diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/Tilelet.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/Tilelet.swift
index 838f3d4f..72b3a07a 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/Tilelet.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/Tilelet.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import Foundation
 import MVMCore
 import VDS
+import Combine
 
 /**
  This class expects its height and width to be equal.
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ open class Tilelet: VDS.Tilelet, VDSMoleculeViewProtocol{
     public var delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?
     public var additionalData: [AnyHashable: Any]?
     
+    //even though we have a local set, others could be
+    //subscribing to other events, we use this one specically
+    //for the action so that we can ensure there is only 1 being used
+    private var actionSubscriber: AnyCancellable?
+    
     //--------------------------------------------------
     // MARK: - Initializers
     //--------------------------------------------------
@@ -28,23 +34,6 @@ open class Tilelet: VDS.Tilelet, VDSMoleculeViewProtocol{
         self.init(frame: .zero)
     }
     
-    open override func initialSetup() {
-        super.initialSetup()
-        publisher(for: .touchUpInside)
-            .sink {[weak self] control in
-                self?.executeAction()
-            }.store(in: &subscribers)
-    }
-         
-    //--------------------------------------------------
-    // MARK: - Private
-    //--------------------------------------------------
-    private func executeAction(){
-        if let action = viewModel.action {
-            MVMCoreUIActionHandler.performActionUnstructured(with: action, sourceModel: viewModel, additionalData: additionalData, delegateObject: delegateObject)
-        }
-    }
-    
     //--------------------------------------------------
     // MARK: - Public
     //--------------------------------------------------
@@ -60,6 +49,23 @@ open class Tilelet: VDS.Tilelet, VDSMoleculeViewProtocol{
         badgeModel = viewModel.badge
         descriptiveIconModel = viewModel.descriptiveIcon
         directionalIconModel = viewModel.directionalIcon
+        
+        //setup action
+        if let action = viewModel.action {
+            //add the subscriber
+            actionSubscriber = publisher(for: .touchUpInside)
+                .sink {[weak self] control in
+                    guard let self else { return }
+                    MVMCoreUIActionHandler.performActionUnstructured(with: action,
+                                                                     sourceModel: self.viewModel,
+                                                                     additionalData: self.additionalData,
+                                                                     delegateObject: self.delegateObject)
+                }
+        }//if there is no action but there was a subscriber, kill it
+        else if let actionSubscriber {
+            actionSubscriber.cancel()
+            self.actionSubscriber = nil
+        }
     }
 
     //--------------------------------------------------