diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/behavior/dynamic/volume.ts b/src/mol-plugin/behavior/dynamic/volume.ts
index 856f239f42ed3b2b2a5d31a0a065bf4ec23f1e4e..b826f37c0a8f7a90bd00785bd5414d6066d561f2 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/behavior/dynamic/volume.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/behavior/dynamic/volume.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { Color } from 'mol-util/color';
 import { LRUCache } from 'mol-util/lru-cache';
 import { ParamDefinition as PD } from 'mol-util/param-definition';
 import { PluginBehavior } from '../behavior';
+import { Structure } from 'mol-model/structure';
 
 export namespace VolumeStreaming {
     function channelParam(label: string, color: Color, defaultValue: number) {
@@ -112,8 +113,6 @@ export namespace VolumeStreaming {
         register(ref: string): void {
             // TODO: register camera movement/loci so that "around selection box works"
             // alternatively, and maybe a better solution, write a global behavior that modifies this node from the outside
-            // this.ref = ref;
-            this.update(this.params);
         }
 
         async update(params: Params): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ export namespace VolumeStreaming {
                     break;
                 case 'cell':
                     box = this.params.levels.name === 'x-ray'
-                        ? void 0 // TODO get bounding box of the model (how to solve assemblies)
+                        ? this.structure.boundary.box
                         : void 0;
                     break;
             }
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ export namespace VolumeStreaming {
             // TODO unsubscribe to events
         }
 
-        constructor(public ctx: PluginContext, public params: Params) {
+        constructor(public ctx: PluginContext, public params: Params, private structure: Structure) {
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/state/actions/volume.ts b/src/mol-plugin/state/actions/volume.ts
index e5ff3a167df4e03733f9ee10c77ba204951765a3..c8bbc9c892081968e785ebec860dd76516eae3f1 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/state/actions/volume.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/state/actions/volume.ts
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ const DownloadDensity = StateAction.build({
 
 export const InitVolumeStreaming = StateAction.build({
     display: { name: 'Volume Streaming' },
-    from: PluginStateObject.Molecule.Model,
+    from: PluginStateObject.Molecule.Structure,
     params: VolumeStreaming.Params
 })(({ ref, state, params }, ctx: PluginContext) => {
     // TODO: specify simpler params
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ export const InitVolumeStreaming = StateAction.build({
     const root = state.build().to(ref)
         .apply(StateTransforms.Volume.VolumeStreamingBehavior, params);
 
-    root.apply(StateTransforms.Volume.VolumeStreamingVisual, { channel: '2FO-FC', level: '2fo-fc' });
-    root.apply(StateTransforms.Volume.VolumeStreamingVisual, { channel: 'FO-FC', level: 'fo-fc(+ve)' });
-    root.apply(StateTransforms.Volume.VolumeStreamingVisual, { channel: 'FO-FC', level: 'fo-fc(-ve)' });
+    root.apply(StateTransforms.Volume.VolumeStreamingVisual, { channel: '2FO-FC', level: '2fo-fc' }, { props: { isGhost: true } });
+    root.apply(StateTransforms.Volume.VolumeStreamingVisual, { channel: 'FO-FC', level: 'fo-fc(+ve)' }, { props: { isGhost: true } });
+    root.apply(StateTransforms.Volume.VolumeStreamingVisual, { channel: 'FO-FC', level: 'fo-fc(-ve)' }, { props: { isGhost: true } });
 
     return state.updateTree(root);
 });
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diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/state/transforms/volume.ts b/src/mol-plugin/state/transforms/volume.ts
index a0516c70ef19d9851d08c479df99ba1607bdbe1c..6c682e4a13cc9df01cea36e51391ae1e832e8259 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/state/transforms/volume.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/state/transforms/volume.ts
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ type VolumeStreamingBehavior = typeof VolumeStreamingBehavior
 const VolumeStreamingBehavior = PluginStateTransform.BuiltIn({
     name: 'volume-streaming-behavior',
     display: { name: 'Volume Streaming Behavior', description: 'Create Volume Streaming behavior.' },
-    from: SO.Molecule.Model,
+    from: SO.Molecule.Structure,
     to: VolumeStreaming.Obj,
     params: VolumeStreaming.Params
 })({
-    apply: ({ params }, plugin: PluginContext) => Task.create('Volume Streaming', async ctx => {
-        const behavior = new VolumeStreaming.Behavior(plugin, params);
+    canAutoUpdate: ({ oldParams, newParams }) => oldParams.serverUrl === newParams.serverUrl && oldParams.id === newParams.id,
+    apply: ({ a, params }, plugin: PluginContext) => Task.create('Volume Streaming', async ctx => {
+        const behavior = new VolumeStreaming.Behavior(plugin, params, a.data);
         // get the initial data now so that the child projections dont get empty volumes.
-        // TODO: this is a temporary fix
         await behavior.update(behavior.params);
         return new VolumeStreaming.Obj(behavior, { label: 'Volume Streaming' });
     }),
diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/ui/state/update-transform.tsx b/src/mol-plugin/ui/state/update-transform.tsx
index 3cfa511fefc218e746d85874e62fbbcb8fa09cde..e6c0bc198bfdb2d7abf330d1aaab0b07a223a13d 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/ui/state/update-transform.tsx
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/ui/state/update-transform.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class UpdateTransformContol extends TransformContolBase<UpdateTransformContol.Pr
         this.subscribe(this.plugin.events.state.object.updated, ({ ref, state }) => {
             if (this.props.transform.ref !== ref || this.props.state !== state) return;
             if (this.state.params !== this.props.transform.params) {
+                this._getInfo = memoizeLatest((t: StateTransform) => StateTransformParameters.infoFromTransform(this.plugin, this.props.state, t));
                 this.setState({ params: this.props.transform.params, isInitial: true })
             }
         });