diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/DataVariableListenerManager.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/DataVariableListenerManager.ts
index d10fbd43d..82a4fb913 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/DataVariableListenerManager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/DataVariableListenerManager.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ import { stringToPath } from '../../utils/mixins';
 import { Model } from '../../common';
 import EditorModel from '../../editor/model/Editor';
 import DataVariable, { DataVariableType } from './DataVariable';
-import ComponentView from '../../dom_components/view/ComponentView';
 import { DynamicValue } from '../types';
 import { DataCondition, ConditionalVariableType } from './conditional_variables/DataCondition';
 import ComponentDataVariable from './ComponentDataVariable';
 
 export interface DynamicVariableListenerManagerOptions {
-  model: Model | ComponentView;
   em: EditorModel;
   dataVariable: DynamicValue;
   updateValueFromDataVariable: (value: any) => void;
@@ -18,13 +16,12 @@ export interface DynamicVariableListenerManagerOptions {
 export default class DynamicVariableListenerManager {
   private dataListeners: DataVariableListener[] = [];
   private em: EditorModel;
-  private model: Model | ComponentView;
   private dynamicVariable: DynamicValue;
   private updateValueFromDynamicVariable: (value: any) => void;
+  private model = new Model();
 
   constructor(options: DynamicVariableListenerManagerOptions) {
     this.em = options.em;
-    this.model = options.model;
     this.dynamicVariable = options.dataVariable;
     this.updateValueFromDynamicVariable = options.updateValueFromDataVariable;
 
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ export default class DynamicVariableListenerManager {
   };
 
   listenToDynamicVariable() {
-    const { em, dynamicVariable, model } = this;
+    const { em, dynamicVariable } = this;
     this.removeListeners();
 
     // @ts-ignore
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ export default class DynamicVariableListenerManager {
         dataListeners = this.listenToConditionalVariable(dynamicVariable as DataCondition, em);
         break;
     }
-    dataListeners.forEach((ls) => model.listenTo(ls.obj, ls.event, this.onChange));
+    dataListeners.forEach((ls) => this.model.listenTo(ls.obj, ls.event, this.onChange));
 
     this.dataListeners = dataListeners;
   }
@@ -81,8 +78,7 @@ export default class DynamicVariableListenerManager {
   }
 
   private removeListeners() {
-    const { model } = this;
-    this.dataListeners.forEach((ls) => model.stopListening(ls.obj, ls.event, this.onChange));
+    this.dataListeners.forEach((ls) => this.model.stopListening(ls.obj, ls.event, this.onChange));
     this.dataListeners = [];
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/conditional_variables/DataCondition.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/conditional_variables/DataCondition.ts
index d5a481645..6208a318f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/conditional_variables/DataCondition.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/model/conditional_variables/DataCondition.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export class DataCondition extends Model<DataConditionType> {
     dataVariables.forEach((variable) => {
       const variableInstance = new DataVariable(variable, { em: this.em });
       const listener = new DynamicVariableListenerManager({
-        model: this as any,
         em: this.em!,
         dataVariable: variableInstance,
         updateValueFromDataVariable: (() => {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/view/ComponentDataVariableView.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/view/ComponentDataVariableView.ts
index f1bba3708..1d53474d3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/view/ComponentDataVariableView.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/view/ComponentDataVariableView.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ export default class ComponentDataVariableView extends ComponentView<ComponentDa
   initialize(opt = {}) {
     super.initialize(opt);
     this.dynamicVariableListener = new DynamicVariableListenerManager({
-      model: this,
       em: this.em!,
       dataVariable: this.model,
       updateValueFromDataVariable: () => this.postRender(),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel.ts b/packages/core/src/domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel.ts
index 4e3641728..5621b4d67 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ export default class StyleableModel<T extends ObjectHash = any> extends Model<T>
       this.dynamicVariableListeners[styleProp].listenToDynamicVariable();
     } else {
       this.dynamicVariableListeners[styleProp] = new DynamicVariableListenerManager({
-        model: this,
         em: this.em!,
         dataVariable: dataVar,
         updateValueFromDataVariable: () => this.updateView(),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/trait_manager/model/Trait.ts b/packages/core/src/trait_manager/model/Trait.ts
index 185bbce1d..49575e9c9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/trait_manager/model/Trait.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/trait_manager/model/Trait.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ export default class Trait extends Model<TraitProperties> {
       const dv = this.dynamicVariable.getDataValue();
       this.set({ value: dv });
       this.dynamicVariableListener = new DynamicVariableListenerManager({
-        model: this,
         em: this.em,
         dataVariable: this.dynamicVariable,
         updateValueFromDataVariable: this.updateValueFromDataVariable.bind(this),
@@ -384,6 +383,7 @@ export default class Trait extends Model<TraitProperties> {
   }
 
   getInitValue() {
+    if (this.hasDynamicValue()) return this.getDynamicValue();
     const { component } = this;
     const name = this.getName();
     let value;