/virtualListStore.js b/routes/_components/virtualList/virtualListStore.js
index 51cd09ed..b354c075 100644
--- a/routes/_components/virtualList/virtualListStore.js
+++ b/routes/_components/virtualList/virtualListStore.js
@@ -6,49 +6,18 @@ const VIEWPORT_RENDER_FACTOR = 4
 class VirtualListStore extends RealmStore {
   constructor(state) {
     super(state, /* maxSize */ 10)
-    this._batches = {}
-  }
-
-  batchUpdate(key, subKey, value) {
-    let batch = this._batches[key]
-    if (!batch) {
-      batch = this._batches[key] = {}
-    }
-    batch[subKey] = value
-
-    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-      let batch = this._batches[key]
-      if (!batch) {
-        return
-      }
-      let updatedKeys = Object.keys(batch)
-      if (!updatedKeys.length) {
-        return
-      }
-      mark('batchUpdate()')
-      let obj = this.get(key)
-      for (let otherKey of updatedKeys) {
-        obj[otherKey] = batch[otherKey]
-      }
-      delete this._batches[key]
-      let toSet = {}
-      toSet[key] = obj
-      this.set(toSet)
-      stop('batchUpdate()')
-    })
   }
 }
 
-const virtualListStore = new VirtualListStore({
-  itemHeights: {},
-  footerHeight: 0
-})
+const virtualListStore = new VirtualListStore()
 
 virtualListStore.computeForRealm('items', [])
 virtualListStore.computeForRealm('showFooter', false)
+virtualListStore.computeForRealm('footerHeight', 0)
 virtualListStore.computeForRealm('scrollTop', 0)
 virtualListStore.computeForRealm('scrollHeight', 0)
 virtualListStore.computeForRealm('offsetHeight', 0)
+virtualListStore.computeForRealm('itemHeights', {})
 
 virtualListStore.compute('visibleItems',
     ['items', 'scrollTop', 'itemHeights', 'offsetHeight'],
diff --git a/routes/_utils/RealmStore.js b/routes/_utils/RealmStore.js
index de0a55fa..79e86654 100644
--- a/routes/_utils/RealmStore.js
+++ b/routes/_utils/RealmStore.js
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 // with computeForRealm(). The maxSize determines how many realms to keep in the LRU cache.
 import { Store } from 'svelte/store.js'
 import QuickLRU from 'quick-lru'
+import { mark, stop } from './marks'
 
 export class RealmStore extends Store {
   constructor(init, maxSize) {
     super(init)
     this.set({realms: new QuickLRU({maxSize: maxSize})})
+    this._batches = {}
   }
 
   setCurrentRealm(realm) {
@@ -29,4 +31,42 @@ export class RealmStore extends Store {
       return (realmData && realmData[key]) || defaultValue
     })
   }
+
+  /*
+   * Update several values at once in a realm, assuming the key points
+   * to a plain old javascript object.
+   */
+  batchUpdateForRealm(key, subKey, value) {
+    let realm = this.get('currentRealm')
+    let realmBatches = this._batches[realm]
+    if (!realmBatches) {
+      realmBatches = this._batches[realm] = {}
+    }
+    let batch = realmBatches[key]
+    if (!batch) {
+      batch = realmBatches[key] = {}
+    }
+    batch[subKey] = value
+
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      let batch = this._batches[realm] && this._batches[realm][key]
+      if (!batch) {
+        return
+      }
+      let updatedKeys = Object.keys(batch)
+      if (!updatedKeys.length) {
+        return
+      }
+      mark('batchUpdate')
+      let obj = this.get(key)
+      for (let otherKey of updatedKeys) {
+        obj[otherKey] = batch[otherKey]
+      }
+      delete this._batches[realm][key]
+      let realms = this.get('realms')
+      realms.set(realm, Object.assign(realms.get(realm) || {}, {[key]: obj}))
+      this.set({realms: realms})
+      stop('batchUpdate')
+    })
+  }
 }
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