diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/columns/Columns.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/columns/Columns.tsx
index 046bd93a..66b63650 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/components/columns/Columns.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared/src/components/columns/Columns.tsx
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ import {
   ViewStyle,
 } from 'react-native'
 
+import { ColumnContainer } from '../../containers/ColumnContainer'
 import { emitter } from '../../setup'
-import { Column, Omit } from '../../types'
+import { Omit } from '../../types'
 import { Separator } from '../common/Separator'
 import { DimensionsConsumer } from '../context/DimensionsContext'
-import { EventColumn } from './EventColumn'
-import { NotificationColumn } from './NotificationColumn'
 
 export interface ColumnsProps
-  extends Omit<FlatListProps<Column>, 'renderItem'> {
+  extends Omit<FlatListProps<string>, 'data' | 'renderItem'> {
   contentContainerStyle?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>
+  columnIds: string[]
   style?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
 })
 
 export class Columns extends PureComponent<ColumnsProps> {
-  flatListRef = React.createRef<FlatList<Column>>()
+  flatListRef = React.createRef<FlatList<string>>()
   focusOnColumnListener?: EventSubscription
   pagingEnabled: boolean = true
   swipeable: boolean = false
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ export class Columns extends PureComponent<ColumnsProps> {
     highlight?: boolean
   }) => {
     if (!this.flatListRef.current) return
-    if (!(this.props.data && this.props.data!.length)) return
+    if (!(this.props.columnIds && this.props.columnIds.length)) return
 
-    if (columnIndex >= 0 && columnIndex < this.props.data.length) {
+    if (columnIndex >= 0 && columnIndex < this.props.columnIds.length) {
       this.flatListRef.current.scrollToIndex({
         animated,
         index: columnIndex,
@@ -68,48 +68,22 @@ export class Columns extends PureComponent<ColumnsProps> {
     }
   }
 
-  keyExtractor(column: Column) {
-    return `column-container-${column.id}`
+  keyExtractor(columnId: string) {
+    return `column-container-${columnId}`
   }
 
-  renderItem: FlatListProps<Column>['renderItem'] = ({
-    item: column,
-    index,
-  }) => {
-    switch (column.type) {
-      case 'notifications': {
-        return (
-          <NotificationColumn
-            key={`notification-column-${column.id}`}
-            column={column}
-            columnIndex={index}
-            pagingEnabled={this.pagingEnabled}
-            swipeable={this.swipeable}
-          />
-        )
-      }
-
-      case 'activity': {
-        return (
-          <EventColumn
-            key={`event-column-${column.id}`}
-            column={column}
-            columnIndex={index}
-            pagingEnabled={this.pagingEnabled}
-            swipeable={this.swipeable}
-          />
-        )
-      }
-
-      default: {
-        console.error('Invalid Column type: ', (column as any).type)
-        return null
-      }
-    }
+  renderItem: FlatListProps<string>['renderItem'] = ({ item: columnId }) => {
+    return (
+      <ColumnContainer
+        columnId={columnId}
+        pagingEnabled={this.pagingEnabled}
+        swipeable={this.swipeable}
+      />
+    )
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { data, style, ...props } = this.props
+    const { columnIds, style, ...props } = this.props
 
     return (
       <DimensionsConsumer>
@@ -126,7 +100,7 @@ export class Columns extends PureComponent<ColumnsProps> {
               ListHeaderComponent={small ? Separator : undefined}
               bounces={!this.swipeable}
               className="snap-container"
-              data={data}
+              data={columnIds}
               horizontal
               keyExtractor={this.keyExtractor}
               onScrollToIndexFailed={() => undefined}
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/layout/Sidebar.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/layout/Sidebar.tsx
index 62bd6bf4..e750b87d 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/components/layout/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared/src/components/layout/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const connectToStore = connect(
     const user = selectors.currentUserSelector(state)
 
     return {
-      columns: selectors.columnsSelector(state),
+      columns: selectors.columnsArrSelector(state),
       currentOpenedModal: selectors.currentOpenedModal(state),
       username: (user && user.login) || '',
     }
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/containers/ColumnContainer.tsx b/packages/shared/src/containers/ColumnContainer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0792a37a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/containers/ColumnContainer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import _ from 'lodash'
+import React, { PureComponent } from 'react'
+import { connect } from 'react-redux'
+
+import { EventColumn } from '../components/columns/EventColumn'
+import { NotificationColumn } from '../components/columns/NotificationColumn'
+import * as selectors from '../redux/selectors'
+import { ExtractPropsFromConnector } from '../types'
+
+export interface ColumnContainerProps {
+  columnId: string
+  pagingEnabled?: boolean
+  swipeable?: boolean
+}
+
+export interface ColumnContainerState {}
+
+const connectToStore = connect(() => {
+  const columnSelector = selectors.createColumnSelector()
+
+  return (state: any, { columnId }: ColumnContainerProps) => ({
+    column: columnSelector(state, columnId),
+    columnIndex: selectors.columnIdsSelector(state).indexOf(columnId),
+  })
+})
+
+class ColumnContainerComponent extends PureComponent<
+  ColumnContainerProps & ExtractPropsFromConnector<typeof connectToStore>,
+  ColumnContainerState
+> {
+  render() {
+    const {
+      columnIndex,
+      column,
+      pagingEnabled,
+      swipeable,
+      ...props
+    } = this.props
+    delete props.columnId
+
+    if (!column) return null
+
+    switch (column.type) {
+      case 'notifications': {
+        return (
+          <NotificationColumn
+            key={`notification-column-${column.id}`}
+            column={column}
+            columnIndex={columnIndex}
+            pagingEnabled={pagingEnabled}
+            swipeable={swipeable}
+          />
+        )
+      }
+
+      case 'activity': {
+        return (
+          <EventColumn
+            key={`event-column-${column.id}`}
+            column={column}
+            columnIndex={columnIndex}
+            pagingEnabled={pagingEnabled}
+            swipeable={swipeable}
+          />
+        )
+      }
+
+      default: {
+        console.error('Invalid Column type: ', (column as any).type)
+        return null
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const ColumnContainer = connectToStore(ColumnContainerComponent)
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/containers/ColumnsContainer.tsx b/packages/shared/src/containers/ColumnsContainer.tsx
index 7b025110..47719ffc 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/containers/ColumnsContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared/src/containers/ColumnsContainer.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface ColumnsContainerProps {}
 export interface ColumnsContainerState {}
 
 const connectToStore = connect((state: any) => ({
-  columns: selectors.columnsSelector(state),
+  columnIds: selectors.columnIdsSelector(state),
 }))
 
 class ColumnsContainerComponent extends PureComponent<
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class ColumnsContainerComponent extends PureComponent<
   ColumnsContainerState
 > {
   render() {
-    const columns = this.props.columns || []
-    return <Columns key="columns-container" data={columns} />
+    const columnIds = this.props.columnIds || []
+    return <Columns key="columns-container" columnIds={columnIds} />
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/redux/reducers/columns.ts b/packages/shared/src/redux/reducers/columns.ts
index a178a133..531b3eab 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/redux/reducers/columns.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/redux/reducers/columns.ts
@@ -1,63 +1,67 @@
 import immer from 'immer'
-import { REHYDRATE } from 'redux-persist'
 
 import { Column, Reducer } from '../../types'
-import { columnsSelector } from '../selectors'
 
 export interface State {
-  columns?: Column[]
+  allIds: string[]
+  byId: Record<string, Column> | null
 }
 
-const initialState: State = {}
+const initialState: State = {
+  allIds: [],
+  byId: null,
+}
 
 export const columnsReducer: Reducer<State> = (
   state = initialState,
   action,
 ) => {
   switch (action.type) {
-    case REHYDRATE as any:
-      return immer(state, draft => {
-        const columns =
-          columnsSelector((action.payload as any) || {}) || draft.columns
-
-        if (columns) draft.columns = columns.filter(c => c && c.id)
-      })
     case 'ADD_COLUMN':
       return immer(state, draft => {
-        draft.columns = draft.columns || []
-        draft.columns = [action.payload, ...draft.columns]
+        draft.allIds = draft.allIds || []
+        draft.byId = draft.byId || {}
+
+        draft.allIds.unshift(action.payload.id)
+        draft.byId[action.payload.id] = action.payload
       })
 
     case 'DELETE_COLUMN':
       return immer(state, draft => {
-        if (!draft.columns) return
-        draft.columns = draft.columns.filter(c => c.id !== action.payload)
+        if (draft.allIds)
+          draft.allIds = draft.allIds.filter(id => id !== action.payload)
+
+        if (draft.byId) delete draft.byId[action.payload]
       })
 
     case 'MOVE_COLUMN':
       return immer(state, draft => {
-        if (!draft.columns) return
+        if (!draft.allIds) return
 
-        const currentIndex = draft.columns.findIndex(
-          c => c.id === action.payload.id,
+        const currentIndex = draft.allIds.findIndex(
+          id => id === action.payload.id,
         )
-        if (!(currentIndex >= 0 && currentIndex < draft.columns.length)) return
+        if (!(currentIndex >= 0 && currentIndex < draft.allIds.length)) return
 
         const newIndex = Math.max(
           0,
-          Math.min(action.payload.index, draft.columns.length - 1),
+          Math.min(action.payload.index, draft.allIds.length - 1),
         )
         if (Number.isNaN(newIndex)) return
 
         // move column inside array
-        const column = draft.columns[currentIndex]
-        draft.columns = draft.columns.filter(c => c !== column)
-        draft.columns.splice(newIndex, 0, column)
+        const columnId = draft.allIds[currentIndex]
+        draft.allIds = draft.allIds.filter(id => id !== columnId)
+        draft.allIds.splice(newIndex, 0, columnId)
       })
 
     case 'REPLACE_COLUMNS':
       return immer(state, draft => {
-        draft.columns = action.payload
+        draft.byId = {}
+        draft.allIds = action.payload.map(c => {
+          draft.byId![c.id] = c
+          return c.id
+        })
       })
 
     default:
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/redux/sagas/columns.ts b/packages/shared/src/redux/sagas/columns.ts
index 662893e9..ad336459 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/redux/sagas/columns.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/redux/sagas/columns.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ function* onLoginSuccess(
   action: ExtractActionFromActionCreator<typeof actions.loginSuccess>,
 ) {
   const username = action.payload.login
-  const columns = yield select(selectors.columnsSelector)
-  if (!columns) yield put(actions.replaceColumns(getDefaultColumns(username)))
+  const hasCreatedColumn = yield select(selectors.hasCreatedColumnSelector)
+  if (!hasCreatedColumn)
+    yield put(actions.replaceColumns(getDefaultColumns(username)))
 }
 
 function* onAddColumn(
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ function* onAddColumn(
 ) {
   const columnId = action.payload.id
 
-  const columns: Column[] | undefined = yield select(selectors.columnsSelector)
-  const columnIndex = columns && columns.findIndex(c => c.id === columnId)
+  const ids: string[] = yield select(selectors.columnIdsSelector)
+  const columnIndex = ids.findIndex(id => id === columnId)
 
   yield delay(300)
   emitter.emit('FOCUS_ON_COLUMN', {
@@ -63,12 +64,12 @@ function* onAddColumn(
 function* onMoveColumn(
   action: ExtractActionFromActionCreator<typeof actions.moveColumn>,
 ) {
-  const columns: Column[] | undefined = yield select(selectors.columnsSelector)
-  if (!columns) return
+  const ids: string[] = yield select(selectors.columnIdsSelector)
+  if (!(ids && ids.length)) return
 
   const columnIndex = Math.max(
     0,
-    Math.min(action.payload.index, columns.length - 1),
+    Math.min(action.payload.index, ids.length - 1),
   )
   if (Number.isNaN(columnIndex)) return
 
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/redux/selectors/columns.ts b/packages/shared/src/redux/selectors/columns.ts
index 7cc451f2..1044c9e9 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/redux/selectors/columns.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/redux/selectors/columns.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
+import { createSelector } from 'reselect'
 import { RootState } from '../../types'
 
 const s = (state: RootState) => state.columns || {}
 
-export const columnsSelector = (state: RootState) => s(state).columns
+export const createColumnSelector = () =>
+  createSelector(
+    (state: RootState) => s(state).byId,
+    (_state: RootState, id: string) => id,
+    (byId, id) => byId && byId[id],
+  )
+
+export const columnIdsSelector = (state: RootState) => s(state).allIds
+
+export const columnsArrSelector = createSelector(
+  (state: RootState) => columnIdsSelector(state),
+  (state: RootState) => s(state).byId,
+  (allIds, byId) => (byId ? allIds.map(id => byId[id]) : []),
+)
+
+export const hasCreatedColumnSelector = (state: RootState) =>
+  s(state).byId !== null
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/redux/store.ts b/packages/shared/src/redux/store.ts
index 8aab569f..25265d39 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/redux/store.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/redux/store.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,42 @@
+import immer from 'immer'
 import { applyMiddleware, createStore } from 'redux'
 import { composeWithDevTools } from 'redux-devtools-extension'
-import { PersistConfig, persistReducer, persistStore } from 'redux-persist'
+import {
+  createMigrate,
+  PersistConfig,
+  persistReducer,
+  persistStore,
+} from 'redux-persist'
 import storage from 'redux-persist/lib/storage'
 import createSagaMiddleware from 'redux-saga'
 
+import { Column, RootState } from '../types'
 import { rootReducer } from './reducers'
 import { rootSaga } from './sagas'
 
+const migrations = {
+  0: (state: any) => state,
+  1: (state: any) => state,
+  2: (state: any) =>
+    immer(state, draft => {
+      const columns: Column[] = draft.columns && draft.columns.columns
+      if (!columns) return
+
+      draft.columns.byId = {}
+      draft.columns.allIds = columns.map(column => {
+        draft.columns.byId![column.id] = column
+        return column.id
+      })
+    }),
+}
+
 export function configureStore(key = 'root') {
   const persistConfig: PersistConfig = {
     blacklist: ['navigation'],
     key,
+    migrate: createMigrate(migrations, { debug: __DEV__ }),
     storage,
-    version: 1,
+    version: 2,
   }
   const persistedReducer = persistReducer(persistConfig, rootReducer)
 
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/screens/MainScreen.tsx b/packages/shared/src/screens/MainScreen.tsx
index abd43691..bf191b12 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/screens/MainScreen.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared/src/screens/MainScreen.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
 const connectToStore = connect(
   (state: any) => ({
     currentOpenedModal: selectors.currentOpenedModal(state),
-    columns: (selectors.columnsSelector(state) || []) as Column[],
+    columnIds: selectors.columnIdsSelector(state),
   }),
   {
     closeAllModals: actions.closeAllModals,
@@ -103,27 +103,26 @@ class MainScreenComponent extends PureComponent<
       return
     }
 
-    if (this.props.columns.length > 0) {
+    if (this.props.columnIds.length > 0) {
       if (e.keyCode - 48 === 0) {
-        const columnIndex = this.props.columns.length - 1
+        const columnIndex = this.props.columnIds.length - 1
         emitter.emit('FOCUS_ON_COLUMN', {
           animated: true,
-          columnId:
-            this.props.columns[columnIndex] &&
-            this.props.columns[columnIndex].id,
+          columnId: this.props.columnIds[columnIndex],
           columnIndex,
           highlight: true,
         })
         return
       }
 
-      if (e.keyCode - 48 >= 1 && e.keyCode - 48 <= this.props.columns.length) {
+      if (
+        e.keyCode - 48 >= 1 &&
+        e.keyCode - 48 <= this.props.columnIds.length
+      ) {
         const columnIndex = e.keyCode - 48 - 1
         emitter.emit('FOCUS_ON_COLUMN', {
           animated: true,
-          columnId:
-            this.props.columns[columnIndex] &&
-            this.props.columns[columnIndex].id,
+          columnId: this.props.columnIds[columnIndex],
           columnIndex,
           highlight: true,
         })
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/types/redux.ts b/packages/shared/src/types/redux.ts
index e84e959c..27ae378d 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/types/redux.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/types/redux.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export type ExtractActionFromActionCreator<AC> = AC extends () => infer A
 
 export type ExtractPropsFromConnector<
   Connector
-> = Connector extends InferableComponentEnhancerWithProps<infer T, {}>
+> = Connector extends InferableComponentEnhancerWithProps<infer T, any>
   ? T
   : never