diff --git a/home.js b/home.js
index 79f8fe6..fad0363 100644
--- a/home.js
+++ b/home.js
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
   // Initialize storage - this loads groups, everything else
   await loadStorage();
 
+  // Pull data from each tab about which group they belong to
+  await initializeGroupData();
+
+  // Data loaded, start building UI
+  await populateUI();
+
   // New group click handler
   document.querySelector('.newgroup').addEventListener('click', async () => {
     await newGroup();
@@ -81,16 +87,17 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
 });
 
 const loadStorage = async () => {
-  
+  // get data from local storage 
   const data = await api.storage.local.get(EXT_DATA_CONFIG_KEY);
   console.log('storage', data);
 
   // Not first run!
   if (data.config) {
+    console.log('not first run');
     config = data.config;
   }
+  // First run!
   else {
-    // First run!
     console.log('first run');
 
     config = {};
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@ const loadStorage = async () => {
     config.groups = {};
 
     // Create default group
-    var id = await newGroup(DEFAULT_GROUP_TITLE);
+    const id = await newGroup(DEFAULT_GROUP_TITLE);
 
     // Storage default group id as last active group
     config.lastGroupId = id;
@@ -107,12 +114,6 @@ const loadStorage = async () => {
     //
     await updateStorage();
   }
-
-  // Pull data from each tab about which group they belong to
-  initializeGroupData().then(function() {
-    // Data loaded, start building UI
-    populateUI();
-  });
 }
 
 // Save changes to config to persistent storage
@@ -125,15 +126,15 @@ const updateStorage = async () => {
 }
 
 // On DOM
-function populateUI() {
+const populateUI = async () => {
   // Populate groups with their tabs
-  initializeGroupData().then(function() {
-    showTabs();
-  });
+  await initializeGroupData()
+
+  showGroups();
 
   // Listen for things that'll change our state
   initTabEventListeners();
-}
+};
 
 function initTabEventListeners() {
   // add new tabs in this window to current group
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ function showGroups() {
   for (let id in config.groups) {
     var group = config.groups[id];
     var card = addCard();
+    console.log('GROUP', group.title);
     card.querySelector('h1').innerText = group.title;
     card.dataset.id = group.id;
     card.addEventListener('click', e => {