diff --git a/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor b/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor
index f0b13a4..2bcfec2 100644
--- a/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor
+++ b/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 @inject IJSRuntime JS
 
+@implements IAsyncDisposable
+
 @typeparam T
 
 <div id="@Id" style ="@Style">
diff --git a/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor.cs b/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor.cs
index 313991f..a466504 100644
--- a/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor.cs
+++ b/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ public partial class SortableList<T>
 
         private DotNetObjectReference<SortableList<T>>? selfReference;
 
+        private IJSObjectReference? _module;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The id the JS instance was registered under. <see cref="Id"/> is a mutable parameter, so it
+        /// cannot be trusted to still hold the key the instance is stored against by disposal time.
+        /// </summary>
+        private string? _initializedId;
+
         private string _cssForSelection;
 
         private string? _multiDragKey = string.Empty;
@@ -68,7 +76,40 @@ public partial class SortableList<T>
         [Parameter]
         public RenderFragment<T>? SortableItemTemplate { get; set; }
 
-        public void Dispose() => selfReference?.Dispose();
+        public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (_module != null)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        if (_initializedId != null)
+                        {
+                            await _module.InvokeVoidAsync("destroy", _initializedId);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    finally
+                    {
+                        await _module.DisposeAsync();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (JSDisconnectedException)
+            {
+                // The circuit is already gone, so there is nothing left to clean up on the JS side.
+            }
+            catch (JSException)
+            {
+                // A failing teardown on the JS side must not stop the managed references from being released.
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                _module = null;
+                selfReference?.Dispose();
+                selfReference = null;
+            }
+        }
 
         [JSInvokable]
         public void OnDeselectJS(string fromId, int index)
@@ -146,12 +187,13 @@ protected override async Task OnAfterRenderAsync(bool firstRender)
             if (firstRender)
             {
                 selfReference = DotNetObjectReference.Create(this);
-                var module = await JS.InvokeAsync<IJSObjectReference>("import", "./_content/BlazorSortableList/SortableList.razor.js");
+                _module = await JS.InvokeAsync<IJSObjectReference>("import", "./_content/BlazorSortableList/SortableList.razor.js");
 
                 //await JS.InvokeVoidAsync("console.log", $"***id:{Id}, group:{Group},pull: {Pull},put:{Put},sort:{Sort}, handle:{Handle}, filter:{Filter}, forceFallback:{ForceFallback}");
-                await module.InvokeAsync<string>(
+                _initializedId = Id;
+                await _module.InvokeVoidAsync(
                     "init",
-                    Id,
+                    _initializedId,
                     Group,
                     Pull,
                     Put,
diff --git a/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor.js b/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor.js
index eb13009..f5271fb 100644
--- a/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor.js
+++ b/BlazorSortableList.Lib/SortableList.razor.js
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+const instances = new Map();
+
+export function destroy(id) {
+    const sortable = instances.get(id);
+    if (sortable) {
+        sortable.destroy();
+        instances.delete(id);
+    }
+}
+
 export function init(id, group, pull, put, sort, handle, filter, component, forceFallback, cssForSelection, multiDragKey, avoidImplicitDeselect, fallbackOnBody, swapThreshold) {
 
     const DEBUG_MODE = true;
@@ -51,6 +61,9 @@ export function init(id, group, pull, put, sort, handle, filter, component, forc
     //        }
     //    });
 
+    // A component re-initialising under an id we already track would otherwise orphan the previous instance.
+    destroy(id);
+
     var sortable = new SortableCtor(htmlElement, {
         animation: 200,
         group: {
@@ -187,4 +200,6 @@ export function init(id, group, pull, put, sort, handle, filter, component, forc
             }
         }
     });
+
+    instances.set(id, sortable);
 }