diff --git a/apps/editor/app/viewer/[id]/collections-panel.tsx b/apps/editor/app/viewer/[id]/collections-panel.tsx
index 149e1414..f5a68c06 100644
--- a/apps/editor/app/viewer/[id]/collections-panel.tsx
+++ b/apps/editor/app/viewer/[id]/collections-panel.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   useScene,
 } from '@pascal-app/core'
 import { ChevronDown, ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react'
-import { useState } from 'react'
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { useShallow } from 'zustand/react/shallow'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ function CollectionRow({ collectionId }: { collectionId: CollectionId }) {
     ),
   )
 
-  const controlValuesByItem = useInteractive(
-    useShallow((s) =>
-      Object.fromEntries(interactiveItems.map((n) => [n.id, s.items[n.id]?.controlValues ?? []])),
-    ),
+  const allItems = useInteractive((s) => s.items)
+  const controlValuesByItem = useMemo(
+    () => Object.fromEntries(interactiveItems.map((n) => [n.id, allItems[n.id]?.controlValues ?? []])),
+    [allItems, interactiveItems],
   )
 
   const setControlValue = useInteractive((s) => s.setControlValue)
diff --git a/apps/editor/components/ui/item-catalog/catalog-items.tsx b/apps/editor/components/ui/item-catalog/catalog-items.tsx
index d3465ec4..99f45efb 100644
--- a/apps/editor/components/ui/item-catalog/catalog-items.tsx
+++ b/apps/editor/components/ui/item-catalog/catalog-items.tsx
@@ -1235,7 +1235,8 @@ export const CATALOG_ITEMS: AssetInput[] = [
           kind: 'toggle',
         }, 
         {
-          kind: 'slider', label: 'Intensity', min: 0, max: 100, unit: '%', displayMode: 'dial' 
+          kind: 'slider', label: 'Intensity', min: 0, max: 100, unit: '%', displayMode: 'dial',
+          default: 100
         }
       ],
       effects: [
@@ -1266,7 +1267,8 @@ export const CATALOG_ITEMS: AssetInput[] = [
           kind: 'toggle',
         }, 
         {
-          kind: 'slider', label: 'Intensity', min: 0, max: 100, unit: '%', displayMode: 'dial' 
+          kind: 'slider', label: 'Intensity', min: 0, max: 100, unit: '%', displayMode: 'dial' ,
+          default: 100
         }
       ],
       effects: [
diff --git a/packages/core/src/schema/nodes/item.ts b/packages/core/src/schema/nodes/item.ts
index 2146e685..374e1709 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/schema/nodes/item.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/schema/nodes/item.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { CollectionId } from '../collections'
 const toggleControlSchema = z.object({
   kind: z.literal('toggle'),
   label: z.string().optional(),
+  default: z.boolean().optional(),
 })
 
 const sliderControlSchema = z.object({
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ const sliderControlSchema = z.object({
   step: z.number().default(1),
   unit: z.string().optional(),
   displayMode: z.enum(['slider', 'stepper', 'dial']).default('slider'),
+  default: z.number().optional(),
 })
 
 const temperatureControlSchema = z.object({
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ const temperatureControlSchema = z.object({
   min: z.number().default(16),
   max: z.number().default(30),
   unit: z.enum(['C', 'F']).default('C'),
+  default: z.number().optional(),
 })
 
 const controlSchema = z.discriminatedUnion('kind', [
diff --git a/packages/core/src/store/use-interactive.ts b/packages/core/src/store/use-interactive.ts
index faf97b53..8b165559 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/store/use-interactive.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/store/use-interactive.ts
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ const defaultControlValue = (interactive: Interactive, index: number): ControlVa
   if (!control) return false
   switch (control.kind) {
     case 'toggle':
-      return false
+      return control.default ?? false
     case 'slider':
-      return control.min
+      return control.default ?? control.min
     case 'temperature':
-      return control.min
+      return control.default ?? control.min
   }
 }