diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Organisms/Carousel/Carousel.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Organisms/Carousel/Carousel.swift
index 12399292..6ed0c584 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Organisms/Carousel/Carousel.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Organisms/Carousel/Carousel.swift
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ open class Carousel: View {
             if let originalModel, carouselModel.isDeeplyVisuallyEquivalent(to: originalModel) {
                 // Prevents a carousel reset while still updating the cell backing data through reconfigureItems.
                 MVMCoreLoggingHandler.shared()?.handleDebugMessage("[\(Self.self)] Model is visually equivalent. Skipping rebuild...")
+                prepareMolecules(with: carouselModel)
                 FormValidator.setupValidation(for: carouselModel, delegate: delegateObject?.formHolderDelegate)
                 updateModelIndex() // Ensure the new model indexing matches the old.
                 pagingView?.currentIndex = pageIndex // Trigger a paging view render.
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ThreeLayerTableViewController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ThreeLayerTableViewController.swift
index 9ae3b1c4..d7c60545 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ThreeLayerTableViewController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ThreeLayerTableViewController.swift
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ open class ThreeLayerTableViewController: ProgrammaticTableViewController, Rotor
     }
     
     open override func updateUI(for molecules: [MoleculeModelProtocol]? = nil) {
+        let isFirstRender = self.isFirstRender
         super.updateUI(for: molecules)
         
         guard molecules == nil else { return }
-        
+
         createViewForTableHeader()
         createViewForTableFooter()
-        tableView?.reloadData()
+        // Reloading the table is handled in updateViews.
     }
     
     override open func viewDidLoad() {